Märta is a
Swedish
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feminine
given name
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. The name is often a diminutive of
Margareta. Individuals bearing the name Märta include:
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Märta of Denmark (1277–1341), Queen consort of Sweden
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Märta Adlerz (1897–1979), Swedish diver
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Märta Allertz (1628–c. 1677), royal mistress of Charles X of Sweden
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Märta Andersson (born 1925), Swedish gymnast
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Märta Berendes Märta Berendes (21 January, 1639 – 18 October, 1717), was a Swedish Baroness and diary writer. She served as ''överhovmästarinna'' (Mistress of the Robes) at the Swedish royal court from 1693 to 1717. She is the author of a diary written be ...
(1639–1717), Swedish Baroness and diarist
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Märta Björnbom
Märta Björnbom (25 May 1888 in Stockholm – 14 July 1973 in Danderyd Municipality
Danderyd Municipality (''Danderyds kommun''; ) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is ...
(1888–1973), Swedish lawyer
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Märta Blomstedt (1899–1982), Finnish architect
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Märta Bucht (1882–1962), Swedish schoolteacher, suffragist and peace activist
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Märta Dorff
Märta Dorff (1909–1990) was a Swedish film actress.Soila p.263
Selected filmography
* ''Adventure'' (1936) - Karl Henriks sekreterare (uncredited)
* '' Witches' Night'' (1937) - Student (uncredited)
* '' For Better, for Worse'' (1938) - Nurs ...
(1909–1990), Swedish actress
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Märta Eketrä (1851–1894), Swedish lady-in-waiting to Sophia of Nassau
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Märta Johansson (1907–1998), Swedish diver
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Märta Leijonhufvud (1520–1584), Swedish noble; sister of Queen Margaret Leijonhufvud
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Märtha Leth
Märtha Leth (1877–1953) was a Swedish pharmacist and the first woman in Sweden to graduate as a pharmacist, which she did from the Pharmaceutic Institute in Stockholm in 1897.Idun 29 januari 1897: Martha Leth. Sveriges första kvinnliga farmac ...
(1877-1953), Swedish pharmacist
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Märta Ljungberg (1656–1741), Swedish innkeeper
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Märta Norberg (born 1922), Swedish cross-country skier
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Märta Helena Reenstierna (1753–1841), Swedish diarist
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Märta Strömberg (1921–2012), Swedish archaeologist
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Märta Tikkanen (born 1935), Finnish writer
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Märta Torén
Märta Torén (21 May 1925 – 19 February 1957) was a Swedish stage and film actress of the 1940s and 1950s.
Torén's father was a Swedish military officer, and for three years, during World War II, she was a secretary in the Swedish war offic ...
(1925–1957), Swedish actress
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Märta Ulfsdotter (1319-1371), Swedish lady-in-waiting to Margaret I of Denmark
References
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Feminine given names
Swedish feminine given names