Helga (derived from

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

''heilagr'' - "holy", "blessed") is a female name, used mainly in

Scandinavia Scandinavia is a subregion#Europe, subregion of northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also ...

German-speaking countries The following is a list of the countries and territories where German is an official language (also known as the Germanosphere). It includes countries that have German as (one of) their nationwide official language(s), as well as dependent ter ...

and the

Low Countries The Low Countries (; ), historically also known as the Netherlands (), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower Drainage basin, basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Bene ...

(''Hege'', ''Helle'', ''Helge'', ''Helga'', ''Helka'' or ''Oili''). The name was in use in

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

before the

Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, French people, French, Flemish people, Flemish, and Bretons, Breton troops, all led by the Du ...

, but appears to have died out afterwards. It was re-introduced to

English-speaking The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English is an official, administrative, or cultural language. In the early 2000s, between one and two billion people spoke English, making it the largest language ...

nations in the 20th century from

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, and the

Nordic countries The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; ) are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe, as well as the Arctic Ocean, Arctic and Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic oceans. It includes the sovereign states of Denm ...

. Scandinavian male equivalent is Helge, or Helgi.

Eastern Slavic East Slavic may refer to: * East Slavic languages, one of three branches of the Slavic languages * East Slavs, a subgroup of Slavic peoples who speak the East Slavic languages See also * Old East Slavic Old East Slavic (traditionally also Ol ...

names

Olga Olga may refer to: People and fictional characters * Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha * Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga" Places Russia * Olga, Russia ...

(Ольга) and

Oleg Oleg (), Oleh (), or Aleh () is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine, and Belаrus. Origins ''Oleg'' derives from the Old Norse ''Helgi'' ( Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "blessed". The feminine equival ...

(Олег) are derived from it.

Name day In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, as well as Christian communities elsewhere. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively t ...

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

- May 31, Hungary - October 3,

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

- October 9,

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

- November 21,

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

- May 31,

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

- 11 July Helga was among the most popular names for girls in Germany from the 1920s to the 1950s.

People

All of last names listed in alphabetical order:

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Helga Adler Helga Adler (born Helga Obuchoff: 21 December 1943) spent the earlier part of her career as an East German historian and, latterly, politician. She was politically engaged during the build up to German reunification, but in November 1991 resign ...

(born 1943), East German historian and politician *

Helga de Alvear Helga de Alvear ( Müller Schätzel, 1936 – 2 February 2025) was a German-Spanish art collector and dealer of contemporary art. Living in Madrid from 1959, where she had personal contact to the art scene, she began to collect contemporary art ...

(1936–2025), German art collector *

Helga Amesberger Helga Amesberger (1960 in Waizenkirchen, Upper Austria) is an Austrian ethnologist, sociologist and political scientist. She has been working at the Vienna Institute for Conflict Research since the early 1990s. (IKF).http://www.ikf.ac.at/m_amesb. ...

, Austrian ethnologist and sociologist * Helga Ancher (1883–1964), Danish painter *

Helga Anders Helga Anders (11 January 1948 – 30 March 1986) was an Austrian actress. She was born Helga Scherz in Innsbruck, to an Austrian father and a German mother, and she grew up in Ruhpolding and Bielefeld after her parents divorced. She made her ...

(1948–1986), German-Austrian actress * Helga Aradóttir (1538–1614), grand-daughter of executed Icelandic bishop

Jón Arason Jón Arason (1484 – November 7, 1550) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic bishop and poet, who was executed in his struggle against the Reformation in Iceland. Background Jón Arason was born in Gryta, educated at Munkaþverá, the Benedictine ...

* Helga Arendt (1964–2013), West German sprinter * Helga Axt, German chess player

B

Helga Bachmann Helga Bachmann (24 July 1931 – 7 January 2011) was an Icelandic actress and Theatre director, director. Early life and education Helga Bachmann was born in Reykjavík. She graduated in 1948 from the school at and trained as an actress at two ...

(1931–2011), Icelandic actress and director *

Helga Baum Helga Baum (née Dlubek, born 1954) is a German mathematician. She is professor for differential geometry and global analysis in the Institute for Mathematics of the Humboldt University of Berlin. Education Baum earned a doctorate (Dr. sc. nat ...

(born 1954), German mathematician *

Helga Bergvall Helga Viktoria Bergvall () was a Swedish author. Biography Bergvall was born on a farm in the Uppland region of Sweden. She left school at the age of 12 to work as a maid and moved to Stockholm together with her mother at the age of 14. In her ...

