Show ContentsWallenius History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Wallenius Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Etymology of Wallenius

What does the name Wallenius mean?

The Swedish surname Wallenius is an ornamental name from the Swedish words "wall and vall", meaning "grassy bank, pasture or grazing ground", perhaps adopted in some cases as a topographic name by "someone who lived by a grassy bank".

Ornamental compound surnames include Wallberg (pasture hill), Wallgren (pasture branch), Wallstrom (pasture river) and Wahlquist (pasture twig).

Wallenius Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wahl, Wallen, Wallin, Wallenius, Wallner, Wallman, Wallander and many more.

Contemporary Notables of the name Wallenius (post 1700) +

  • Olof Wallenius (1902-1970), Swedish entrepreneur and the founder of Wallenius Lines
  • Allan Wallenius (1890-1942), Swedish leftist figure and journalist
  • Ville Wallenius, Finnish guitarist who plays in the power metal band Twilightning
  • Kurt Martti Wallenius (1893-1984), Finnish Major General
  • Johan Fredrik Wallenius (1765-1836), Finnish botanist and physician
  • Bror-Erik Wallenius (b. 1943), Finnish sports commentator who works for Finland's National Broadcasting Company Yle
  • Asser Wallenius (1902-1971), Finnish speed skater and racing driver who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics
  • Major-General Kurt Martii Wallenius (1893-1984), Finnish Officer Commanding Lapland Group (1939-1940) 1
  1. Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 5) Kurt Wallenius. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Wallenius/Kurt_Martii/Finland.html

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