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 Finland
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spelling of the name Catherine. In the Netherlands, people use a great number of short forms in daily life, including ''Carine'', ''Catelijne'', ''Cato'', ''Ina'', ''Ineke'', ''Kaat'', ''Kaatje'', ''Karen'', ''Karin'', ''Katja'', ''Katrien'', ''Katrijn'', ''Kitty'', ''Nienke'', ''Rina'', ''Tineke'', ''Tiny'', ''Toos'', ''Trijn'', ''Trijntje'', and many others. People with the name include:
Catharina Stroppel
Catharina Stroppel (born 1971) is a German mathematician whose research concerns representation theory, low-dimensional topology, and category theory. She is a professor of mathematics at the University of Bonn, and vice-coordinator of the Hausd ...
Catharina Ahlgren
Catharina Ahlgren (1734 – c. 1800) was a Swedish proto- feminist poet and publisher, and one of the first identifiable female journalists in Sweden.
She was the publisher and chief editor of a number of different women's periodicals in Stoc ...
(1734–c. 1800), Swedish feminist writer, poet, translator, editor and journalist
* Catharina Backer (1689–1766), Dutch art collector and painter
* Catharina S.F. "Kate" Bisschop-Swift (1834–1928), English-born Dutch painter
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Catharina Both-van der Eem
''Catharina Both van der Eem'' is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1620 and now in Louvre Museum. It is considered a pendant portrait to the ''Portrait of Paulus van Beresteyn'', in the same museum.
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(1589–1666), Haarlem citizen painted by Frans Hals
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Catharina Chen
Catharina Chen (born 1985) is a Norwegian classical violinist of Chinese ancestry. She has soloed since age 8.
Life
Chen was born in 1985 in Norway. Her father introduced her to the violin when she was five and played solo at age eight. Her tutor ...
Catharina Irma Dessaur
Andreas Burnier, born Catharina Irma Dessaur (3 July 1931 – 18 September 2002) was a Dutch writer. Burnier has published poetry, lectures, books and articles, many of which address homosexuality, in order to emphasize women's problems in a male ...
(1931–2002), Dutch writer with the pseudonym Andreas Burnier
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Catharina Jacoba Abrahamina Enschedé
Catharina Jacoba Abrahamina Enschedé (1828 – 1883) was a 19th-century Dutch painter.
Biography
She was born in Haarlem as the sister of the later art collector, city archivist, and museum consultant Adriaan Justus Enschedé. She was prob ...
Catharina Torenberg Catharina Margareta Torenberg, also referred to as ''Katariina Torenberg-Annell'' (1787 - 1866), was a Finnish violinist.
She was the daughter of the organist builder Karl Torenberg. She debuted in Åbo in 1802, and was active as a concert violinis ...
(1787–1866), Finnish violinist
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Catharina Jacoba van Velde
Jacoba van Velde (10 May 1903, in The Hague – 7 September 1985, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer, translator, and dramaturge. Her first novel, ''"De grote zaal"'' (''The Great Hall''), appeared in the literary journal ''Querido'' in 1953 and was ...
Catharina Stopia
Catharina Stopia (died after 2 April 1657) was the first female diplomat in Sweden, and Sweden's first ambassador to Russia during her tenure in office 1632–1634.
Stopia's father was the city doctor of Riga, Zacharias Stopius. In 1620, she m ...
(fl. 1620–1657), Swedish ambassador to Russia
* Catharina "Cathy" Ubels-Veen (1928–2015), Dutch Evangelical politician
Catharina van Gelre
Catherine of Guelders (ca. 1440 – Guelders, January 25, 1497), was regent of the Duchy of Guelders between 1477 and 1492. First for her brother during his absence, and then for her nephew.
Life
Catherine of Guelders was the fourth and youngest ...
Catharina Ebba Horn
Catharina Ebba Horn af Åminne, (27 May 1720 – 12 September 1781 in Jakobsberg), was a Swedish noble and the second official royal mistress of King Frederick I of Sweden from 1745 to 1748. She was one of two official royal mistresses in Sweden. ...
(1720–1781), Swedish noble and mistress of king Frederick I of Swede
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Catharina van Kleef Catharina is a feminine given name, the Dutch and Swedish spelling of the name Catherine. In the Netherlands, people use a great number of short forms in daily life, including ''Carine'', ''Catelijne'', ''Cato'', ''Ina'', ''Ineke'', ''Kaat'', ''Kaat ...
(1417–1479), Duchess of Guelders
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Catharina Månsdotter Catharina is a feminine given name, the Dutch and Swedish spelling of the name Catherine. In the Netherlands, people use a great number of short forms in daily life, including ''Carine'', ''Catelijne'', ''Cato'', ''Ina'', ''Ineke'', ''Kaat'', ''Kaat ...
(1550–1612), Queen of Sweden
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Catharina van Nassau
Catherine of Nassau-Dillenburg (29 December 1543 at Dillenburg Castle in Dillenburg – 25 December 1624 in Arnstadt) was a daughter of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and his second wife, Juliana of Stolberg. She was a sister of William the ...
(1543–1624), sister of William I the Silent
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Catharina Rickert Catharina von Wartenberg ''née'' Rickert ( Emmerich, 1674 – The Hague, 1734), known as "Catharina, Reichsgräfin von Wartenberg" or ''Madame'' de Wartenberg, was the official royal mistress of king Frederick I of Prussia between 1696 and 1711.