(1907–1978), Swedish author *

Helga Beyer Helga Beyer (4 May 1920 – 1941) was a German resistance fighter. Biography Beyer was born in Breslau. She had a sister Ursula who survived the Second World War and later had family in America. Her Jewish father ran a small, thriving lamp f ...

(1920–1941), German resistance fighter * Helga Bîrsan (1928–2004), Romanian gymnast * Helga Braathen (1953–1982), Norwegian artistic gymnast * Helga de la Brache (1817–1885), Swedish con artist *

Helga Brauer Helga Brauer (2 May 1936 – 15 June 1991) was a Schlager singer of the GDR. Life Brauer was born on 2 May 1936 in Leipzig. After training as a dental technician, Helga Brauer was helped by chance to begin her singing career in the summer of 1 ...

, East German singer *

Helga Brofeldt Helga Brofeldt (born Helga Amelie Elisabet Textorius; 9 October 1881 – 18 June 1968) was a Swedish stage and film actress.Wright p.21 She appeared alongside John Elfström as his wife in several of the Åsa-Nisse series of comedy films. Selec ...

(1881–1968), Swedish film actress

C

* Helga Correia (born 1977), Portuguese politician *

Helga von Cramm Baroness Helga von Cramm (1840–1919) was a German and Swiss painter, illustrator and graphic artist. Early life Baroness Helga von Cramm was the eldest child of Wolf Frederick Adolf von Cramm-Burchard (1812–1879) and his wife Hedwig (1819 ...

(1840–1919), German–Swiss painter, illustrator, and graphic artist * Helga Cranston (1921–2013), German film editor

D

* Helga Dagsland (1910–2003), Norwegian nurse and organizational leader * Helga Dancberga (1941–2019), Soviet then Latvian actress * Helga Davis, New York-based multidisciplinary artist *

Helga Deen Helga Deen (6 April 1925 – 16 July 1943) was a Jewish diarist whose diary was discovered in 2004, which describes her stay in a Dutch prison camp, '' Kamp Vught'', where she was brought during World War II at the age of 18. Biography Deen wa ...

(1925–1943), Jewish victim of National Socialism *

Helga Dernesch Helga Dernesch (born 3 February 1939) is an Austrian soprano and mezzo-soprano. Her career has taken her through four successive phases: from mezzo-soprano to lyric soprano to dramatic soprano, and after about 1980 back to mezzo again. "Her voice ...

(born 1939), Austrian soprano and mezzo soprano * Helga Diederichsen (1930–2005), Mexican swimmer * Helga Diercks-Norden (1924–2011), German journalist and feminist activist * Helga Dietrich (1940–2018), German orchidologist and author * Helga Dudzinski (1929–2022), German figure skater

E

* Helga Einsele (1910–2005), German criminologist, prison director, and high-profile prisons reformer *

Helga Eng Helga Kristine Eng (31 May 1875 – 26 May 1966) was a Norwegian psychologist and educationalist. She was the third woman to receive a doctor's degree in Norway, and the first to do so in psychology. Early life and education She was born in Rakke ...

(1875–1966), Norwegian psychologist and educationalist *

Helga Erhart Helga Erhart is an Austrian para-alpine skier. She represented Austria at the 1994 Winter Paralympics. In total, she won three medals: one gold medal and two silver medals. She won the gold medal at the Women's Slalom LW2 event and the silver me ...

, Austrian para-alpine skier * Helga Estby (1860–1942), American suffragist *

Helga Exner Helga Exner née Menzel (born 1939) is a Czech-born Danish goldsmith who is recognized as one of Denmark's most significant contemporary jewellery designers. From the age of 16, she was trained by Herbert Seufert in Bad Godesberg, Germany, where s ...

(born 1939), Czech-born Danish goldsmith

F

* Helga Fägerskiöld (1871–1958), Swedish baroness * Helga Feddersen (1930–1990), German actress *

Helga Flatland Helga Flatland ( born 16 September 1984) is a Norwegian novelist and children's writer. Making her literary debut in 2010, she eventually became a full-time writer, and has won prizes such as Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris, Mads Wiel Nygaard's En ...

