Wenche is a popular female first name in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. The name is also spelled Venke, Wenke, Venche, Wencke, Vence or Vencke.
Notable people with the name include:
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Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen (born 1959), Norwegian lawyer and judge
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Wenche Foss
Eva Wenche Steenfeldt Stang (5 December 1917 – 28 March 2011), better known as Wenche Foss (), was a leading Norwegian actress of stage, screen and television.
Personal life
Wenche Foss was born to engineer Christian August Steenfeldt-Foss ( ...
(1917–2011), Norwegian actress
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Wenche Klouman (1918–2009), Norwegian actress
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Venke Knutson (born 1978), Norwegian singer
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Wenche Myhre
Wenche Synnøve Myhre (born 15 February 1947), known in some countries as Wencke Myhre, is a Norwegian singer who has had a great number of hit songs since the 1960s in the Norwegian, Danish, German and Swedish markets and languages.
Early caree ...
(born 1947), Norwegian singer
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Wenche Selmer (1920–1998), Norwegian architect
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Feminine given names
Norwegian feminine given names