Else is a feminine given name, appearing in

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, Danish and Norwegian. It is a shortened form of

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. Notable people with the name include: *

Else Alfelt Else Alfelt (16 September 1910 – 9 August 1974) was a Danish artist who specialized in abstract paintings. She was one of two female members of the CoBrA movement. She was married to Carl-Henning Pedersen, another prominent CoBrA member. Ear ...

(1910–1974), Danish painter * Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist *

Else Winther Andersen Else Winther Andersen (born 5 April 1941) is a Danish Venstre politician, teacher and social worker who served as the Minister for Social Affairs under Prime Minister Poul Schlüter from 18 December 1990 until her resignation on 25 January 1993. ...

(born 1941), Danish politician * Else Berg (1877–1942), Dutch painter * Else Bugge Fougner (born 1944), Norwegian lawyer and politician *

Else Christensen Else Christensen (1913–2005) was a Danish proponent of the modern Pagan new religious movement of Heathenry. She established a Heathen organisation known as the Odinist Fellowship in the United States, where she lived for much of her life. ...

(1913–2005), Danish neopagan *

Else Feldmann Else Feldmann (25 February 1884 – 1942) was an Austrian writer, playwright, poet, socialist journalist, and victim of the Holocaust. She grew up in Leopoldstadt as the daughter of poor Jewish parents with her six siblings. She attended college ...

(1884–1942), Austrian writer * Else Frenkel-Brunswik (1908–1958), Polish-Austrian psychologist *

Else Hench Else Hench was an Austrian luger who competed in the late 1920s. She won a bronze medal in the first-ever women's singles event at the 1928 European luge championships at Schreiberhau, Germany (now Szklarska Poręba, Poland Poland, ...

(20th century), Austrian luger * Else Hirsch (1889–1942/3), German-Jewish teacher * Else Holmelund Minarik (1920–2012), Danish American author * Else Jacobsen (1911–1965), Danish swimmer * Else Krüger (born 1915), German secretary * Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945), Jewish German poet and playwright * Else Mayer (1891–1962), German nun * Else Meidner (1901–1987), Jewish German painter * Else Repål (1930–2015), Norwegian politician * Else Reppen (1933–2006), Norwegian philanthropist * Else Sehrig-Vehling (1897–1994), German expressionist * Else Seifert (1879–1968), German photographer * Else Ury (1877–1943), German writer * Else von Richthofen (1874–1973), German social scientist

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