(born 1984), Norwegian novelist and children's writer * Helga Foght (1902–1974), Danish textile artist * Helga Forner (1936–2004), professor of singing * Helga Franck (1933–1963), German stage and film actress *

Helga Frier Helga Frier (12 June 1893 – 9 January 1972) was a Danish actress. She debuted in 1914 in the Den jyske Folkescene. Filmography *'' Odds 777'' - 1932 *''De blaa drenge'' - 1933 *'' Rasmines bryllup'' - 1935 *'' Sjette trækning'' - 193 ...

(1893-1972), Danish actress

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* Helga Gill, Women Suffrage Society Organizer * Helga Gitmark (1929–2008), Norwegian politician * Helga Glöckner-Neubert (1938–2017), German writer * Helga Gnauer (1929–1990), Austrian fencer * Helga Goebbels (1932–1945), eldest daughter of Nazi propaganda minister

Joseph Goebbels Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazism, Nazi politician and philologist who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief Propaganda in Nazi Germany, propagandist for the Nazi Party, and ...

and

Magda Goebbels Johanna Maria Magdalena Goebbels (; 11 November 1901 – 1 May 1945) was the wife of Nazi Germany's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. A prominent member of the Nazi Party, she was a close ally, companion, and political supporter of Adol ...

* Helga Goetze (1922–2008), German artist, writer, and free love activist * Helga Gomes, biological oceanographer *

Helga Göring Helga Göring (1922–2010) was a German stage actor, stage, television actor, television and film actress.Brockmann p.247 Selected filmography * ''Castles and Cottages'' (1957) * ''Two Mothers (1921 film), Two Mothers'' (1957) * ''Sheriff Teddy' ...

(1922–2010), German stage, television, and film actress * Helga Görlin, Swedish soprano and voice teacher *

Helga Grebing Helga Grebing (February 27, 1930 – September 25, 2017) was a German historian and university professor (Göttingen, Bochum). A focus of her work is on social history and, more specifically, on the history of the labour movement. Life Prove ...

(1930–2017), German historian and university professor *

Helga Guitton Helga Guitton (born 18 December 1942) is a German radio and television presenter. She was a disc jockey and interviewer for RTL and was presenter of the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest. Biography Guitton worked for RTL from 1964 to 1994. On Radio ...

(born 1942), German radio announcer *

Helga Gunerius Eriksen Helga Gunerius Eriksen (born 11 October 1950) is a Norwegian novelist and children's writer. She made her literary debut in 1986 with the children's book ''På stripejakt''. Among her other children's books are ''Båten i treet '' from 1988, ' ...

(born 1950), Norwegian novelist and children's writer

H

* Helga Haase (1934–1989), Polish-born speed skater in East Germany *

Helga Hahnemann Helga "Big Helga" Hahnemann (8 September 1937 - 20 November 1991) was an East Germany, East German multi-faceted stage performer and entertainer. She came to wider prominence through her television and radio appearances after 1962. By the time Ge ...

(1937–1991), East German multi-faceted stage performer and entertainer *

Helga Halldórsdóttir Helga Halldórsdóttir (born 22 April 1963) is an Icelandic hurdler. She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially brand ...

(born 1963), Icelandic hurdler *

Helga Haller von Hallerstein Helga Haller von Hallerstein (née Kaulich; 31 March 1927 – 11 May 2017) was a German countess and politician from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). She was a member of the European Parliament from December 1993 to July 1994 in ...

(1927–2017), German countess and politician * Helga Haugen (1932–2024), Norwegian politician * Helga Haugland Byfuglien (born 1950), Norwegian bishop *

Helga Helgesen Helga Bernhardine Helgesen (16 March 1863 – 30 March 1936) was a Norwegian domestic science teacher and politician for the Liberal Party (Norway), Liberal Party. Early life and education She was born in Hønefoss as a daughter of Ole Helgesen ( ...

(1863–1936), Norwegian domestic science teacher and politician * Helga Hellebrand-Wiedermann (1930–2013), Austrian sprint canoer * Helga Henning (1937–2018), German sprinter *

Helga Henselder-Barzel Helga Henselder-Barzel (4 January 1940 – 15 December 1995) was a German political scientist. She was the president of the German non-governmental organization Welthungerhilfe from 1984 until her death in 1995. In that capacity she critiqued con ...

(1940–1995), German political scientist *

Helga Hernes Helga Marie Hernes (born 16 January 1938) is a German-born Norwegian political scientist, diplomat, and politician for the Labour Party. Educated in the United States, she moved to Norway following her marriage to Norwegian sociologist and po ...

