Kerstin is a female German and Swedish given name; it is the Scandinavian version of
Christina.
Notable persons with this name include:
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Kerstin Alm
Kerstin Alm (born 9 May 1949) is a politician of the autonomous Åland Islands. She served as Minister of Industry and Trade from 2003 to 2005.
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*Government of Åland
The ''Landskapsregering'' is the government of Åland, an autonomous ...
(born 1949), Finnish politician from the Åland Islands
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Kerstin Anderson (born 1994), American stage actress and singer, most noted for portraying Maria von Trapp in the 2015 US national tour of ''The Sound of Music''
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Kerstin Andreae
Kerstin Andreae (born 21 October 1968) is a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens who served as Member of the Bundestag from 2002 to 2019. Since leaving politics, she has been serving as managing director of the German Association of Ener ...
(born 1968), German politician (Alliance '90/The Greens)
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Kerstin-Maria Aronsson (born 1937), Swedish politician
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Kjerstin Dellert
Kjerstin Dellert (4 November 1925 – 5 March 2018) was a Swedish opera singer and theater manager.
Life Early life
Born in Stockholm, Dellert made her opera debut at Stora teatern (the old Gothenburg Opera stage) in Gothenburg in the 1950s.
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(born 1925), Swedish soprano opera singer
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Kerstin Ekman
Kerstin Lillemor Ekman, née Hjorth, (born 27 August 1933) is a Swedish novelist.
Life and career
Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels (among others ''De tre små mästarna'' and ''Dödsklockan'') but later went on to ps ...
(born 1933), Swedish novelist
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Kerstin Garefrekes
Kerstin Garefrekes (born 4 September 1979) is a German former footballer who played as a striker or midfielder .
Career
Club
Garefrekes began her career in 1986 at her local football club Grün-Weiß Steinbeck, before joining DJK Arminia Ibbe ...
(born 1979), German footballer
*Kerstin Granlund, created the Swedish comedy groups
Galenskaparna och After Shave
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Kerstin Müller (born 1969), German rower
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Kerstin Hilldén (born 1988), Swedish musical theatre actress
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Kerstin Ott (born 1982), German musician
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Kerstin Fritzl (born 1988), Austrian false imprisonment survivor
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Kerstin Thorborg (1896–1970), Swedish opera singer
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Kerstin Thorvall
Kerstin Thorvall (12 August 1925 in Eskilstuna – 9 April 2010) was an influential Swedish novelist.O'Mahony, Paul. (10 April 2010)Outspoken author Kerstin Thorvall dies '' The Local''
Thorvall was born in Eskilstuna on 12 August 1925. She work ...
(born 1925), Swedish writer
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Kerstin (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse
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842 Kerstin
842 Kerstin ( ''prov. designation'': ''or'' ) is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 1 October 1916, by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in south ...
, minor planet orbiting the Sun
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Kristen (given name)
Kristen is a first name, also the Breton, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian form of Christian. As a result, Kristen is a male name in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, with the female equivalent spelt as Kristin, a Scandinavian form and a variation of Ch ...
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Kristin (name)
Kristin is a popular female name in Scandinavia, English-speaking nations, Dutch-speaking countries, and in German-speaking countries. It is a Scandinavian variant of Christina or Christine. It is also a variation of Christine. It was the seventh ...
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Danish feminine given names
Finnish feminine given names
German feminine given names
Icelandic feminine given names
Norwegian feminine given names
Swedish feminine given names