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(1674–1734), official royal mistress of Frederick I of Prussia
* H. Catharina L. "Trina" Schneider (1856–1918), Baltic-German tutor at the court of Tsar Nicholas II
* Catharina Wallenstedt (1627–1719), Swedish maid of honour to Queen Christina and letter writer
* Catharina of Württemberg (1783–1835), Russian-born queen consort of Westphalia
Catharina Felser
Catharina Felser (born 2 October 1982) is a German race car driving, driver born in Siegburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Catharina started her career in karting during 1997, moving up to Austrian Formula Ford in 2000. Her performances there resulted i ...
(born 1982), German race car driver
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Catharina Glassér-Bjerner
Catharina Glassér-Bjerner (born 16 February 1964 in Grycksbo) is a Sweden, Swedish former Alpine skiing, alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics.
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Catharina Besselman
Catharina Besselman (1678-1702), was an influential Dutch colonist in the Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indone ...
(1678-1702), Dutch colonist in the Dutch East Indies
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Catharina Bröms
Catharina "Karin" Bröms (1665–1735), was a Swedish ironmaster. She was the owner of the Wij iron works at Ockelbo between 1686 (formally 1708) and 1735. She founded and acquired additional iron works and eventually owned the larger part of Ockel ...
(1665–1735), Swedish iron master
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Catharina de Chasseur
Catharina de Chasseur also known as Catherine le Sasseure and Catherine Dechassoir (1490 - 1541), was a Dutch counterfeiter. She was the central figure of a famous criminal court case which has often been referenced in Dutch literature.
She was or ...
(1490–1541), Dutch counterfeiter
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Catharina Cramer
Catharina Geertruida Schrader (1656–1746), also known as the Frisian Midwife (from the Dutch province Friesland), was a successful Dutch midwife in the Early Modern Era, known for her detailed notebooks and memoirs relating the numerous births ...
Catharina Freymann
Catharina Freymann (16 September 1708 – 12 December 1791) was a Norwegian educator and pietist leader.
Catharina Maria Freymann was born in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway). She was the daughter of Wenzel Freymann and Karen Bartholomeusdatter. He ...
(1708–1791), Norwegian pietist leader
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Catharina de Grebber Catharina de Grebber (1496 – after 1515) was a Dutch woman. She is known as the victim of a famous case of kidnapping and rape in the Netherlands in 1515. The case was widely famed in the contemporary Netherlands, where it was published and popula ...
(born 1498), Dutch kidnapping victim
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Catharina Elisabet Grubb Catharina Elisabet Grubb (February 8, 1721 – March 31, 1788) was a Finnish industrialist.
She was the daughter of merchant Nils Grubb from Stockholm and Gunnila Grubb and sister of Michael Grubb and married to merchant, industrialist and shipowne ...
(1721–1788), Swedish-Finnish industrialist
* Catharina Haynes (born 1963), United States Circuit Judge
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Catharina Herman
Catharina Herman (died after 1604) was a Dutch heroine of the Eighty Years' War. She was hailed in history as a role model of marital fidelity.
She was from Medemblik and married to a soldier whose name has been lost. In 1600, her spouse was sent ...
(fl. 1604), Dutch heroine of the Eighty Years' War
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Catharina Heybeek Catharina Heybeek (6 March 1764 – 26 May 1810) was a politically active Dutch journalist, feminist and editor. She was born in Rotterdam.
Heybeek was arrested and sentenced to three years for Sedition in 1798. She belonged to the radical demo ...
(1764–1810), Dutch journalist, feminist and editor
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Catharina Justander
Catharina Justander (Lempäälä, 1723 - Zeist, 5 October 1778) was a Finnish (Swedish) missionary. As a missionary, she played a leading role in spreading the Moravian Church in Stockholm (Sweden), Turku (Finland) and Zeist (The Netherlands), and ...
(1723–1778), Swedish-Finnish missionary
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Catharina Johanna Koek
Catharina Johanna Koek (1763–1843), was a Dutch governor's wife. She is depicted in history as a typical example of the Dutch colonial customs in Dutch East Indies and how it was viewed by Europeans.
She was the daughter of the official Joost Ko ...
Catharina Mulder
Catharina Mulder (25 March 1723, in Rotterdam – 29 June 1798, in Rotterdam), also known as Kaat Mossel , was a Dutch orangist. She was a fishmonger, selling mussels in Rotterdam
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a.k.a. Kaat Mossel (1723–1798), Dutch Orangist activist
* Catharina Choi Nunes (born 1990), Korean-Brazilian model
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Catharina Roodzant
Catharina (Toos) Roodzant (née Glimmerveen) (21 October 1896, Rotterdam – 24 February 1999) was a Dutch female chess master.
She won thrice the female Dutch Chess Championship (1935, 1936 and 1938). Roodzant lost a match for the title to Fenny ...
(1896–1999), Dutch chess master
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Catharina Rose
Catharina Rose d. after June 1587, was the heroine of the Spanish siege of Sluis during the Eighty Years' War.
At the Spanish siege of the city of Sluis in Flanders
Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern po ...
(fl. 1587), Dutch heroin in the Eighty Years' War
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Catharina de San Joan
Catarina de San Juan (birth ca.1607/place unknown; death 5 January 1688, Puebla, Mexico) known as the China Poblana was an Asian slave who, according to legend, belonged to a noble family from India. She was brought to Mexico through the Spanish Ea ...
(1605–1688), India-born anchorite and visionary
* Catharina Serafin (fl. 1892), Prussian medical patient
* Catharina Svensson (born 1982), Danish model, Miss Earth 2001
* Catharina Wahllund (1771–1843), Swedish-Finnish restaurateur
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Catharina (crater)
Catharina is an ancient lunar impact crater located in the southern highlands. It was named after Saint Catherine of Alexandria. It lies in a rugged stretch of land between the Rupes Altai scarp to the west and Mare Nectaris in the east. To the w ...