(born 1938), German-born Norwegian political scientist, diplomat, and politician * Helga Hoffmann (born 1937), German track and field athlete * Helga Hörz (born 1935), German Marxist philosopher and women's rights activist * Helga Hošková-Weissová (born 1929), Czech artist and Holocaust survivor

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Helga Nadire İnan Ertürk Helga Nadire İnan Ertürk, aka Nadija Inan or Nadja Inan (born Helga Nadire İnan on September 10, 1984), is a Turkish-German women's football midfielder currently playing in the Turkish Women's Second Football League for Sakarya Yenikent Güne� ...

(born 1984), Turkish-German footballer

J

* Helga Jensine Waabenø (1908–1994), Norwegian nurse and Lutheran missionary * Helga Jónsdóttir (born 1957), professor in nursing

K

* Helga Karlsen (1882–1936), Norwegian politician * Helga Klein (1931–2021), German athlete *

Helga Kleiner Helga Kleiner (; born 28 January 1935) is a German politician from Schleswig-Holstein. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, she is a prominent campaigner for senior citizens' interests and has held a number of leadership positions in the ...

(born 1935), German politician * Helga Knapp, former Austrian Paralympic alpine skier * Helga Koch (born 1942), German fencer * Helga Kohl (born 1943), Polish-born photographer based in Namibia *

Helga Königsdorf Helga Königsdorf (13 July 1938 – 4 May 2014) was an East German statistician and novelist. She is notable for becoming distinguished in two distinct careers - science and literature. She wrote three books on mathematics, two co-written with he ...

(1938–2014), German mathematician and author *

Helga Konrad Helga Konrad (10 January 1948 – 8 October 2024) was an Austrian politician. Life and career Konrad was born and grew up in Graz. She studied English studies, English and Romance studies, Romance philology at the University of Graz and in Par ...

(born 1948), Austrian politician * Helga W. Kraft, German-American professor *

Helga Krapf Helga Krapf (born Helga Marie Krapf; August 24, 1988) is a Filipino actress. Biography Personal life Krapf was born in Germany to a German father named Hans Krapf, a retired seaman and to a Filipina mother, Agnes Barcena. She has an older sister ...

(born 1988), Filipina actress * Helga Krause (1935–1989), German film editor * Helga Kreuter-Eggemann (1914–1970), German art historian * Helga Kühn-Mengel (born 1947), German politician * Helga Kuhse, Australian philosopher * Helga Kurm (1920–2011), Estonian pedagogical scientist

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Helga Labs Helga Labs (born 22 May 1940) is an East German politician who served as the minister of public education of East Germany. As a member of the ruling party Socialist Unity Party (SED), she held several political and public posts in East Germany. ...

(born 1940), East German politician * Helga Landauer (born 1969), Russian director, writer, and poet, based in New York City * Helga Larsen (1884–1947), Danish trade unionist and pioneering politician *

Helga van Leur Helga van Leur (born 8 September 1970) is a Dutch meteorologist and weather presenter. Born in Schoonhoven, she is best known for presenting the weather predictions during the news broadcast at RTL 4. Van Leur studied ''Bodem, Water en Atmosfee ...

(born 1970), Dutch meteorologist * Helga Lie (1930–2019), Norwegian politician * Helga Lindner (1951–2021), German swimmer *

Helga Liné Helga Lina Stern (born 14 July 1932), known as Helga Liné (), is a German-born Spanish film actress, model, and former vedette. She was a star of the horror genre during the 1960's and '70s, and gained the reputation of a scream queen. Earl ...

(born 1932), Portuguese-Spanish film actress and circus acrobat * Helga Livytska, Ukrainian humanitarian and public figure * Helga Lopez (1952–2022), German politician * Helga Luber, former East German slalom canoeist *

Helga Lütten Helga Lütten (born 27 July 1961) is a German former professional tennis player. A right-handed player from Hamburg, Lütten was a junior quarter-finalist at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships. During the early 1980s she competed on the professi ...

(born 1961), German former professional tennis player

M

* Helga Martin (1940–1999), German film actress * Helga Matschkur (born 1943), German gymnast * Helga Mees (1937–2014), German fencer * Helga Moddansdóttir, Haakon Paulsson’s mistress *

Helga Molander Helga Molander (born Ruth Werner; 19 March 1896 – 1986), was a German actress and mother of Hans Eysenck. Life Helga Molander was born in Königshütte, Upper Silesia, then Germany, to Jewish parents. She began her artistic career in 1918 at ...

