Sanna or Sanne is a female name. It is a Scandinavian short form of Susanna that in turn is a Greek version of a Hebrew name meaning "

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". It may also be a Sardinian surname;''Dictionary of American Family Names'', 2013, Oxford University Press. see Sanna (disambiguation).

Notable people

;Female * Sanna Abubkheet (born 1984), Palestinian runner * Sanna Askelöf (born 1983), Swedish judoka * Sanna Bråding (born 1980), Swedish actress *

Sanna Ejaz Sanna Ejaz ( ps, ثنا اعجاز) or Sana Ijaz, is a journalist and human rights activist from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. She is a leading member of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), as well as a founding member of the Waak Movement, whic ...

, Pakistani-Pashtun human rights activist * Sanna Frostevall (born 1979), Swedish footballer * Sanna Grønlid (born 1959), Norwegian biathlete *

Sanna-June Hyde Sanna-June Hyde (born 1976) is an English-Finnish actress. Early life Hyde was born in Colchester in 1976, the daughter of a Finnish mother and English father. Career Hyde studied in London at Drama Studio London and East 15 Acting School. ...

(born 1976), Finnish-English actress * Sanna Jalomäki, Finnish-Australian singer, painter and actress * Sanna Jinnedal (born 1993), Swedish model *

Sanna Kallur Sanna can refer to: Places *Sanna, Nordland, an island in Træna municipality, Nordland county, Norway *Sanna, Ardnamurchan, a village in the far west of Scotland *Sänna, a village in Rõuge Parish, Võru County, Estonia *Sanna (Inn), a river in ...

(Susanna Kallur, born 1981), Swedish hurdler and sprinter * Sanna Kämäräinen (born 1986), Finnish discus thrower * Sanna Kannasto (1878–1968), Finnish-Canadian politician and feminist *

Sanna Kurki-Suonio Sanna Kurki-Suonio (born 1966) is a Finnish singer, kantele player and composer in the contemporary folk / neo-folk music genre. She is most well known for her work with the band Hedningarna, which extended over eight years between 1991 and 1999. Sh ...

(born 1966), Finnish singer, kantele player and composer *

Sanna Kyllönen Sanna Kyllönen, née Hernesniemi (born 9 March 1971, in Kokkola) is a retired Finnish woman sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre race ...

(born 1971), Finnish sprinter * Sanna Lankosaari (born 1978, Finnish ice hockey player * Sanna Lehtimäki (born 1975), Finnish cyclist * Sanna Lüdi (born 1986), Swiss skier *

Sanna Lundell Sanna Cecilia Lundell (born 6 November 1978 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish freelance journalist and television presenter. She is the daughter of the singer Ulf Lundell. She has done journalistic work for the magazines ''Mama'', ''M-Magasin' ...

(born 1978), Swedish journalist *

Sanna Luostarinen Sanna Luostarinen (born 26 October 1976 in Imatra) is a Finnish former actress. Luostarinen has graduated of a commercial institute in the year 1995. She has acted for five years in the Teatteri Violetti in Hyvinkää as well as appeared in tele ...

(born 1976), Finnish actress *

Sanna Malaska Sanna Irene Malaska (born 6 April 1983) is a Finnish football coach and former midfielder, currently running the female youth teams at HJK Helsinki of the Naisten Liiga. As well as for HJK, she has played for Sunnanå SK of Sweden's Damallsven ...

(born 1983), Finnish footballer and coach *

Sanna Marin Sanna Mirella Marin (; born 16 November 1985) is a Finnish politician who has been serving as the Prime Minister of Finland since 2019. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP), she has been a Member of Parliament since 2015. ...

(born 1985), the 46th Prime Minister of Finland *

Sanna Nielsen Sanna Viktoria Nielsen (born 27 November 1984) is a Swedish singer and television presenter. On her seventh attempt, she won Melodifestivalen in 2014 with the song "Undo" and so represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenh ...

(born 1984), Swedish singer *

Sanna Nymalm Sanna Nymalm (born 1972) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She received a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 1999 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness, together with Reeta-Mari Kolkkala, Kirsi Tiira and Johanna Asklöf. Sh ...

, Finnish orienteer *

Sanna Persson Susanna "Sanna" Persson Halapi (born 18 August 1974 in Kävlinge, Sweden) is a Swedish comedian and actress. Persson began her career as a comedian in a Lund student comedy ensemble. She belonged to the first generation of the female ensembl ...

(born 1974), Swedish comedian and actress *

Sanna-Kaisa Saari Sanna-Kaisa Saari (born 3 October 1987) is a Swedish and Finnish beauty pageant titleholder. Saari represented Sweden at 2009 in China where she was 2nd runner-up in the Miss Charm special award. She also represented Sweden at Miss Tourism Inte ...

(born 1987), Swedish-Finnish model *

Sanna Savolainen Sanna Savolainen is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor. She won silver medal in the ''short distance'' at the 1994 World Ski Orienteering Championships. See also * Finnish orienteers * List of orienteers * List of orienteering events ...

, Finnish ski-orienteer *

Sanna Sepponen Sanna Sepponen (born January 1978) is a Finnish actress. She played the character ''Roosa Kemppainen'' in the soap opera ''Salatut elämät'' from 2001 to 2004. She was also on the reality show '' Toisenlaiset frendit'' from 2010 to 2014. Seppone ...

(born 1977), Finnish actress *

Sanna Sillanpää Sanna Riitta Liisa Sillanpää (born 15 April 1968) is a Finnish woman who shot three men to death with a rented 9mm Beretta 92FS semi-automatic pistol on 21 February 1999 in a shooting club in , Helsinki, and wounded another man, who received l ...

(born 1968), Finnish murderer * Sanna Solberg (born 1990), Norwegian handball player * Sanna Stén (born 1977), Finnish rower * Sanna Talonen (born 1984), Finnish footballer *

Sanna Valkonen Sanna Margit Valkonen (born 12 December 1977) is a Finnish former football defender. She played for KontU, PuiU, MPS Malmin and HJK Helsinki in the Naisten Liiga, Boston Renegades in the W-League, and Umeå IK, AIK Fotboll and KIF Örebr ...

(born 1977), Finnish footballer *

Sanne Vloet Sanne Vloet (born 10 March 1995) is a Dutch model best known for her appearances in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Early life Sanne Vloet was born in Switzerland to Dutch parents. She grew up, for a time, in Marondera, Zimbabwe,. In th ...

(born 1995), Dutch model * Sanna Visser (born 1984), Dutch volleyball player ;Male *

Sanna Nyassi Sanna Nyassi (born 31 January 1989) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He played for the Gambia national team from 2010 to 2015, making fourteen appearances. Club career Gambia Ports Authority Nyassi began his ...

(born 1989), Gambian footballer * Sanna Pakirappa (born 1958), Indian politician

References

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