Roald (name)
Roald is a Norwegian given name. It is the modern form of the Old Norse name Hróðvaldr or Hróaldr, composed of the elements hróðr "fame" and valdr "ruler, leader". Persons named Roald include:
- Roald Aas, Norwegian Olympic speed skater and bicycle racer
- Roald Als, Danish political cartoonist
- Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer
- Roald Amundsen , Norwegian professional footballer
- Roald Åsmund Bye, Norwegian politician
- Roald Bradstock, English Olympic javelin thrower
- Roald Dahl, British author and poet
- Roald Dysthe, Norwegian businessman and acquitted Nazi collaborator
- Roald G. Bergsaker, Norwegian sports official and politician
- Roald H. Fryxell, American geologist and archaeologist
- Roald Halvorsen, Norwegian typographer, Communist Party politician, and World War II resistance member
- Roald Hoffmann, American theoretical chemist
- Roald Jensen, Norwegian professional footballer
- Roald Larsen, Norwegian Olympic speed skater
- Roald , First Minister of the Faroe Islands
- Roald Øyen, Norwegian television personality and host
- Roald Poulsen, Danish football manager
- Roald Sagdeev, Russian physicist
- Roald Storsletten, Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor
- Roald van Hout, Netherlands professional footballer
- Roald van Noort, Netherlands Olympic water polo player
- Roald, A fictional penguin villager from the video game series Animal Crossing
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- Arnfinn Severin Roald, Norwegian politician