(1896–1986), German actress *

Helga Moreira Helga Moreira is a Portuguese poet. Moreira was born in Guarda on April 29, 1950. She has lived in Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, afte ...

(born 1950), Portuguese poet *

Helga de la Motte-Haber Helga de la Motte-Haber (born 2 October 1938) is a German musicologist focusing on the study of systematic musicology. Life Haber was born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein as the first child of Paula Haber, ''née'' Kilian, and the physicist and mathem ...

(born 1938), German musicologist * Helga Mucke-Wittbrodt (1910–1999), German physician * Helga Mühlberg-Ulze, East German sprint canoeist *

Helga Müller Helga Müller was a West German luger who competed during the 1950s. She won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1957 FIL World Luge Championships in Davos, Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederati ...

, German luger

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* Helga Németh (born 1973), Hungarian handball player *

Helga Neuner Helga Neuner (10 June 1940) is a German actress. Life Neuner was born in Munich. During her school years, she took singing lessons and received dance training. After finishing school, she completed an acting education. She first gained theater ...

(born 1940), German actress * Helga Newmark (1932–2012), first female Holocaust survivor ordained as a rabbi * Helga Niemann (born 1956), German former swimmer *

Helga Niessen Masthoff Helga Niessen Masthoff (née Niessen; born 11 November 1941) is a former tennis player from West Germany. Her best Grand Slam singles tournament was when she reached the 1970 French Open final, losing to Margaret Court in straight sets. She wo ...

(born 1941), retired West German tennis player *

Helga Nõu Helga Nõu (née Raukas; born 22 September 1934 in Tartu) is an Estonian writer, best known for her novels ''Kass sööb rohtu'' (1965), ''Tiiger, tiiger'' (1969), and ''Pea suu!'' (1983). She was invested with the Order of the White Star in 200 ...

(born 1934), Estonian writer * Helga M. Novak (1935–2013), German-Icelandic writer *

Helga Nowotny Helga Nowotny (born 1937) is professor emeritus of Social Studies of Science, ETH Zurich. She has held numerous leadership roles on Academic boards and public policy councils, and she has authored many publications in the social studies of scienc ...

(born 1937), Austrian university professor emeritus

O-Ö

* Helga Offen (1951–2020), German volleyball player * Helga Margrét Ögmundsdóttir (born 1948), Icelandic former professor

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* Helga Pakasaar, Canada-based contemporary art curator and writer * Helga Paris (1938–2024), German photographer * Helga Pedersen, several people * Helga Pichler, Italian luger *

Helga Pilarczyk Helga Pilarczyk (12 March 1925 – 15 September 2011) was a German operatic soprano. Born in Schöningen, she originally trained as a pianist, at Braunschweig and at the . However, she made her debut as a contralto at the Staatstheater Braunschwe ...

(1925–2011), German operatic soprano *

Helga Plumb Helga Plumb is a Canadian architect known for her post modern and environmentally friendly design. She was born in Bruck/Mur, Austria, in 1939. Plumb left Austria at the age of 20, and emigrated to Canada, where she settled in Toronto in 1959. E ...

(born 1939), Austrian-born Canadian architect * Helga Pogatschar (born 1966), German composer

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* Helga E. Rafelski (1949–2000), German particle physicist *

Helga Radtke Helga Radtke (born 16 May 1962 in Sanitz, Rostock) is a retired German track and field athlete, former World Indoor Long Jump Champion. Career She competed from 1979 to the 1990s in the long and triple jumps. Until 1990 she represented ...

(born 1962), German track and field athlete *

Helga Ramstad Helga Anna Augusta Ramstad (8 January 1875 – 20 March 1956) was a Norwegian politician, a member of the Labour Party. The daughter of John Olsen Saastad, a farmer, and Charlotte Amalie Finckenhagen, she was born Helga Anna Augusta Saasta ...

