Betje is a Dutch feminine given name. It is a diminutive of Elisabeth. Notable people with the name include: * (1888–1968), Dutch politician * (born 1972), Dutch actress *

Betje Wery Elizabeth Wery (26 August 1920 – 16 October 2006) was a Dutch Nazi collaborator who is best known in the Netherlands for collaborating with the Nazi (SD) to locate as many Dutch Jews as possible and have them delivered to Nazi concentration ...

(1920–2006), Dutch Nazi collaborator *

Betje Wolff Elizabeth ("Betje") Wolff-Bekker (24 July 17385 November 1804) was a Dutch novelist who, with Agatha "Aagje" Deken, wrote several popular epistolary novels such as ''Sara Burgerhart'' (1782) and ''Willem Levend'' (1784). Biography Betje Bekker ...

(1738–1804), Dutch novelist **

Museum Betje Wolff Museum Betje Wolff is a history and decorative arts museum in Beemster, North Holland, in the Netherlands. The museum, founded in 1950, is located in a former Dutch Reformed Church. It is named after Betje Wolff Elizabeth ("Betje") Wolff-Bekke ...

, Beemster, the Netherlands ;Fictional characters * Betje, a character in the 1918 novel ''

Student Hidjo ''Student Hidjo'' ( Perfected spelling ''Student Hijo'', both meaning ''Student Green'') is a 1918 novel by Marco Kartodikromo. Originally published as a serial in the newspaper '' Sinar Hindia'', it was republished in book form in 1919 by Masm ...

'' * Betje, a character in the 1942 novel ''

Ciske de Rat ''Ciske de Rat'' ("Ciske the Rat") is the first part of a trilogy by Dutch author Piet Bakker. It is part of the Ciske trilogy which was written between 1941 (publication was however delayed by paper shortages until 1942) and 1946. The book wa ...

'' * Betje, a character in the 2023 miniseries ''

A Small Light ''A Small Light'' is a biographical war drama miniseries about Miep Gies, a secretary who helped her Jewish employer Otto Frank, his family (including Anne Frank), and other Jewish refugees go into hiding after the German invasion of the Netherl ...

'' * Betje Ackerboom, a character in the 1961 film ''

Three Men in a Boat ''Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)'',The Penguin edition punctuates the title differently: ''Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog!'' published in 1889, is a humorous novel by English writer Jerome K. Jerome describing ...

'' * , grocer's wife who ostensibly kept a diary, and the namesake of the in Utrecht, the Netherlands

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