Marit is a Scandinavian female

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

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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 may refer to: * Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (née Tjessem Høiby; (born 1973), wife of Crown Prince Haakon, heir apparent to the throne of Norway *

Marit Aarum Marit Johanne Aarum (1903–1956) was a Norway, Norwegian economist, liberal politician, civil servant and feminist. Aarum was born April 22, 1903. She studied at University of Oslo, Royal Frederick University and received a cand.oecon. degree in ...

(1903–1956), Norwegian economist, politician, civil servant and feminist *

Marit Allen Marit Allen (17 September 1941 – 26 November 2007) was an English fashion journalist and costume designer who specialized in costumes for films. She designed the costumes for several successful Hollywood films, including ''Mrs. Doubtfire'', ' ...

(1941–2007), English fashion journalist and costume designer *

Marit Andreassen Marit Adeleide Andreassen (born 29 March 1966 in Svolvær, Nordland) is a Norwegian actress, born in Svolvær. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1993, and has since worked both at Oslo Nye Teater and at Nationaltheatr ...

(born 1966), Norwegian actress *

Marit Arnstad Marit Arnstad (born 4 May 1962) is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Centre Party. She is currently the party’s parliamentary leader since 2014, having previously held the office from 2003 to 2005. Arnstad was the Norwegian Minister of ...

(born 1962), Norwegian lawyer and politician * Marit Bergman (born 1975), Swedish pop musician * Marit Bjørgen (born 1980), Norwegian cross-country skier *

Marit Bouwmeester Marit Bouwmeester (; born 17 June 1988 Wartena) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Bouwmeester won the gold medal in the Laser Radial class in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in W ...

(born 1988), Dutch sailor * Marit Breivik (born 1955), Norwegian team handball player *

Marit Christensen Marit Christensen (11 November 1948 – 30 September 2022) was a Norwegian journalist. Christensen was a cand.mag. by education. She worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation between 1977 and 2002. Here, she was a journalist, correspon ...

(born 1948), Norwegian journalist *

Marit Haraldsen Marit Haraldsen (born 25 July 1939) is a Norwegian alpine skier. She participated at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport e ...

(born 1939), Norwegian alpine skier *

Marit Hemstad Marit is a Scandinavian female given name equivalent to Margaret (name), Margaret. It may refer to: *Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (née Tjessem Høiby; (born 1973), wife of Crown Prince Haakon, heir apparent to the throne of Norway *Marit ...

(1928–1971), Norwegian sprinter *

Marit Henie Marit Henie Moe (13 February 1925 – 4 November 2012) was a Norwegian figure skater who competed in single skating and pair skating. She was a cousin of figure skater Sonja Henie. She competed for the club Oslo SK in the early 1930s, but l ...

(1925–2012), Norwegian figure skater *

Marit Kaldhol Marit Kaldhol (born 13 April 1955) is a Norwegian poet and children's writer. She was born in Ålesund. Her poetry collections include her 1983 debut ''Lattermilde laken'' ('Mirthful Bed Sheets') and 2005's ''Den einaste kjolen'' ('The Only Dr ...

(born 1955), Norwegian poet and children's writer *

Marit Velle Kile Marit Velle Kile (born 13 November 1978) is a Norwegian actress appearing in film and television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a te ...

(born 1978), Norwegian actress * Marit Larsen (born 1983), Norwegian singer and songwriter *

Marit Løvvig Marit Løvvig (born 19 March 1938, in Fana) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions. On the local level he was a member of Ha ...

(born 1938), Norwegian politician * Marit Maij (born 1972), Dutch politician * Marit Mikkelsplass (born 1965), Norwegian cross-country skier * Marit Myrmæl (born 1954), Norwegian cross country skier * Marit Nybakk (born 1947), Norwegian politician * Marit Paulsen (born 1939), Norwegian-born Swedish politician * Marit Rotnes (born 1928), Norwegian politician *

Marit Sandvik Marit Sandvik (born 19 July 1956 in Harstad, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer. Her husband is guitarist Øystein Norvoll and their daughter is the artist Dagny Norvoll Sandvik. Career Sandvik has participated in numerous vocal and jazz grou ...

(born 1956), Norwegian jazz singer * Marit Stiles (born 1969), Canadian politician * Marit Strindlund (born 1972), Swedish conductor * Marit Øiseth (1928–1971), Norwegian cross-country skier * Marit Trætteberg (1930–2009), Norwegian chemist * Marit Tusvik (born 1951), Norwegian author, poet and playwright *

Marit van Eupen Marit van Eupen (born 26 September 1969 in Arnhem) is a rower from the Netherlands. Together with Kirsten van der Kolk she participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where they finished in sixth position in the lightweigh ...

(born 1969), Dutch rower

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