Grete or Grethe is a feminine given name, a derivate of

Margaret Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian. Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular througho ...

. It is most often used in

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Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

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People

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Grete Berget Grete Anni Berget (25 March 1954 – 9 November 2017) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Vinstra, Nord-Fron, Oppland, and worked as a journalist in her early career. Berget was private advisor to the Prime Minister ...

(1954–2017), Norwegian politician * Grete Daut (born 2000), Estonian footballer *

Grete Eliassen Grete Eliassen (born September 21, 1986 in Lutsen, Minnesota) is an American-Norwegian freestyle skier. She won a bronze medal in ''Slopestyle'' at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado, behind Kaya Turski and Keri Herman. She has won 6 ...

(born 1986), Norwegian/American freeskier *

Grete Faremo Grete Faremo (born 16 June 1955) is a Norwegian politician, lawyer and business leader. From August 2014 to May 2022, she held the post of Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). ...

(born 1955), Norwegian politician *

Grete Frederiksen Grete Ortved Frederiksen (later Therkildsen, born January 12, 1918, date of death unknown) was a Danish freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was born in Copenhagen. In 1936 she finished seventh in the 400 metre freest ...

(born 1918), Danish freestyle swimmer *

Grete Frische Grete Frische (15 June 1911 – 17 August 1962) was a Danish actress, screenwriter and director. The daughter of a playwright, Frische is best known for her screenplays, especially the war drama '' Støt står den danske sømand'' (English: ...

(1911–1962), Danish actress, screenwriter and director *

Grete Gaim Grete Gaim (born 21 May 1993 in Elva, Estonia, Elva) is an Estonia, Estonian biathlon, biathlete. She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women ...

(born 1993), Estonian biathlete *

Grete Heckscher Grete Heckscher (8 November 1901 – 6 October 1987) was a Danish fencer. She won a bronze medal in the women's individual foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling ...

(1901–1987), Danish fencer *

Grete Hermann Grete Hermann (2 March 1901 – 15 April 1984) was a Germans, German mathematician and philosopher noted for her work in mathematics, physics, philosophy and education. She is noted for her early philosophical work on the foundations of quantum m ...

(1901–1984), German mathematician and philosopher *

Grete Kirkeberg Grete Jorunn Kirkeberg (born 3 September 1964) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races and cross-country running. She was on the Norwegian team who won the silver medal at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Ch ...

(born 1964), Norwegian long-distance runner * Grete Knudsen (born 1940), Norwegian politician *

Grete Mogensen Grete Mogensen (born 15 May 1963, later Grete Kragekjær) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'e ...

, Danish badminton player *

Grete Nordrå Grete Nordrå (22 November 1924 – 13 March 2012) was a Norwegian actress who appeared on screen from the 1950s onwards. She was born in Asker.Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (born 25 December 1961) is a former biathlete and cross-country skier from Norway. She competed in both events from 1982 to 1992. She won four medals at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld with a gold in ...

(born 1961), Norwegian biathlete and cross country skier *

Grete Olsen Grete Olsen (18 February 1912 – 6 April 2010) was a Danish fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and al ...

(1912–2010), Danish fencer *

Grete Paia Grete Paia (born 27 August 1995) is an Estonian singer and songwriter. She is best known internationally for competing in ''Eesti Laul 2013'' and later in '' Eesti Laul 2016''. She also competed in Eesti Laul 2019 and in Eesti Laul 2022 in a d ...

(born 1995), Estonian singer *

Grete Püvi Grete Ayache (born 12 March 1982 in Tallinn, Estonia), born as Grete Püvi, is an Estonian dressage rider. Representing Estonia, she competed at the 2014 World Equestrian Games and at the 2011 European Dressage Championship. She placed 61st pl ...

(born 1982), Estonian dressage rider *

Grete Reinwald Grete Reinwald (25 May 1902 – 24 May 1983) was a German stage and film actress. As a child, due to her sweet, appealing features she modeled for many monochrome, hand-tinted and autochrome postcards. Her siblings Hanni Reinwald and Otto Reinwal ...

