Gunilla is a Swedish female name, derived from

Gunhild Gunhild (with variants Gundhild, Gunhilda, Gunhilde, Gunhjild, Gunilda, Gunnhild, Gunnhildr, Gunnhildur) is a Germanic feminine given name composed of two words meaning "war" (gunn and hild/hildr). It may refer to: *, allegedly a Danish queen cons ...

. It was among the top feminine names in the Scandinavian countries in the 1940s.

People named Gunilla

Gunilla Andersson Gunilla Victoria Andersson (born April 26, 1975) is an ice hockey player from Sweden. Andersson played Defense for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team, winning a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Win ...

(born 1975), ice hockey player from Sweden *

Gunilla Bergström Gunilla Elisabet Dukure Bergström (3 July 1942 – 23 August 2021) was a Swedish author, journalist, and illustrator. She is best known for her series of children's books about the character Alfie Atkins (Swedish: ''Alfons Åberg''), which she ...

(1942–2021), Swedish author, journalist, and illustrator *

Gunilla Bielke Gunilla Bielke; Swedish: ''Gunilla Johansdotter Bielke af Åkerö'' (25 June 1568 – 19 July 1597) was Queen of Sweden as the second wife of King John III. Queen Gunilla is acknowledged to have acted as the political adviser to John III and to h ...

(1568–1597), the second spouse and queen consort of John III of Sweden *

Gunilla Carlsson Anna Gunilla Carlsson is a Swedish politician and a member of the Moderate Party. She served as Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2006 to 2013, member of the Swedish Riksdag from 2002 to 2013 and deputy chairman of her part ...

(born 1963), Swedish politician *

Gunilla Carlsson (Social Democrat) Gunilla Carlsson (born 1966) is a Sweden, Swedish Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democratic politician. She has been a List of members of the Swedish Riksdag, member of the Parliament of Sweden, Riksdag since 2002. External linksGunilla ...

(born 1966), Swedish Social Democratic politician *

Gunilla Florby Eva Gunilla Yvonne Florby (née Niwén; 1943 in Lund, Skåne County – 2011), was a Swedish academic.Gunilla Forseth Gunilla Forseth (born 7 June 1985) is a Norwegian football striker. She plays for Melhus, near Trondheim. Forseth started her career at Leinstrand before transferring to Kattem, becoming the club's top scorer in 2005 and being nominated Young P ...

(born 1985), Norwegian football striker *

Gunilla Gerland Gunilla Gerland (born 1963) is a Swedish author and lecturer on the topic of autism. Biography Gunilla Gerland was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father was abusive and eventually left her family, and her mother had alcoholism. Gerland left home ...

(born 1963). Swedish author *

Gunilla Hutton Gunilla Hutton (born May 15, 1944) is a Swedish-born American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her roles as the second Billie Jo Bradley (1965–1966) on ''Petticoat Junction'' and as a regular cast member in the television series ''He ...

(born 1944), Swedish actress *

Gunilla Knutson Gunilla Knutsson (sometimes as Gunilla Knutson, Gunilla Knudson or Gunilla Knudsen) is a Swedish model, actress and author, from Ystad. She was named Miss Sweden in 1961 and was a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant the same year. She i ...

, Swedish model and actress *

Gunilla Lindberg Gunilla Lindberg (born 6 May 1947) is a Swedish sports official and member of the International Olympic Committee. Lindberg took up a position in the offices of the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) in 1969, and was appointed SOC's Secretary-Genera ...

(born 1947), Swedish sports official *

Gunilla Süssmann Gunilla Süssmann (born 22 June 1977 in Bergen, is a Norwegian classical pianist. Career Having played the piano since the age of six, Süssmann graduated from the Norwegian Academy of Music in 2002, and got her soloist diploma from the Music ...

(born 1977), Norwegian classical pianist *

Gunilla Sköld-Feiler ''Snow White and the Madness of Truth'' ( sv, Snövit och sanningens vansinne) was a 2004 item of installation art by Swedish, Israeli-born composer and musician Dror Feiler and his Swedish wife, artist Gunilla Sköld-Feiler. Feiler and Sköld-Fei ...

(born 1953), Swedish artist *

Gunilla Svärd Gunilla Svärd (born 26 March 1970) is a Swedish orienteering competitor Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zer ...

(born 1970), Swedish orienteering competitor *

Gunilla Tjernberg Gunilla Tjernberg (1950 – 22 July 2019) was a Swedish Christian Democratic politician. She had been a member of the Riksdag since 1998. References External linksGunilla Tjernbergat the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ' ...

(1950–2019), Swedish Christian Democratic politician *

Gunilla Wahlén Gunilla Wahlén (born 1951) is a Swedish Left Party politician. She was a member of the Riksdag from 1998 to 2010. External linksGunilla Wahlénat the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislatu ...

(born 1951), Swedish Left Party politician

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