Erna may refer to: *

Erna (mythology) In Norse mythology according to the Eddic poem ''Rígsþula'', Erna was the mother of eleven sons by Jarl (mythology), Jarl, the ancestors of the class of warriors in Norse society. Her father was Hersir, a tribal chief. References

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, figure from Norse mythology * Érna, or Iverni, a people of medieval Ireland * ''Erna'' (moth), genus of moths in the family Erebidae * Erna (planet), fictional world in C. S. Friedman's Coldfire Trilogy *

Erna long-range reconnaissance group The Erna long-range reconnaissance group ( et, Erna luuregrupp) was a Finnish Army unit of Estonian volunteers, that fulfilled reconnaissance duties in Estonia behind Red Army lines during World War II. The unit was formed by Finnish military i ...

of World War II *

Erna Raid Erna Raid ( et, Erna retk) was an annual international military exercise and competition, one of the longest and most difficult in the world, held every August from 1995 to 2011 in Estonia. It was organised by the Erna Society and commemorates t ...

, military exercise held annually in Estonia * Erna, Texas, unincorporated community in Menard County, Texas, United States * 406 Erna, main belt asteroid *

Enhancer RNAs Enhancer RNAs (eRNAs) represent a class of relatively long non-coding RNA molecules (50-2000 nucleotides) transcribed from the DNA sequence of enhancer regions. They were first detected in 2010 through the use of genome-wide techniques such as RN ...

Little Erna Little Erna (german: Klein Erna) is the butt of Little Erna jokes popular in Hamburg. This fictional character derives from a real person, Erna Nissen. Typical jokes, usually narrated in heavy Missingsch dialect, tell of ineptness, bad luck, naivet ...

, the butt of Little Erna jokes *, a German coaster in service 1922-46

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Erna Auerbach Erna Auerbach (Frankfurt am Main 1897–London 1975) was a German-born artist and art historian best known for her work on artists of the Tudor-era in England. Biography She was the daughter of the painter Emma Kehrmann (1867-1958) and her fa ...

(1897–1975), German-born British artist and art historian * Erna Barschak (1888–1958), German teacher and psychologist *

Erna Baumbauer Erna Baumbauer (8 January 1919 – 30 January 2010) was a German casting agent. She has been called the "grand dame of German casting agents" by ''The Hollywood Reporter'' for her long career in the German film industry, which spanned decades. She ...

(1919–2010), German casting agent * Erna Beilhardt, Nazi concentration camp guard and nurse *

Erna Berger Erna Berger (19 October 1900 – 14 June 1990) was a German lyric coloratura soprano. She was best known for her Queen of the Night and her Konstanze. Career Born in Dresden, Germany, Berger spent some years as a child in India and South Amer ...

(1900–1990), German soprano * Erna Björk Sigurðardóttir (born 1982), Icelandic footballer *

Erna Bogen-Bogáti Erna Bogen-Bogáti (31 December 1906 – 23 November 2002) was a Hungarian fencer. She won a bronze medal in the women's individual foil event at the 1932 Summer Olympics. She was the daughter of Hungarian Albert Bogen, who competed for ...

(1906–2002), Hungarian fencer *

Erna Braun Erna Braun is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (french: Assemblée législative du Manitoba) is the deliberative assembly of the Manitoba Legislatu ...

, Canadian politician * Erna Brinkman (born 1972), Dutch volleyball player *

Erna Brodber Erna Brodber (born 20 April 1940) is a Jamaican writer, sociologist and social activist. She is the sister of writer Velma Pollard. Biography Born in the farming village of Woodside, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, she gained a B.A. from the Unive ...

(born 1940), Jamaican writer, sociologist and activist *

Erna Bürger Erna Bürger (26 July 1909 – 26 June 1958) was a German gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements invo ...

(1909–1958), German gymnast *

Erna Fentsch Erna Fentsch (21 April 1909 – 26 November 1997) was a German actress and screenwriter. She appeared 18 films between 1932 and 1944. Selected filmography * '' A Man with Heart'' (1932) * '' The Tunnel'' (1933) * '' The Champion of Pontre ...

