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Hedvig

Hedvig is a given name of German origin, derived from hadu ("battle, combat") and wig ("fight, duel"). Notable people with the name include:

People

  • Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie (1732–1800), Swedish noblewoman of French descent
  • Hedvig Catharina Lilje (1695–1745), Swedish noblewoman, salonist and informal amateur-politician
  • Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763), Swedish poet, feminist and salon-hostess
  • Hedvig Eleonora Church, church in central Stockholm, Sweden
  • Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636–1715), the queen consort of King Charles X of Sweden and queen mother of King Charles XI
  • Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen (1753–1792), Swedish noblewoman
  • Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759–1818), the queen consort of Charles XIII of Sweden, famed diarist, memoirist and wit
  • Hedvig Hricak (born 1946), Croatian American radiologist
  • Hedvig Karakas (born 1990), Hungarian judoka
  • Hedvig Lindahl (born 1983), Swedish soccer goalkeeper
  • Hedvig Malina, ethnic Hungarian student from Slovakia, physically assaulted in a hate crime incident
  • Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm (1838–1907), Swedish actor active in Sweden, Norway and Finland
  • Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681–1708), Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, was the eldest child of King Charles XI of Sweden
  • Hedvig Taube (1714–1744), Swedish noblewoman, official mistress to King Frederick I of Sweden
  • Hedvig Wigert (1748–1780), Swedish opera singer

Fictional characters

  • Hedvig, a main character in Henrik Ibsen's play the Wild Duck
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