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Gustava is a feminine form of Gustav or Gustavus. People with the name include: * Gustava Aigner (1906–1987), Austrian geologist and palaeontologist * Gustava Kielland (1800–1889), Norwegian author and missionary pioneer * Gustava Johanna Stenborg Gustava Johanna Stenborg, as married later ''Hahr'' and ''Yckerberg'', (1776–1819), was a Swedish artist. She was born to secretary Johan Fredrik Stenborg and Henrica Hellman. Stenborg was a textile artist ( embroidery). She was a student in t ... (1776–1819), was a Swedish artist {{given name Swedish feminine given names Feminine given names ...
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Gustava Kielland
Susanne Sophie Catharina Gustava Kielland (née Blom, 6 March 1800 – 28 February 1889) was a Norwegian author and missionary pioneer. Biography She was born in Kongsberg as a daughter of customs officer Gustavus Blom and his wife Karen Petronelle Stoltenberg. According to ''Norsk biografisk leksikon'' her name was Susanne Sophie Catharina Gustava and not Susanne Sophie Caroline Gustava, as many believe. In May 1824 in Drammen she married the minister Gabriel Kirsebom Kielland (1796-1854). Her husband was also a first cousin once removed of Gabriel Schanche Kielland and second cousin of Jacob Kielland. She spent most of her life in the parishes of Finnøy and Lyngdal, where her husband was stationed as vicar. She was influenced by the Moravian Church, but did not become involved in missionary activity until 1840. Following a missionary lecture in Stavanger, she regretted her "lukewarm" attitude to mission. Then, back in Lyngdal, she formed a Christian-social women's associa ...
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Gustava Aigner
Gustava Kahler, née Aigner, (29 April 190622 March 1987) was an Austrian geologist and palaeontologist. She was noted in particular for her work with Franz Heritsch and with her husband, Franz Kahler. In recognition of her discovery of graptolites in the northern greywacke zone, her former fellow student, Ida Peltzmann, named two species for her. Life and career Gustava Aigner was born on 29 April 1906 in Salzburg. Her parents were Gustav Aigner, a lawyer, and Maria, née Melbler. She was educated at the Mädchen-Reform-Realgymnasium and then studied geology, paleontology, mineralogy and petrography at the University of Graz. She was only the second woman to study geology at an Austrian university. She earned her PhD in July 1929, when she was only 23 years old, with a dissertation entitled "Die Productiden des Karbons von Nötsch im Gailtal". Her dissertation was the first to reflect a redirection of study in the field away from mineralogy and crystallography and towards strat ...
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Gustava Johanna Stenborg
Gustava Johanna Stenborg, as married later ''Hahr'' and ''Yckerberg'', (1776–1819), was a Swedish artist. She was born to secretary Johan Fredrik Stenborg and Henrica Hellman. Stenborg was a textile artist ( embroidery). She was a student in the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts ( sv, Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna), commonly called the Royal Academy, is located in Stockholm, Sweden. An independent organization that promotes the development of painting, sculpture, architec ... when she participated in their 1790 art exhibition with a work in white sateen, for which she was awarded the memory prize of the royal academy. She was married to estate owner Henric Wilhelm Hahr, Jr. in 1793, and to estate-clerk Per Otto Yckerberg in 1815. References * ''Svenskt konstnärslexikon'' (Swedish Art dictionary). Red. Johnny Roosval & Gösta Lilja. Malmö: Allhems Förlag 1952. 18th-century Swedish people 1776 births 1819 deaths Swed ...
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Gustavus (name)
Gustavus is the Latinised form of the male given name Gustav or Gustaf, of likely Old Swedish origin, used mainly in Scandinavian countries, German-speaking countries, and the Low Countries, possibly meaning "staff of the Geats or Goths or gods", possibly derived from the Old Norse elements ("Geats"), / ("Goths") or ("gods"), and ("staff"). Another etymology speculates that the name may be of Medieval Slavic origin, from the name ''Gostislav'', a compound word for "glorious guest", from the Medieval Slavic words ("guest") and ("glory") and was adopted by migrating groups north and west into Germany and Scandinavia. This name has been borne by eight Kings of Sweden, including the 16th-century Gustav Vasa and the current king, Carl XVI Gustaf. It is a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa. The name has entered other languages as well. In French it is ; in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish it is ''Gustavo''. A side form of the name in Swedish is ...
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Gustav (name)
Gustav, also spelled Gustaf (, ), is a male given name of likely Old Swedish origin, used mainly in Scandinavian countries, German-speaking countries, and the Low Countries, possibly meaning "staff of the Geats or Goths or gods", possibly derived from the Old Norse elements ("Geats"), / ("Goths") or ("gods"), and ("staff"). Another etymology speculates that the name may be of Medieval Slavic peoples, Slavic origin, from the name ''Gostislav'', a compound word for "glorious guest", from the Medieval Slavic words ("guest") and ("glory") and was adopted by migrating groups north and west into Germany and Scandinavia. This name has been borne by eight Monarch of Sweden, Kings of Sweden, including the 16th-century Gustav I of Sweden, Gustav Vasa and the current king, Carl XVI Gustaf. It is a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa. The name has entered other languages as well. In French language, French it is ; in Italian language, Italian, Portuguese language ...
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Swedish Feminine Given Names
Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish language * Swedish people or Swedes, persons with a Swedish ancestral or ethnic identity ** A national or citizen of Sweden, see demographics of Sweden ** Culture of Sweden * Swedish cuisine See also * * Swedish Church (other) * Swedish Institute (other) * Swedish invasion (other) * Swedish Open (other) Swedish Open is a tennis tournament. Swedish Open may also refer to: *Swedish Open (badminton) * Swedish Open (table tennis) *Swedish Open (squash) *Swedish Open (darts) The Swedish Open is a darts tournament established in 1969, held in Malmà ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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