(1902–1983), German actress *

Grete Rikko Grete Rikko (born Grete Rindskopf; 1908–1998) was a German-American abstract expressionist who lived most of her life in New York. She was the sister of musicologist Fritz Rikko. Education and early career Rikko was born in Germany and ...

(1908–1998), German-American painter *

Grete Šadeiko Grete Griffin (née Šadeiko) (born 29 May 1993) is an Estonian heptathlete. At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada she placed fourth with her personal record 5705 points, just one point behind Helga Margrét Thorsteinsdótti ...

(born 1993), Estonian heptathlete *

Grete Salomonsen Grete Salomonsen is a Norwegian director of family films. She is probably best known for directing'' Kamilla and the Thief ''Kamilla and the Thief'' (''Kamilla og Tyven'') is a Norwegian family movie from 1988 directed by Grete Salomonsen and ...

, Norwegian film director *

Grete Treier Grete Treier (born 12 December 1977) is an Estonian road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in ...

(born 1977), Estonian road bicycle racer *

Grete Waitz Grete Waitz (, 1 October 195319 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours. Waitz wo ...

(1953–2011), Norwegian marathon runner *Grete Zimmer, birth name of

Greta Zimmer Friedman Greta Friedman ( Grete Zimmer; June 5, 1924 – September 8, 2016) was an Austrian-born American who was photographed being grabbed and kissed by Navy sailor George Mendonsa (1923–2019) in the iconic '' V-J Day in Times Square'' photogra ...

(1924-2016), Austrian-born American nurse kissed by a sailor celebrating the end of World War II in an iconic photograph

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Margarete Adler Margarete "Grete" Adler (13 February 1896 – 10 April 1990) was an Austrian freestyle swimmer, diver, and gymnastics teacher, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. She was Jewish, and was born in Vienna ...

(1896–1990), Austrian swimmer *

Grete Heublein Margarete "Grete" Heublein (29 January 1908, in Barmen – 2 March 1997, in Wuppertal) was a German track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw, shot put and the 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a s ...

(1908–1997), German shot putter, discus thrower and sprinter *

Grete Mosheim Margarete Emma Dorothea "Grete" Mosheim (8 January 1905 – 29 December 1986) was a German film, theatre, and television actress. Early life Mosheim was born in Berlin, Germany on 8 January 1905, the daughter of a Jewish man, Markus Mosheim (18 ...

(1905–1986), German actress *

Grete Prytz Kittelsen Grete Prytz Kittelsen (born Adelgunde Margrethe Prytz, June 28, 1917, Oslo, died September 25, 2010, Oslo), was a Norwegian goldsmith, enamel artist, and designer. She is one of the most well-known Norwegians in the Scandinavian Design movement, ...

(1917–2010), Norwegian goldsmith, enamel artist, and designer *

Grete Rosenberg Margareta "Grete" Rosenberg (October 7, 1896 – February 5, 1979) was a German freestyle swimmer, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal in relay together with her teammates Wally Dressel, Louise Otto and He ...

(1896–1979), German freestyle swimmer *

Grete Sultan Grete Sultan (born Johanna Margarete Sultan) (June 21, 1906June 26, 2005) was a German-American pianist. Born in Berlin into a musical Jewish family, she studied piano from an early age with American pianist Richard Buhlig, and later with Leonid ...

(1906–2005), German-American pianist

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*Grete Minde, main character of the 1977 Austrian-German drama film ''

Grete Minde ''Grete Minde'' is an 1880 German novel by Theodor Fontane Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He publish ...

'', portrayed by

Katerina Jacob Katerina Jacob (born 1 March 1958 in Munich) is a German actress. In addition to German citizenship she also holds Canadian citizenship. Life and career Jacob comes from an artistic family: her mother was the actress Ellen Schwiers, her father ...

*Grete Samsa, in

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ...

's novella ''

The Metamorphosis ''Metamorphosis'' (german: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, ''Metamorphosis'' tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himsel ...

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