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and has been used in Sweden since the 17th century. It was placed in the Swedish calendar in the 1750s after king

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s marriage to

Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia Louisa Ulrika of Prussia ( sv, Lovisa Ulrika; german: Luise Ulrike) (24 July 1720 – 16 July 1782) was Queen of Sweden from 1751 to 1771 as the wife of King Adolf Frederick. She was queen mother during the reign of King Gustav III. Backgr ...

in 1744. Lovisa means fighter. The name Lovisa had a rejuvenation in the 1980s and 90's in Sweden but has since then begun to decline. Lovisa is placed in the Swedish calendar ( namnsdag) on August 25.

Famous people with the name Lovisa

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Lovisa of Sweden Louise Josephine Eugenie of Sweden ( sv, Lovisa Josefina Eugenia; 31 October 1851 – 20 March 1926) was Queen of Denmark from 1906 until 1912 as the spouse of King Frederick VIII. Born into the House of Bernadotte, Louise was the only surviv ...

, Queen of Denmark *

, Queen of Sweden Artists *

Lovisa Augusti Lovisa Sofia Augusti (born Ester Salomon; 1751 or 1756 – 25 June 1790) was a Swedish opera singer (soprano). She was regarded as one of the most noted opera singers of the Royal Swedish Opera during the Gustavian era. She was appointed ''Hovs ...

, opera singer, member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music *

Brigitte Lovisa Fouché Brigitte Lovisa Fouché (born 1958) is a French painter born in Dax (South of France). After graduating from the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art (ENSAAMA), Olivier de Serres in Paris, she worked for 15 years ...

, artist * Greta Lovisa Gustafsson (aka

Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragedy, ...

), actress Other famous people *

Lovisa Åhrberg Maria ''Lovisa'' Åhrberg or ''Årberg'' (17 May 1801 – 26 March 1881) was a Swedish surgeon and doctor. She was lawfully practicing surgeon long before it became formally permitted for women to study medicine at a university in 1870. Lovisa � ...

, doctor and surgeon *

Lovisa von Burghausen Lovisa von Burghausen (1698 – 20 January 1733) was a Swedish memoirist who became famous for her story about her time in captivity as a slave in Russia after being taken prisoner by the Russians during the Great Northern War. She was so ...

, Swedish prisoner of war, known for her life as a slave in Russia *

Sofia Lovisa Gråå Sofia Lovisa Gråå née ''Palm'', (1749 – 8 May 1835ssa.stockholm.seKlara döda/ref>) was a Swedish educator of actors, and noted for innovations that in modern times would be described as feminist. Biography Sofia Lovisa Palm was from 1788 m ...

, educator and principal *

Agatha Lovisa de la Myle Agatha Lovisa de la Myle née Brumengeber or Brunnengräber (30 August 1724 - 1 September 1787), was a Finnish (originally Baltic German) poet and correspondent, " lady of letters". Born in Courland as the daughter of the clergyman Anders Brumeng ...

(died

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), Baltic-German and Latvian poet *

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(1853-1963), 109-year-old.

Places

Loviisa Loviisa (; sv, Lovisa ; formerly Degerby) is a municipality and town of inhabitants () on the southern coast of Finland. It is located from Helsinki and from Porvoo. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking. The municipality co ...

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