Brita may refer to:

People

* Brita Appelgren (1912–1999), Swedish film actress * Brita Baldus (born 1965), German diver, who competed for East Germany until the unification in 1991 *

Brita Biörn Brita Biörn, or ''Brita Biörns'' (1667–fl. 1745), was a Swedish cunning woman. She was active on Gotland and as one of the most reputed cunning women in contemporary Sweden, accused in two court cases. Life Brita Biörn married boatswain ...

Brita Borg Brita Kerstin Gunvor Borg (10 June 1926 – 4 May 2010) was a Swedish singer, actress, and variety show artist. Her variety show career spanned from 1943 into the 1970s, while her singing career trailed away at the end of the 1960s. However, s ...

(1926–2010), Swedish singer, actress, and variety show artist *

Brita Borge Brita Constance Borge (née Nyqvist; 20 October 1931 – 2 November 2013) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She was born Vasa, Finland as a daughter of dean Alvar Vilhelm Nyqvist (1893–1966) and rector Mary Constance Rosend ...

(1931–2013), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party *

Brita Bratland Brita Bratland (12 October 1910 – 24 August 1975) was a Norwegian folk singer. She was born in Vinje, and was granddaughter of folk singer Margit Tveiten, and great-granddaughter of traditional singer Halvor Gugarden (1792–1879). B ...

(1910–1975), Norwegian folk singer *

Brita Catharina Lidbeck Brita Catharina Lidbeck, also ''Brita Catharina Munck af Rosenschöld'' (1788 – 2 March 1864) was a Swedish Dilettante concert singer. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.Gustaf Hilleström: Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien, Mat ...

(1788–1864), Swedish Dilettante concert singer * Brita Collett Paus (1917–1998), Norwegian humanitarian leader *

Brita Drewsen Brita Drewsen (1887–1983) was a Swedish artist and businesswoman who spent her working life in Denmark, creating household textiles and handicrafts. In 1925, working with the Danish entrepreneur Kaj Dessau, she designed the pioneering interiors o ...

(1887–1983), Swedish artist and businesswoman * Brita Filter, American drag queen * Brita Granström (born 1969), Swedish artist who graduated from Konstfack Stockholm in 1994 and now lives and works between Great Britain and her homeland *

Brita Hagberg Brita Christina Hagberg, née Nilsdotter, alias ''Petter Hagberg'' (1756 – 19 March 1825), was a woman who served as a soldier in the Swedish army during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790). She is one of two confirmed women to have been decorate ...

(1756–1825), Swedish soldier *

Brita Hazelius Brita Hazelius (later ''Johansson''; January 22, 1909 – March 5, 1975) was a Swedish breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. She was born in Denmark and died in Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Götebo ...

(1909–1975), Swedish breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics * Brita Horn (1745–1791), Swedish countess and courtier *

Brita Johansson Brita Johansson (born 16 September 1941) is a Finnish athlete. She competed in the women's long jump at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olymp ...

(born 1941), Finnish athlete *

Brita Klemetintytär Brita Klemetintytär (1621–1700) was a Finnish woman postmaster. As the daughter of the former postmaster of Torneå in Swedish Finland, she was appointed to succeed him by the local authorities upon his death. This was highly unusual for her ...

(1621–1700), Finnish postmaster * Brita Koivunen (1931–2014), Finnish schlager singer *

Brita Lindholm Brita Lindholm (born 12 December 1963) is a Swedish 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 Finl ...

(born 1963), Swedish curler *

Brita Nordlander Brita Nordlander (1921–2009) was a Swedes, Swedish teacher and politician, serving as Municipal commissioner, President of the Municipal council of Uppsala, representing the Swedish People's Party, the predecessor of the Liberals (Sweden), Li ...

(1921–2009), Swedish teacher and politician *

Brita Olofsdotter Brita Olofsdotter (died 1569), was a Finnish soldier of the Swedish cavalry. She is the likely first confirmed female soldier in Sweden, as well as the first confirmed Swedish example of the historical phenomena of women impersonating men to gain ...

