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Greta (given Name)
The name Greta is derived from the name Margareta, which comes from the Greek word ''margarite''s or "pearl". Notable people with the name include: *Greta Almroth (1888–1981), Swedish actress *Greta Andersen (born 1927), Danish swimmer *Gréta Arn (born 1979), Hungarian tennis player *Greta Svabo Bech (born 1987), Faroese singer *Greta Bösel (1908–1947), German Nazi concentration camp guard and nurse executed for war crimes *Greta Chi, Danish actress *Greta Christina (born 1961), American atheist author and activist *Greta Cicolari (born 1981), Italian beach volleyball player * Greta Duréel (died 1696), Swedish fraud * Greta Espinoza (born 1995), Mexican footballer *Greta Garbo (1905–1990), Swedish-American actress *Greta Gerwig (born 1983), American actress and filmmaker * Greta Grönholm (1923–2015), Finnish canoeist *Greta Gynt (1916–2000), Norwegian singer, dancer and actress * Greta Hällfors-Sipilä (1899–1974), Finnish painter * Greta Hodgkinson (born 1973), A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margareta (other)
Margareta is a female given name mainly used by Germans, Austrians, Romanians and Swedes and others. It may refer to: People *Margareta (missionary) (c. 1369–c. 1425), Swedish missionary *Margareta of Romania (born 1949), Crown-Princess of Romania *Maya Ackerman, Russian-American computer scientist *Margareta Alströmer (1763–1816), Swedish artist *Margareta Andersson (born 1948), Swedish politician *Margareta Bengtson (born 1966), Swedish soprano *Margareta Brahe (1603–1669), Swedish lady-in-waiting *Margareta Capsia (1682–1759), Finnish artist *Margareta Cederfelt (born 19459, Swedish politician *Margareta Cederschiöld, Swedish tennis player *Margareta Dockvil (died after 1673), Swedish hatmaker *Margareta Kozuch (born 1986), German volleyball player Other *, a German cargo ship in service 1984-2008 *Margaretatop, a mountain in Greenland See also * *Greta (other) *Margaret (other) *Margaretha *Margarita (other) {{disambig, given name R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grethe Hjort
Grethe Hjort (1903–1967) was a Danish-born professor of Danish and English literature. After graduating from the University of Copenhagen, she moved to Cambridge where she studied at Newnham College, earning a Ph.D. in 1931 and subsequently becoming a Pfeiffer research fellow at Girton College. While there, she obtained British citizenship and changed her name to Greta Hort. In 1938 she moved to Australia where she was appointed principal of University Women's College at the University of Melbourne. After resigning in 1946, she moved to Prague where she undertook biblical research until 1956. She then returned to Denmark, becoming Professor of English Literature at Aarhus University from 1958 until her death in 1967. She pioneered a programme of studies including Australian and Commonwealth literature and for the first time taught English-literature courses in the English language. Early life and education Born on 25 March 1903 in Copenhagen, Grethe Hjort was the daughter of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Greta may refer to: *Greta (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name Places * Greta Bridge, village in County Durham, England * Greta, New South Wales, town in Australia ** Greta railway station ** Greta Army Camp, former Australian Army camp near the town of Greta * Greta, Victoria, town in Australia Natural history * ''Greta'' (genus), butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae ** ''Greta morgane'' (thick-tipped greta) ** ''Greta oto'' (glasswing) Other * ''Greta'' (2018 film), a thriller film directed by Neil Jordan * ''Greta'' (2020 film), a documentary film about activist Greta Thunberg * Greta (band), hard rock band * Greta Van Fleet, hard rock band * River Greta (other), one of three UK rivers * Hurricane Greta, name of several Atlantic storms * Georgia Regional Transportation Authority The Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA, "Greta") is a government agency in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was set up under former govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greta Morkytė
Greta Morkytė (born 27 March 1999) is a Lithuanian figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me .... She is the 2019 Lithuanian national champion and the 2018 Lithuanian national bronze medalist. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Morkytė, Greta 1999 births Living people Lithuanian female single skaters Sportspeople from Šiauliai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greta Molander
Greta Molander (23 August 1908 – 20 March 2002) was a Swedish/Norwegian rally driver and writer. Molander entered her first rally in 1929. Her Monte Carlo Rally debut came in 1933, and she won the ''Coupes des Dames'' in 1937 and in 1952. She competed in the first European Rally Championship in 1953, where she won the women's class. Molander was born in Ystad, and grew up in Nyköping and Stockholm. She married in 1938, and the couple settled in Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 .... She published several books from her travel expeditions, in the United States, Mexico, the African continent, and China. References Further reading * 1908 births 2002 deaths People from Ystad Municipality Swedish rally drivers Norwegian rally drivers Norwegia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greta Mikalauskytė
Greta Mikalauskytė (born 1993) is a Lithuanian beauty queen and model, elected as Miss Universe Lithuania 2012 and was represented her country in the 2012 Miss Universe pageants. Miss Lithuania 2012 & Miss Universe 2012 Greta Mikalauskyte has been selected as Miss Universe Lithuania 2012. Greta has also won the First Runner-up Miss Lithuania 2012 title at the grand finale of the 21st edition of Miss Lithuania beauty pageant which was held at the Švyturys Arena, Klaipėda Klaipėda (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuan .... Greta represented Lithuania in the 61st edition of Miss Universe 2012 beauty pageant. References External linksOfficial Miss Lithuania website Living people Miss Universe 2012 contestants Lithuanian beauty pageant winners 1993 births {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greta Magnusson-Grossman
