Ylva (She-wolf, female Wolf) is an old Swedish female given name. It is the female form of the masculine given name Ulf and is one of the earliest names to appear in documents. The name has increased in popularity and become internationally known because of the mother of Vicky the Viking. Ylva is also a character in The Long Ships or Red Orm (original Swedish: Röde Orm) by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson and Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura.
Women bearing the name include:
Ylva Eggehorn (born 1950), Swedish poet and writer
Ylva Ivarsson (born 1964), Swedish archer
Ylva Johansson (born 1964), Swedish politician
Ylva Lindberg (born 1976), Swedish ice hockey player
Ylva Lööf (born 1958), Swedish actress
Ylva Nowén (born 1970), Swedish former alpine skier
Ylva Thörn (born 1954), Swedish politician and former trade unionist
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