(died 1569), Finnish soldier of the Swedish cavalry *

Brita Olsdotter Brita Olsdotter ( fl. 1719) was an old Swedish woman who, according to legend, saved the city of Linköping from being burnt by the Russians during the Great Northern War. In 1719, in the last years of the war, Sweden was invaded by the Russian a ...

Brita Persdotter Karth Brita Persdotter Karth is a fictional person in Swedish history. She was earlier believed to have been the mistress or perhaps even wife of the exiled prince Gustav of Sweden, son of king Eric XIV, and her eldest son Lars was believed to have been ...

Brita Pipare Brita, "the wife of Jöran Pipare" (floruit 1595) was an alleged Swedish witch. Her case is a significant one, illustrating a witch trial held when the belief in witchcraft had increased, but the law still did not permit harsh persecution of magic ...

* Brita Rosladin (1626–1675), Swedish noblewoman *

Brita Ryy Brita Ryy (1725–1783) was a Swedish educator and member of the Moravian Church. Brita Ryy was the daughter of a vicar and married the wealthy Snus-factory owner Petter Swartz (1726–1789) in Norrköping Norrköping (; ) is a city in the ...

(1725–1783), Swedish educator * Brita Sailer *

Brita Scheel Birgitte "Brita" Scheel (1638–1699), was a Danish noblewoman who married a Danish nobleman who became Swedish with the annexation of Denmark's eastern provinces. For that reason, Birgitte belongs both to Danish and Swedish history, and her family ...

(1638–1699), Danish noblewoman *

Brita Sigourney Brita Sigourney (born January 17, 1990) is an American freestyle skier. Career She attended Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California, and later went on to attend the University of California, Davis, where she played water polo. She trained ...

(born 1990), American freestyle skier *

Brita Snellman Brita Snellman, also Brita Ribbing, (21 May 1901 - 9 June 1978) was a Swedish architect. In 1924, she became the first woman to graduate in architecture as a regular student at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Biography Snellman ob ...

(1901–1978), Swedish architect * Brita Sofia Hesselius (1801–1866), Swedish daguerreotype photographer * Brita Sophia De la Gardie (1713–1797), Swedish noble and amateur actress *

Brita Tott Brita Olovsdotter Tott (or ''Thott'') (in Swedish) or Birgitte Olufsdatter Thott (in Danish), ( fl. 3 March 1498) was a Danish and Swedish noble, landowner and royal county administrator She was judged for treason and for the forgery of seals. ...

Brita Zippel Brita Zippel, also called Britta Sippel (died 29 April 1676) was an alleged Swedish witch, known as "Näslösan", one of the victims of the Katarina witch trials during the great witch hunt known as "Det Stora oväsendet" ("The Great noise") in Swe ...

(died 1676), Swedish witch *

Brita von Cöln Birgitta "Brita" von Cöln, or ''von Cöllen'', née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the e ...

Brita von Horn Brita Clara Alice Augusta Florence von Horn (1 April 1886 – 14 February 1983) was a Swedish novelist, dramatist, director and theatre leader. She worked in the theatre scene in Stockholm and published several books. Career von Horn was born ...

(1886–1983), Swedish novelist, dramatist, director *

Brita Öberg Brita Öberg (22 May 1900 – 26 December 1969) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1931 and 1969. Selected filmography * '' Kristin Commands'' (1946) * ''Between Brothers (film), Between Brothers'' (1946) * ' ...

(1900–1969), Swedish actress

Places

* Brita-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany

Other

1071 Brita 1071 Brita, provisional designation , is a dark asteroid from the background population of the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 50 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 March 1924, by Soviet astronomer Vladimir Albitsky at the S ...

, asteroid *

Brita (company) Brita GmbH is a German company which manufactures water filters. The company headquarters are in Taunusstein near Wiesbaden in Hesse, Germany. Manufacturing facilities are in China, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Bri ...

SS Brita (1908) ''Brita'' was a cargo ship that was built in 1908 by Sunderland Shipbuilding Ltd, Sunderland as ''Odland'' for Norwegian owners. A sale in 1922 saw her renamed ''Odland 1''. In 1928, she was sold to Sweden and renamed ''Brita''. She was seized by ...

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