Tjoflot (surname)
Tjoflot is a Norwegian surname. In 2017, there were 34 people with this surname in Norway.[1]
Along with the Danish spelling variant Tjoflaat, the name Tjoflot refers for descendants from the Ytrabødn farm (also known as Garen or Erlingsgarden),[2] the main farm in the village of Tjoflot in Norway's Hardanger district. Genealogical records show that the toponym that the surname is based on was previously spelled Þiodaflar in 1378, Thiodhaflar in 1427, Tiodaaflaa in 1463, Tyofflo in 1521, and Thioflodt in 1667.[2][3]
People[edit]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Eirin Tjoflot, folk dance performer[4][5][6]
- Nils Tjoflot (1865–1898), violinist[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Navn". Statistisk sentralbyrå. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin. "Om Tjoflot i Hardangerfjorden". Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ↑ Elgqvist, Eric (1944). Skälv och skilfingar. Lund: Olins antikvariat. p. 101. Search this book on
- ↑ Løvvik, Espen (March 18, 2013). "Hoppende glade entreprenører". Haugesunds Avis. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Disse Hardanger-jentene ble sett av syv millioner på BBC". Bergens Tidene. July 23, 2013.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Kvamme, Ole (June 29, 2016). "Tilbake i HF-spaltene". Hardanger Folkeblad. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ↑ Rolland, Frank Henrik (October 6, 2015). "Nils og steintjønndalsfela". Folkemusikk: magasinet for folkemusikk og folkedans. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
See also[edit]
Tjoflaat, a variant spelling of Tjoflot
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