(1875–1956), Norwegian politician * Helga Richter, retired German rower * Helga Marie Ring Reusch (1865–1944), Norwegian painter * Helga Ruebsamen (1934–2016), Dutch writer * Helga Rullestad (born 1949), Norwegian politician * Helga Rut Guðmundsdóttir (born 1970), Icelandic professor of music education

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* Helga Salvesen (1963-2016), Norwegian physician and professor of medicine * Helga Schauerte-Maubouet (born 1957), German-French organist, writer, and music editor * Helga Schmid (born 1960), German diplomat * Helga Schmidt-Neuber (1937-2018), German swimmer * Helga Schneider (born 1937), Italian writer of German origin * Helga Schubert (born 1940), German psychologist and author *

Helga Schuchardt Helga Schuchardt (born August 2, 1939 in Hannover) is a German politician and engineer. Early life and career At the ''Private Berufsfachschule PTL Wedel'' Schuchardt became a technical engineer. From 1965 to 1972 she worked as an engineer for ...

(born 1939), German politician *

Helga Schultze Helga Schultze (2 February 1940 – 12 September 2015), also known by her married name Helga Hösl, was a German female tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (si ...

(1940-2015), German female tennis player * Helga Seibert (1939-1999), judge at Bundesverfassungsgericht * Helga Seidler (born 1949), German former athlete and Olympic medalist * Helga Sigurðardóttir (born 1969), Icelandic swimmer * Helga María Sista (born 1947), Argentine alpine skier * Helga Slessarev, scholar of German literature * Helga Stene (1904-1983), Norwegian educator, feminist, and resistance member * Helga Stentzel, Russian-born visual artist *

Helga Stephenson Helga Stephenson is a Canadian film industry executive, who was CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 2011 to 2016."Paying tribute to a true film world visionary". ''Toronto Star'', March 22, 2015. Following her departure from t ...

, Canadian media executive *

Helga Steudel Helga Heinrich-Steudel (née Steudel, born 4 May 1939 in Görschnitz) is a former motorcyclist and car racer of the DDR. She is the only female motorcyclist to have won (under her maiden name Steudel) at the Sachsenring. She ended her career ...

(born 1939), German former motorcyclist and car racer * Helga Stevens, Belgian politician * Helga Stroh (born 1938), German fencer

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* Helga Tawil-Souri (born 1969), Palestinian-American media scholar and documentary filmmaker * Helga Testorf, subject of Andrew Wyeth's famous paintings * Helga Thaler Ausserhofer (born 1952), Italian politician *

Helga Thomas Helga Amalia Thomas (8 July 1891 – 6 July 1988) was a Swedish film actress. Thomas was born in Skog parish in Västernorrland County. She had a career in German film during the silent era, between 1923 and 1930. She died in Stockholm in 1988 ...

(1891–1988), Swedish film actress *

Helle Thorning-Schmidt Helle Thorning-Schmidt (; born 14 December 1966) is a Danish retired politician who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015, and Leader of the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015. She is the first woman to have held each p ...

(born 1966), 41st Prime Minister of Denmark * Helga Timm (1924-2014), German politician *

Helga Charlotte Tolle Helga Charlotte Tolle is a German actress, singer and dancer known for her powerful stage presence and incredible versatility. Early life Her parents met when her mother, a ballet dancer, was cast in one of the productions, of the theatre her ...

, German actress, singer and dancer * Helga Margrét Þorsteinsdóttir (born 1991), Icelandic heptathlete * Helga Trüpel (born 1958), German politician (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)

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Helga Vala Helgadóttir Helga Vala Helgadóttir (born 14 March 1972) is an Icelandic lawyer, former member of the Althing, and an actress. She was a member of the Althing, elected in the 2017 Icelandic parliamentary election for the Reykjavík North constituency, but r ...

(born 1972), Icelandic politician *

Helga Varden Helga Varden is a Norwegian-American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy and Gender and Women Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was Brady Distinguished Visiting Professor in Ethics and Civic Life at Northwestern U ...

, Norwegian-American philosopher * Helga Vieira (born 1980), Portuguese female tennis player * Helga María Vilhjálmsdóttir (born 1995), Icelandic alpine skier * Helga Vlahović (1945–2012), Croatian journalist, producer, and television personality

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* Helga Wagner (born 1956), German former swimmer * Helga Wanglie (1903-1991), elderly woman in a persistent vegetative state * Helga Weippert (1943–2019), German Old Testament scholar * Helga Weisz (born 1961), Austrian industrial ecologist, climate scientist, and professor of industrial ecology and climate change

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Helga Zepp-LaRouche Helga Zepp-LaRouche (born 25 August 1948) is a German political activist. She is the widow of American political activist Lyndon LaRouche, and the founder of the LaRouche movement's Schiller Institute, as well as the German ''Bürgerrechtsbeweg ...

