# Laurits

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**Laurits** is a masculine [given name](/source/Given_name), a Danish and Estonian variant of the Scandinavian [Lauritz](/source/Lauritz), related to the English names [Laurence](/source/Laurence) and [Lawrence](/source/Lawrence_(given_name)). It may refer to:

- Laurits, fire god related to [St. Lawrence](/source/Lawrence_of_Rome) in [Estonian mythology](/source/Estonian_mythology)

## Given name

- [Hans Laurits Olsen Hammerstad](/source/Hans_Laurits_Olsen_Hammerstad) (1840 – after 1877), Norwegian politician
- [Laurits Grønland](/source/Laurits_Gr%C3%B8nland) (1887–1957), Norwegian politician
- [Laurits Hansen](/source/Laurits_Hansen) (1894–1965), Danish trade unionist and politician
- [Laurits Jørgensen](/source/Laurits_J%C3%B8rgensen) (1896 – after 1920), Danish track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
- [Laurits Larsen](/source/Laurits_Larsen) (1872–1949), Danish sport shooter who competed in the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics
- [Laurits Munch-Petersen](/source/Laurits_Munch-Petersen) (born 1973), Danish film director
- [Laurits Andersen Ring](/source/Laurits_Andersen_Ring) (1854–1933), Danish painter known as L. A. Ring
- [Laurits S. Swenson](/source/Laurits_S._Swenson) (1865–1947), American diplomat
- [Laurits Tuxen](/source/Laurits_Tuxen) (1853–1927), Danish painter and sculptor
- [Niels Laurits Høyen](/source/Niels_Laurits_H%C3%B8yen) (1798–1870), Danish art historian and critic

## Surname

- [Peeter Laurits](/source/Peeter_Laurits) (born 1962), Estonian artist
- Taavi Laurits (born 1990), Estonian footballer ([:et](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taavi_Laurits))

## See also

- [Lauritz (disambiguation)](/source/Lauritz_(disambiguation))

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