Birgitta is the Swedish and Icelandic form of the

Irish Gaelic Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the ...

female name ''Brighid''. Brighid or Brigid was the name of an ancient

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ic goddess, and its English form is Bridget. Birgitta and its alternate forms Birgit and Britta became common names in Scandinavia because of St. Bridget of Sweden.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. (1990). A dictionary of first names. Oxford University Press.

People named Birgitta

* Bridget of Sweden (c. 1303 – 23 July 1373), Swedish Roman Catholic saint * Princess Birgitta of Sweden (born 1937), elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf *

Birgitta Durell Brechtgien "Birgitta" Durell, née ''von Crakow'' or ''von Cracauw'' (1619 in Hoorn, the Netherlands – 1683 in Sweden) was a Swedish (originally Dutch) industrialist. She was the daughter of Carel van Cracauw, the Dutch envoy to Copenhagen, ...

(1619-1683), Swedish industrialist * Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 1967), Icelandic politician * Birgithe Kühle (1762-1832), Dano-Norwegian editor * Birgitta Moran Farmer (1881-1939), American miniature painter *

Birgitta Haukdal Birgitta Haukdal Brynjarsdóttir (born 28 July 1979), also known by her mononym Birgitta, is an Icelandic singer. She rose to domestic media prominence as the lead singer of pop band Írafár. She represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Con ...

(born 1979), Icelandic singer * Birgitte Winther (1751-1809), Danish opera singer * Birgitta Hillingsø (born 1940), Danish antiques dealer and godmother of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

People named Birgitta

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