Grete or Grethe is a feminine given name, a derivate of

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. It is most often used in

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People

Given name

First name

* Grete Berget (1954–2017), Norwegian politician *

Grete De Francesco Grete De Francesco (born Margarethe Weissenstein; 5 November 1893, Vienna, Austria-Hungary – February/March 1945, probably in the Ravensbrück concentration camp) was a German-speaking writer. Her book ''Die Macht des Charlatans'' from 1937 i ...

(1893–1945), German-speaking writer *

Grete Daut Grete Daut (born 4 January 2000) is an Estonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saku Sporting and the Estonia women's national team. Career She made her debut for the Estonia national team on 12 August 2020 against Latvia Latv ...

(born 2000), Estonian footballer *

Grete Eliassen Grete Eliassen (born September 21, 1986) is an American-Norwegian freestyle skier. She won a bronze medal in ''Slopestyle'' at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado, behind Kaya Turski and Keri Herman. She has won six medals at the Wi ...

(born 1986), Norwegian/American freeskier *

Grete Faremo Grete Faremo (born 16 June 1955) is a Norwegian politician, lawyer and business leader. From August 2014 to May 2022, she held the post of Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). ...

(born 1955), Norwegian politician *

Grete Frederiksen Grete Ortved Frederiksen (later Therkildsen, January 12, 1918 – September 5, 2007) was a Denmark, Danish Freestyle swimming, freestyle Swimming (sport), swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was born in Copenhagen. In 1936 ...

(1918–2007), Danish freestyle swimmer * Grete Frische (1911–1962), Danish actress, screenwriter and director *

Grete Gaim Grete Gaim (born 21 May 1993 in Elva, Estonia, Elva) is an Estonian biathlon, biathlete. She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint ...

(born 1993), Estonian biathlete * Grete Gross, (born 1890), Russian-German commercial artist. *

Grete Heckscher Grete Heckscher (8 November 1901 – 6 October 1987) was a Danish fencer. She won a bronze medal in the women's individual foil competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympi ...

(1901–1987), Danish fencer *

Grete Hermann Grete Hermann (2 March 1901 – 15 April 1984) was a German mathematician and philosopher noted for her work in mathematics, physics, philosophy and education. She is noted for her early philosophical work on the foundations of quantum mechanics ...

(1901–1984), German mathematician and philosopher *

Grete Kirkeberg Grete Jorunn Kirkeberg (born 3 September 1964) is a retired Norway, Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races and cross-country running. She was on the Norwegian team who won the silver medal at the 1994 IAAF World Half Mar ...

(born 1964), Norwegian long-distance runner * Grete Knudsen (1940–2023), Norwegian politician *

Grete Kuld Grete Kuld (née Klein; born 12 February 1989) is an Estonian singer, actress, and television presenter. Early life Kuld was born on 12 February 1989 in Tallinn, Estonia. Career Kuld ecame known as a weather forecaster for the Kanal 2 news pro ...

(born 1989), Estonian singer, actress and television presenter *

Grete Mogensen Grete Mogensen (born 15 May 1963, later Grete Kragekjær) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Career She won the bronze medal at the 1991 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Jon ...

, Danish badminton player *

Grete Nordrå Grete Nordrå (22 November 1924 – 13 March 2012) was a Norwegian actress who appeared on screen from the 1950s onwards. She was born in Asker.Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (born 25 December 1961) is a former biathlon, biathlete and cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier from Norway. She competed in both events from 1982 to 1992 and competed in biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics. ...

(born 1961), Norwegian biathlete and cross country skier *

Grete Olsen Grete Olsen (18 February 1912 – 6 April 2010) was a Danish fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and of ...

(1912–2010), Danish fencer *

Grete Paia Grete Paia (born 27 August 1995) is a singer and songwriter. She is best known internationally for participating in the Eurovision Song Contest country stage competitions (''Eesti Laul'') in 2013, 2016, 2019, and in 2022 (in 2022 in a duet with A ...