(1909–1997), German actress and screenwriter *

Erna Fergusson Erna Fergusson (January 10, 1888 – July 30, 1964Remely, D. (1969) "Erna Fergusson", Austin, Texas: Stech-Vaughn Company.Sullivan, M.A. (2004). "Erna Fergusson", New Mexico Office of the State Historian. http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetail ...

(1888–1964), American writer and historian *

Erna Flegel Erna Flegel (11 July 1911 – 16 February 2006) was a German nurse. In late April 1945 she worked at the emergency casualty station at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, and was one of the final occupants of the ''Führerbunker'' before she was cap ...

(1911–2006), German nurse *

Erna Friðriksdóttir Erna Friðriksdóttir (born 2 November 1987) is an Icelandic alpine skiing, alpine skier. She competes in Paralympic alpine skiing, in the sitting category, using a monoski. She qualified to Iceland at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, represent Ic ...

(born 1987), Icelandic alpine skier * Erna Frins (born 1960), Uruguayan physicist *

Erna Furman Erna Furman (born Erna Mary Popper June 14, 1926 – August 9, 2002) was an Austrian-born American child psychoanalyst, psychologist, and teacher. Biography Furman was born Erna Mary Popper in Vienna to a Jewish family. She was educated at t ...

(1926–2002), Austrian-American child psychologist * Erna Gunther (1896–1982), American anthropologist * Erna Hanfstaengl (1885–1981), German acquaintance of Adolf Hitler * Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (born 1941), Luxembourgish politician * Erna Kelm (1912–1962), German woman killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall *

Erna Lazarus Erna Lazarus (June 16, 1903Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915 – February 19, 2006) was a screen and television writer from the 1930s through the 1960s. Lazarus, born in Boston, Massachusetts, was one of the founding members of the Scr ...

(1903–2006), American screenwriter * Erna Lendvai-Dircksen (1883–1962), German photographer * Erna Low (1909–2002), Austrian businesswoman *

Erna Mohr Erna W. Mohr (July 11, 1894September 10, 1968) was a German zoologist who made contributions to ichthyology and mammalogy. Mohr was long associated with the Zoological Museum Hamburg, where she was successively head of the Fish Biology Depart ...

(1894–1968), German zoologist *

Erna Morena Erna Morena (born Ernestine Maria Fuchs, 24 April 1885 – 20 July 1962) was a German film actress, film producer, and screenwriter of the silent era. She appeared in 104 films between 1913 and 1951. Biography Ernestine Maria Fuchs was born in ...

(1885–1962), German actress *

Erna Osland Erna Osland (born 24 February 1951) is a Norwegian teacher and author of children's literature. She made her literary debut in 1987 with the youth's book ''Natteramnen''. She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Best children's book in 1999 f ...

(born 1951), Norwegian teacher and author *

Erna Paris Erna Paris (6 May 1938 – 3 February 2022) was a Canadian non-fiction author. Biography Paris was born in Toronto to an essentially secular Jewish family. She was the niece of classical pianist Beth Lipkin. After earning a Bachelor of Arts de ...

, Canadian writer *

Erna Petermann Erna Petermann (born 1912, date of death unknown) was a high-ranking female overseer at two Nazi concentration camps during the closing months of World War II. Biography Little is known about Erna Petermann, other than that she trained at the m ...

(born 1912), Nazi concentration camp overseer *

Erna Rosenstein Erna Rosenstein (17 May 1913 – 10 November 2004) was a surrealist painter and poet. Biography She was the daughter of an Austrian-Jewish judge and Ukrainian mom. She was born in the town of Lemberg, Austria-Hungary. In 1918 they moved ...

(1913–2004), Polish surrealist painter *

Erna Sack Erna Dorothea Luise Sack (née Weber; 6 February 18982 March 1972) was a German coloratura soprano, known as the German Nightingale for her high vocal range. Biography Erna Weber was born in Spandau, Berlin. As a child, her voice attracted attent ...

