Ingeborg

Ingeborg is a Germanic feminine given name, mostly used in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, derived from Old Norse Ingiborg, Ingibjǫrg, combining the theonym Ing with the element borg "stronghold, protection". Ingebjørg is the Norwegian most used variant of the name, and Ingibjörg is the Icelandic variant.

People

Pre-modern era

Ordered chronologically

Ingeborg, 10th century mother of Ragnvald Ulfsson
Ingeborg Tryggvasdotter (10th–11th century), daughter of Tryggve Olafsson (died 963), granddaughter of Harald Fairhair and sister of Olaf I of Norway
Ingeborg of Kiev (fl. 1137), mother of Valdemar I of Denmark
Ingibjörg Hakonsdóttir Of Orkney (fl. 12th century) wife of Óláfr Guðrøðarson king of Isle of Man
Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174–1237), wife of Philip II of France and daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark
Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden (c. 1212 – c. 1254), daughter of King Erik Knutsson of Sweden, wife of Birger Jarl and mother of King Valdemar of Sweden
Ingeborg of Kalundborg (died 1267), influential Danish noble
Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway (c. 1244 – 1287), wife of Magnus VI and daughter of Eric IV
Ingeborg Birgersdotter (c. 1253 – 1302), duchess consort of Saxony
Ingeborg of Sweden (1263–1292), Swedish princess and countess consort
Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1277–1319), Swedish princess and Queen of Denmark
Ingeborg Eriksdottir of Norway (1297–1357), Norwegian princess and Swedish royal duchess
Ingeborg of Mecklenburg (1343/45 – 1395), electress consort of Brandenburg and Countess of Holstein-Rendsburg, daughter of Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg and his wife, Euphemia of Sweden
Ingeborg of Norway (1301–1361), Norwegian duchess, Swedish royal duchess and sometime regent of Norway and Sweden
Ingeborg of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1347–1370), wife of Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburg, daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark
Ingeborg of Holstein (1396–1465), Swedish Roman Catholic Abbess of Vadstena Abbey
Ingeborg Tott (died 1507), consort of the Swedish regent Sten Sture the elder

Modern era

Ordered alphabetically by last name

Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878–1958), Swedish princess, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark, wife of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
Ingeborg Akeleye (1741–1800), Norwegian noblewoman and heiress
Ingeborg Bachmann (1927–1973), Austrian poet and author
Ingeborg Beling (1904–1988), German ethologist and chronobiologist
Ingeborg Belling (1848–1927), Norwegian actress
Ingeborg Brams (1921–1989), Danish actress
Ingeborg Bruhn Bertelsen (1894–1977), Danish actress
Ingeborg Danz (born 1961), German opera singer
Ingeborg Drewitz (1923–1986), German writer
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (born 1963), Lithuanian actress
Ingeborg Fülepp, Croatian artist
Ingeborg Gjærum (born 1985), Norwegian environmentalist
Ingeborg Grässle (born 1961), German politician and Member of the European Parliament
Ingeborg Grytten (c. 1668 – c. 1705), Norwegian writer
Ingeborg Hallstein (born 1936), German opera singer
Ingeborg Hansen (1886–1954), Danish lawyer and politician
Ingeborg Hochmair (born 1953), Austrian electrical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur
Ingeborg Hunzinger (1915–2009), German sculptor
Inge King (1915–2016), German-born Australian sculptor
Ingeborg Levin, German geoscientist and climatologist
Ingeborg Lüscher (born 1936), German/Swiss multi-media artist
Ingeborg Mello (1919–2009), Argentine track and field athlete, primarily in the discus and shot put
Ingeborg i Mjärhult (1665–1749), Swedish natural healer, soothsayer and spiritual visionary
Ingeborg Møller (1878–1964), Norwegian playwright, novelist and biographer
Ingeborg Nyberg (born 1940), Swedish singer and actress
Ingeborg Pfüller (born 1932), Argentine discus thrower
Ingeborg Rapoport (1912–2017), German pediatrician, the oldest person to receive a PhD at age 102
Ingeborg Refling Hagen (1895–1989), Norwegian author and teacher
Ingeborg Reichelt (1928–2022), German soprano
Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840–1913), Swedish-German composer born Ingeborg Starck
Ingeborg Schmitz (born 1922), German Olympic swimmer
Ingeborg Schwenzer (born 1951), German jurist and law professor
Ingeborg Schöner (born 1935), German actress
Ingeborg Seynsche (1905–1994), German mathematician
Ingeborg (singer), Belgian singer and television presenter Ingeborg Sergeant
Ingeborg Sjöqvist (1912–2015), Swedish diver
Ingeborg Sørensen (born 1948), Norwegian model and Playboy Playmate of the Month for March 1975
Ingeborg Spangsfeldt (1895–1968), Danish film actress of the 1910s and '20s

Legendary characters

Hjalmar and Ingeborg, Swedish lovers in Norse mythology
The beloved of Frithiof in Frithiof's Saga
The daughter of the Swedish King Eysteinn Beli, betrothed to Ragnar Lodbrok

References

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