Helga

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Helga (derived from Old Norse heilagr - "holy", "blessed") is a female name, used mainly in Scandinavia, Germany and Hungary (Hege, Helle, Helge, Helga, Helka or Oili). The name was in use in England before the Norman Conquest, but appears to have died out afterwards. It was re-introduced to English-speaking nations in the 20th century from Germany and the Nordic countries. Russian name Olga (Ольга) is derived from it. Scandinavian male equivalent is Helge, or Helgi.

Name days: Estonia - May 31, Hungary - October 3, Latvia - August 11, Sweden - November 21.

People with this name

• Helga, also known as Saint Olga, (c. 890-969), Princess of Kiev
• Helga Anders (1948-1986), German-Austrian actress
• Helga Arendt (* 1964), West German sprinter
• Helga Brauer (1936-1991), East German popular singer
• Helga de la Brache, Victorian Swedish con artist.
• Helga Claire Lee zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1911-2005), German industrialist
• Helga Daub (* 1942), German politician (FDP)
• Helga Deen (1925-1943), Jewish victim of National Socialism
• Helga Dernesch (* 1939), Austrian soprano and mezzo soprano
• Helga Einsele (1910-2005), German criminologist, prison director and criminal law reformer
• Helga Feddersen (1930-1990), German actress
• Helga Fischer (* 1949), German athlete and Olympic medalist
• Helga Frier (1893-1972), Danish actress
• Helga Gießelmann (* 1949), German politician (SPD)
• Helga Goetze (Helga Sophia) (* 1922), German artist, author and political activist
• Helga Göring (* 1922), German actress
• Helga Guitton, German radio announcer
• Helga Hahnemann (1937-1991), German entertainer, Cabaret singer and actress
• Helga Hirsch (* 1948), German publicist and correspondent
• Helga Hoffmann (* 1937), German athlete
• Helga Klein (* 1931), German athlete
• Helga Königsdorf (* 1938), German mathematician and author
• Helga Krapf (* 1988), Filipina actress
• Helga Kühn-Mengel (* 1947), German psychiatrist
• Helga Labs (* 1940), East German leader of a pioneer organization
• Helga Liné (* 1932), Portuguese-Spanish film actress and circus acrobat
• Helga Lopez (* 1952), German politician (SPD)
• Helga M. Novak (* 1935), German-Icelandic author
• Helga Niessen Masthoff (* 1941), German tennis player
• Helga Pedersen (1911–1980), Danish politician
• Helga Pedersen (* 1973), Norwegian politician
• Helga Radtke (* 1962), German track and field athlete
• Helga Schmedt (* 1929), German politician (SPD)
• Helga Schubert (* 1940), German psychologist and author
• Helga Schuchardt (* 1939), German politician (FDP)
• Helga Schütz (* 1937), German author
• Helga Seibert (1939-1999), judge at Bundesverfassungsgericht
• Helga Seidler (* 1949), German athlete and Olympic medalist
• Helga Testorf, subject of Andrew Wyeth's famous paintings
• Helga Thiede (* 1940), German singer
• Helga Timm (* 1924), German politician (SPD)
• Helga Trüpel (* 1958), German politician (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
• Helga Vlahović (* 1945), Croatian journalist and producer
• Helga von Brauchitsch, photographer
• Helga Wex (1924-1986), German politician (CDU)
• Helga Zepp-LaRouche (* 1948), German journalist and politician

Fictional characters

• Helga, wife of Hagar in the comic strip Hägar the Horrible
• Helga, character in the game Suikoden IV
• Helga Hufflepuff, member of Hogwarts staff in the Harry Potter books.
• Helga Pataki, character on Nickelodeon's cartoon show Hey Arnold!
• Helga Von Guggen, villain in Totally Spies animated television series

Movie

In 1967, the sex education movie Helga – Vom Werden des menschlichen Lebens [1] was a major success in Germany and elsewhere. It had been sponsored by the Department of Health lead by Käte Strobel.

Natural phenomena

The name "Helga" has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

• 1966's Hurricane Helga
• 1970's Tropical Storm Helga
• 1974's Tropical Storm Helga

Transportation

• HMS Helga, Helga II, earlier names of the ship Muirchú.

Solar system bodies and their surface features

• 522 Helga, a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
• Helga, a crater on Venus.

Software

• The Helga Project, open-source software for managing the production of animated films.

External links

• Popularity of the name in the United States

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