(1898–1972), German soprano * Erna Scheffler (1893–1983), German jurist * Erna Schillig (1900–1993), Swiss painter. *

Erna Schilling Erna Schilling (1884 – 2 October 1945) was a German nightclub dancer and artist's model. The daughter of a proofreader for a publishing company, she was born in Berlin. When she was eighteen, she left home with her elder sister Gerda; the ...

(1884–1945), German nightclub dancer and artist's model. *

Erna Schneider Hoover Erna Schneider Hoover (born June 19, 1926) is an American mathematician notable for inventing a computerized telephone switching method which "revolutionized modern communication" according to several reports. It prevented system overloads by mon ...

(born 1926), American mathematician *

Erna Schürer Erna Schürer (born August 18, 1942) is an Italian actress, model and television hostess, sometimes credited as Erna Scheurer or Erna Schuler. Life and career Born in Naples as Emma Costantino, Schürer moved to Milan where began a career as gl ...

, Italian actress *

Erna Sellmer Erna Elisabeth Dorothea Sellmer (19 June 1905 – 13 May 1983) was a German film actress. She was best known in the English-speaking world for her role as housekeeper Frau Gerber in the 1970s Swiss-Canadian television series ''George'' about a St ...

(1905–1983), German actress *

Erna Siikavirta Erna Inari Kaarina Siikavirta (born 8 October 1977) is a Finnish keyboard player. She is best known as a member of the rock band Lordi, which she joined in 1997 under the stage name Enary. She left the band in 2005, at the request of the other mem ...

(born 1977), Finnish keyboard player *

Erna Solberg Erna Solberg (; born 24 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician and the current Leader of the Opposition. She served as the 35th prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021, and has been Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004. Solberg w ...

(born 1961), Norwegian politician * Erna Sondheim (1904–2008), German fencer * Erna Spoorenberg (1925–2004), Dutch soprano * Erna Steinberg (1911–2001), German Olympic sprinter *

Erna Steuri Erna Steuri (22 April 1917 – 25 November 2001)Erna Tauro Erna Tauro, née Pergament (16 August 1916 Viipuri4 June 1993 Stockholm), was a Finnish-Swedish pianist and composer. Biography Erna Tauro was born in Viipuri, daughter of Isak Pergament and Rifka (née Rosenthal), and niece of composers Moses ...

(1916–1993), Finnish-Swedish pianist and composer *

Erna Viitol Erna Viitol (née Erna Juhanson; 10 May 1920 – 11 November 2001) was an Estonian sculptor. Biography Viitol was born into a family of farmers in Ala, Lõve Parish (now in Tõrva Parish), Valga County. She traveled to Stockholm, Sweden to study ...

(1920–2001), Estonian sculptor * Erna Villmer (1889–1965), Estonian actress * Erna Visk (1910–1983), Estonian and Soviet policitcian *

Erna Wallisch Erna Wallisch (née Erna Pfannstiel, 10 February 1922 – 16 February 2008) allegedly was a female guard in two Nazi concentration camps, but despite several trials was never convicted. In 2007, she was seventh on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's ...

(1922–2008), alleged Nazi concentration camp guard * Erna Weill (1904–1996), American German-Jewish sculptor *

Erna Woll Erna Woll (23 March 1917 – 7 April 2005) was a German composer, church musician and author. Life Erna Woll was born in St. Ingbert in the Saar. She studied music from 1936 to 1938 at the Evangelisches Kirchenmusikalisches Institut Heidelber ...

(1917–2005), German composer * Erna Beth Yackel (1939–2022), American mathematics educator

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Jeff Erna Jeff Erna is an American drummer, from Boston, Massachusetts, most notable for being the original drummer for the punk bands Dropkick Murphys and Street Dogs. Career Erna began his professional career in the Boston garage band Jared, which prod ...

, American drummer * Sully Erna (born 1968), American musician and member of Godsmack

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* Anna van Gogh-Kaulbach (1869-1960), Dutch writer, wrote as ''Erna''

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