(born 1995), Estonian singer *

Grete Püvi Grete Ayache (born 12 March 1982 in Tallinn, Estonia), born as Grete Püvi, is an Estonian dressage rider. Representing Estonia, she competed at the 2014 World Equestrian Games and at the 2011 European Dressage Championship. She placed 61st pla ...

(born 1982), Estonian dressage rider *

Grete Reinwald Grete Reinwald (25 May 1902 – 24 May 1983) was a German stage and film actress. As a child, due to her sweet, appealing features she modeled for many monochrome, hand-tinted and autochrome postcards. Her siblings Hanni Reinwald and Otto Rein ...

(1902–1983), German actress *

Grete Rikko Grete Rikko (born Grete Rindskopf; April 13, 1908September 22, 1998) was a German-American artist associated first with the School of Paris and later with abstract expressionism in New York City. Early Life Grete Rindskopf was born in Werden, ...

(1908–1998), German-American painter *

Grete Šadeiko Grete Griffin (née Šadeiko; born 29 May 1993) is an Estonian heptathlete. At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada she placed fourth with her personal record 5705 points, just one point behind Helga Margrét Thorsteinsdóttir. ...

(born 1993), Estonian heptathlete * Grete Salomonsen, Norwegian film director * Grete Treier (born 1977), Estonian road bicycle racer *

Grete Waitz Grete Waitz (, 1 October 195319 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours. Waitz ...

(1953–2011), Norwegian marathon runner *Grete Zimmer, birth name of

Greta Zimmer Friedman Greta Friedman ( Grete Zimmer; June 5, 1924 – September 8, 2016) was an Austrian-born American who was photographed being grabbed and kissed by Navy sailor George Mendonsa (1923–2019) in the iconic '' V-J Day in Times Square'' photogra ...

(1924-2016), Austrian-born American nurse kissed by a sailor celebrating the end of World War II in an iconic photograph

Middle name

* Anne Grete Holmsgaard (born 1948), Danish energy expert and politician

Nickname

* Margarete Adler (1896–1990), Austrian swimmer *

Grete Heublein Margarete "Grete" Heublein (29 January 1908, in Barmen – 2 March 1997, in Wuppertal) was a German track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw, shot put and the 100 metres sprint. She set the world record in discus on 19 June ...

(1908–1997), German shot putter, discus thrower and sprinter *

Grete Mosheim Margarete Emma Dorothea "Grete" Mosheim (8 January 1905 – 29 December 1986) was a German film, theatre, and television actress. Early life Mosheim was born in Berlin, Germany on 8 January 1905, the daughter of a Jewish man, Markus Mosheim (18 ...

(1905–1986), German actress *

Grete Prytz Kittelsen Grete Prytz Kittelsen (born Adelgunde Margrethe Prytz, June 28, 1917, Oslo, died September 25, 2010, Oslo), was a Norwegian goldsmith, enamel artist, and designer. She is one of the most well-known Norwegians in the Scandinavian Design movement ...

(1917–2010), Norwegian goldsmith, enamel artist, and designer * Grete Rosenberg (1896–1979), German freestyle swimmer *

Grete Sultan Grete Sultan (born Johanna Margarete Sultan) (June 21, 1906June 26, 2005) was a German-American pianist. Biography Sultan was born in Berlin into a musical family of Jewish heritage. From an early age she studied piano with American pianist Ri ...

(1906–2005), German-American pianist

Fictional characters

*Grete Minde, main character of the 1977 Austrian-German drama film ''

Grete Minde ''Grete Minde'' is an 1880 German novel by Theodor Fontane Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language Literary realism, realist a ...

'', portrayed by

Katerina Jacob Katerina Jacob (born 1 March 1958 in Munich) is a German actress. In addition to German citizenship she also holds Canadian citizenship. Life and career Jacob comes from an artistic family: her mother was the actress Ellen Schwiers, her father ...

*Grete Samsa, in

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...

's novella ''