(born 1948), German journalist and politician * Helga Zimmermann (born 1942), German former swimmer * Helga Josephine Zinnbauer (1909-1980), Australian community worker and librarian *

Helga Zoega Helga Zoega (born 1976) is a Professor of Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland. Her research focuses on the use and safety of medication among vulnerable populations, e.g. pregnant women and children. Education Zoega ...

(born 1976), Icelandic professor of public health * Helga Zöllner (1941-1983), Hungarian figure skater

Fictional characters

* Helga, wife of Hagar in the comic strip ''

Hägar the Horrible ''Hägar the Horrible'' is the title and main character of an American comic strip created by cartoonist Dik Browne and syndicated by King Features Syndicate. It first appeared on February 4, 1973 (in Sunday papers) and the next day in daily ne ...

'' * Helga, a Dutch enemy character in the fighting game ''

Human Killing Machine ''Human Killing Machine'' (unofficially titled as ''Street Fighter 2: Human Killing Machine'' and acronym-titled as ''H.K.M.'') is a 2D fighting video game. The game was developed by British company Tiertex, who hired external team Blue Turtle (N ...

'' * Helga the Fair, a character in Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu * Helga, a character in the game ''

Suikoden IV is a role-playing video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by Konami exclusively for the PlayStation 2 video game console and is the fourth installment of the ''Suikoden'' video game series. It was released in Au ...

'' * Helga, lead character in the 1967 sex education film

Helga – Vom Werden des menschlichen Lebens ''Helga – Vom Werden des menschlichen Lebens'' () is a 1967 West German sex education documentary and the first film of the ''Helga'' trilogy, starring Ruth Gassmann as Helga. Its release in West Germany was followed by international releases to ...

* Helga, wife of Floki, character in the historical series ''

Vikings Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.Roesdahl, pp. 9� ...

'' * Helga von Bubble, a character in the ''

Toy Story Toons ''Toy Story Toons'' is an American animated short film series based on the ''Toy Story'' franchise. It follows Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and their friends in comedic adventures at Bonnie's house after Andy donated them to her at the end of ''Toy Sto ...

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Partysaurus Rex ''Toy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex'' is a 2012 American animated short film written and directed by Mark Walsh. It was first screened ahead of the 3D theatrical re-release of ''Finding Nemo'' as the third and final short in the trilogy of '' To ...

'' * Helga Gallimard, wife of Rene Gallimard in the play '' M Butterfly'' * Helga Geerhart, a character in the BBC sitcom ''

'Allo 'Allo! ''Allo 'Allo!'' is a British sitcom television series, created by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, starring Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Guy Siner and Richard Gibson. Originally broadcast on BBC1, the series focuses on the life of a Frenc ...

'' * Helga Hufflepuff, founder of Hogwarts' Hufflepuff house in the ''

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven Fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...

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Helga Jace Dr. Helga Jace is a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe. She is a supporting character of the Outsiders and a scientist responsible for giving Princess Tara/Terra and her elder brother Prince Brion/Geo-Force their earth-controlling po ...

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DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...

* Helga Pataki, a character in the Nickelodeon animated TV series ''

Hey Arnold! ''Hey Arnold!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Craig Bartlett for Nickelodeon. It originally aired from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004. The show centers on fourth grader Arnold Shortman, who lives with his grandparents in an inner ...

'' * Helga Phugly, a character in the adult animated sitcom ''

The Oblongs ''The Oblongs'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Angus Oblong and Jace Richdale. It was Mohawk Productions' first venture into animation. The series premiered on April 1, 2001, on The WB, and was cancelled due to low ratings on ...

'' * Helga Rasmussen, a founder of the Black Armory in the video game ''

Destiny 2 ''Destiny 2'' is a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie. It was originally released as a pay-to-play game in 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows. It became free-to-play, utilizing the games as a se ...

'' * Helga Sinclair, a character in the 2001 Disney animated feature film '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' * Helga Von Guggen, an antagonist in the Franco-Canadian animated TV series ''

Totally Spies ''Totally Spies!'' is a French anime-influenced animated spy-fi series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel mainly produced by French company Zodiak Kids & Family France, with seasons three to five being co-produced with Canadi ...

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* Helga, one of the two phantom torsos carried by the

Artemis 1 Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), was an uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission that was launched in November 2022. As the first major spaceflight of NASA's Artemis program, Artemis I marked the agency's return to lunar exploration a ...

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