- Source: Lovisa
Lovisa is a Swedified form of Louise, which originates in Louis and has been used in Sweden since the 17th century. It was placed in the Swedish calendar in the 1750s after king Adolf Fredericks marriage to Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia in 1744. Lovisa means fighter.
The name Lovisa had a rejuvenation in the 1980s and 90's in Sweden but has since then begun to decline.
Lovisa is placed in the Swedish calendar (namnsdag) on August 25.
Famous people with the name Lovisa
Royalty
Lovisa of Sweden, Queen of Denmark
Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia, Queen of Sweden
Artists
Lovisa Augusti, opera singer, member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music
Brigitte Lovisa Fouché, artist
Greta Lovisa Gustafsson (aka Greta Garbo), actress
Other famous people
Lovisa Åhrberg, doctor and surgeon
Lovisa von Burghausen, Swedish prisoner of war, known for her life as a slave in Russia
Sofia Lovisa Gråå, educator and principal
Agatha Lovisa de la Myle (died 1787), Baltic-German and Latvian poet
Lovisa Svensson (1853–1963), 109-year-old.
Places
Loviisa
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Selma Lagerlöf
- Louisa Ulrika dari Prusia
- Louise dari Swedia
- Julia Beck
- Sophia Albertina, Kepala Biara Quedlinburg
- Märtha, Putri Mahkota Norwegia
- Greta Garbo
- Carolus Linnaeus
- Miss International 1995
- Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
- Lovisa
- Lovisa (company)
- Selma Lagerlöf
- Louise of Sweden
- Greta Garbo
- Alessandro Lovisa
- Lovisa Karlsson
- Lovisa Fortress
- Lovisa Claesson
- Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
