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 t ...
. 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
Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen (born 26 June 1959) is a Norwegian lawyer and judge. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of Norway on 20 June 2014, having previously been a judge at the Oslo District Court.
From 16 April until 22 June 2012, she pres ...
(born 1959), Norwegian lawyer and judge
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Wenche Foss (1917–2011), Norwegian actress
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Wenche Klouman
Wenche Klouman (May 11, 1918 – February 8, 2009) was a Norwegian actress.
Family
Klouman was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), the daughter of the actor and illustrator Thoralf Klouman and the actress Borghild Johannessen. She was the sister of ...
(1918–2009), Norwegian actress
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Venke Knutson
Venke Knutson (born 20 October 1978) is a Norwegian singer. Since 2003, she has had six top 10 hits in Norway.
Life and career
Venke Knutson was born in Birkeland, in 1978. She was the youngest of three sisters, in a musical family, and she go ...
(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
Wenche Elisabeth Selmer (23 May 1920 – 30 May 1998) was a Norwegian architect. She specialized in timber architecture, working residential projects. Her wooden cabins and houses were inspired by nature and designed to not overwhelm or dominate ...
(1920–1998), Norwegian architect
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Feminine given names
Norwegian feminine given names