Greta Magnusson-Grossman (July 21, 1906 – August 1999)''Greta Magnusson Grossman'', p. 45. was a Swedish furniture designer, interior designer, and architect. She was one of the few female designers to gain prominence during the mid-20th century architectural scene in Los Angeles. Her early exposure to European Modernism deeply influenced her later architectural work, seen as a synthesis of European ideals and the culture and lifestyle of Southern California. Early life and education Magnusson-Grossman was born Greta Magnusson on July 21, 1906 in Helsingborg, Sweden. Magnusson descended from a family of Swedish cabinetmakers, and was a woodworking apprentice at furniture manufacturer, Kärnans in Helsingborg after she graduated from Ebba Lundbergs Högre. During her apprenticeship in Helsingborg, she was the only female in the workshop. Grossman recognized the drawbacks of being a female artist and stated that she felt she had, "to be a step ahead or else". In 1928, Magnusson we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Greta may refer to: *Greta (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name Places * Greta Bridge, village in County Durham, England * Greta, New South Wales, town in Australia ** Greta railway station ** Greta Army Camp, former Australian Army camp near the town of Greta * Greta, Victoria, town in Australia Natural history * ''Greta'' (genus), butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae ** ''Greta morgane'' (thick-tipped greta) ** ''Greta oto'' (glasswing) Other * ''Greta'' (2018 film), a thriller film directed by Neil Jordan * ''Greta'' (2020 film), a documentary film about activist Greta Thunberg * Greta (band), hard rock band * Greta Van Fleet, hard rock band * River Greta (other), one of three UK rivers * Hurricane Greta, name of several Atlantic storms * Georgia Regional Transportation Authority The Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA, "Greta") is a government agency in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was set up under former govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greta Lee
Greta Jiehan Lee (born March 7, 1983) is an American actress. Early life Lee was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her parents are Korean immigrants. While attending Harvard-Westlake School, she became interested in the performing arts. After high school, she studied communication and theater at Northwestern University, and continued to pursue acting by moving to New York City. Career She has played Soojin in ''Girls'' and Homeless Heidi in ''High Maintenance''. She was a guest star in the TV shows ''New Girl'' and ''Wayward Pines''. She costarred as Hae Won in ''Sisters'' alongside Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Lee starred as Maxine in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Russian Doll Matryoshka dolls ( ; rus, матрёшка, p=mɐˈtrʲɵʂkə, a=Ru-матрёшка.ogg), also known as stacking dolls, nesting dolls, Russian tea dolls, or Russian dolls, are a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside ano ...''. Filmography Television Film Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greta Knutson
Greta Knutson or Knutson-Tzara (also known as Greta Knutson; 1899–1983) was a Sweden, Swedish Modernism, modernist visual artist, art critic, short story writer and poet. A student of André Lhote who adopted Abstract art, Abstraction, Cubism and Surrealism, she was also noted for her interest in Phenomenology (philosophy), phenomenology. Knutson was married to Romanian-born author and co-founder of Dadaism Tristan Tzara, but they later divorced. Biography Born in Stockholm, Greta Knutson was a Swedish surrealist painter, art critic, poet, and writer. She was born to an affluent family in 1899 and was fluent in several foreign languages. She attended the Carl Wilhelmson Academy of Fine Arts for one year, then studied at the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Kungliga Konsthögskolan, and settled in Paris, France during the early 1920s."Greta Knutson", in Penelope Rosemont, ''Surrealist Women'', Continuum International Publishing Group, London & New York, 1998, p.69. It was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greta Kline
Greta Simone Kline (born March 21, 1994), formerly known by the stage name Frankie Cosmos, is an American musician and singer-songwriter. She is known for her independent releases, inspired by Frank O'Hara's poetry, DIY ethics of K Records and the early 2000s New York City's anti-folk scene. She is the daughter of actors Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates. Her former stage name "Frankie Cosmos" is now the name of her band. Early life Kline was born on March 21, 1994, in New York City, the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Kline and actress Phoebe Cates. Her father is of German-Jewish and Irish descent and her mother has Russian-Jewish and Chinese-Filipino ancestry. She has one older brother, Owen Kline, who is an actor and filmmaker. Kline was introduced to music by her family. She settled on guitar as her primary instrument of choice at seventh grade, after playing the piano and briefly the drums. Home-schooled for most of high school, she spent time by attending un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gréta Kerekes
Gréta Kerekes (born 9 October 1992 in Debrecen) is a Hungarian athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She represented her country at the 2016 World Indoor Championships without qualifying for the final. Her personal bests are 12.95 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (+1.9 m/s, Székesfehérvár 2018) and 8.00 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ... (Istanbul 2023, Semifinal). Personal best Competition record References 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Debrecen Hungarian female hurdlers UTEP Miners women's track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in athletics European Games bronze medalists for Hungary Competitors at the 2015 Summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
