He was married to Märta von Wendt and had three children with her. After a divorce he became editor of Österbottningen in Karleby. Then he remarried with Meta Torvalds, fathered two more children and later became editor of Åbo Underrättelser, of which he was the chief editor from 1958 to 1967.[2]
Works
"Vi sjunger inte för dem" (We don't sing for them), 1939
"Svår glädje" (Difficult happiness), short stories, 1946
"Strängar av aska" (Strings of ash), poems, 1954
"Mellan is och eld" (Between ice and fire), poems, 1957
"Vid källorna" (By the springs), 1961
"Speglingar i en å" (Reflections in a river), 1972
"Livstecken" (Signs of life), poems, 1986
"Vågmärken" (Wave marks; literally Wave-formed ripple marks), poems about the archipelago 1937–1987, 1988
In addition, Ole Torvalds participated in compiling several cultural historical books and other works.[3] He is one of the authors biographied by Project Runeberg.[4]