Ulla is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...

. It is short for Ursula in German-speaking countries and Ulrika/

Ulrikke Ulrikke is a feminine given name found primarily in Denmark and Norway. It is a feminine form of the masculine name Ulrik. Notable people named Ulrikke include: * Ulrikke Brandstorp (born 1995), Norwegian singer * Ulrikke Hansen Døvigen (born ...

in Scandinavian countries. As of 31 December 2011, there were 61,043 females named Ulla in Sweden, with the name being most popular during the 1930s and 40s, and as of 7 June 2010, there were 25,959 females named Ulla in Finland, most born between 1940 and 1979.The Population Information System of Finland
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People

Pre-20th century

Ulla (Talmudist) Ulla or 'Ulla was a Jewish Talmudist and one of the leading Halakhic amoraim in the Land of Israel during the late 3rd and early 4th centuries CE (the second and third amoraic generations). Biography In his youth he studied under R. Eleazar II, ...

(3rd-4th centuries AD), a rabbi mentioned in the Talmud *

Ulla Adlerfelt Ulrika "Ulla" Sofia Adlerfelt, née ''Sparre af Sundby'' (21 July 1736 – 1 August 1765), was a Swedish artist (painter) and noble. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.''Svenskt konstnärslexikon'' (Swedish Art dictionary). ...

(1736–1765), Swedish painter and noble, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts *

Ulla von Höpken Ulrika "Ulla" Eleonora von Höpken, later ''von Wright'', née '' von Fersen'' (24 March 1749 – 17 September 1810), was a Swedish countess and courtier. She is also famous in history as one of "the three graces" of the Gustavian age; three lad ...

(1749–1810), Swedish lady-in-waiting, leading socialite and noble *

Ulrika Pasch Ulrika "Ulla" Fredrica Pasch (10 July 1735 in Stockholm – 2 April 1796 in Stockholm), was a Swedish rococo painter and miniaturist, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Biography Education and early career Ulrika Pasch was ...

(1735–1796), Swedish painter and miniaturist also known as Ulla Pasch * Johanna Ulrica

Ulla Stenberg Ulla (Johanna Ulrica) Stenberg, née Colliander (1792–1858) was a Swedish damask maker. Stenberg was the daughter of vicar Nils Johan Colliander in Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). ...

(1792–1858), Swedish damask maker * Ulla Tessin (1711–1768), Swedish lady-in-waiting, letter writer, dilettante artist and countess, relative of Ulla von Höpken

Modern period

* Ulla Andersson (born 1946), Swedish former high fashion model and ex-wife of music producer Quincy Jones *

Ulla Andersson (politician) Ulla Andersson (born 1963) is a Swedish politician of the Left Party. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006. External links Ulla Anderssonat the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the ...

(born 1963), Swedish politician *

Ulla Anttila Ulla Mari Ainikki Anttila (born 13 December 1963 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and a former member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Green League. She was first elected to the parliament in 1991 and left the parliament 2007. She is a ...

(born 1963), Finnish politician * Ursula Ulla Burchardt (born 1954), German politician *

Ulla Dinger Ulla Margarete Dinger (born 1955) is a Swedish mathematician specializing in mathematical analysis. She was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics at the University of Gothenburg. Dinger completed her doctorate at the University of Got ...

(born 1955), Swedish mathematician * Ulla Essendrop (born 1976), Danish television presenter * Ulla Hahn (born 1946), German poet and novelist *

Ulla Håkansson Ulla Håkansson (born 9 November 1937) is a Swedish equestrian and Olympic medalist. She won a bronze medal in dressage at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángel ...

(born 1937), Swedish equestrian and Olympic medalist *

Ulla Hoffmann Ulla Hoffmann (born 31 March 1942) is a Swedish Left Party ( sv, Vänsterpartiet) politician. Hoffmann was interim party leader for a short while in 2003 following the resignation of party leader Gudrun Schyman. Gudrun Schyman was forced to resig ...

(born 1942), Swedish politician *

Ulla Isaksson Ulla Isaksson (22 June 1916 – 24 April 2000) was a Swedish author and screenplay writer. She was born and died in Stockholm, Sweden. In addition to her short stories and novels, Isaksson also wrote scripts for films and plays. Early life and ed ...

(1916–2000), Swedish author and screenplay writer *

Ulla Jacobsson Ulla Jacobsson (23 May 1929 – 20 August 1982) was a Swedish actress. She had the lead role in One Summer of Happiness (1951) and played the only female speaking role in the film '' Zulu'' (1964). Early life Jacobsson was born in Mölndal, ...

(1929–1982), Swedish actress * Ursula

Ulla Jelpke Ursula "Ulla" Jelpke (born 9 June 1951) is a German journalist and politician. Jelpke is a member of the German Bundestag where she is domestic affairs spokesperson for the party Die Linke and represents the party in the internal affairs committ ...

(born 1951), German journalist and politician *

Ulla Jürß Ulla Erna Frieda Jürß (born 2 August 1923) was a female Nazi and a concentration camp guard. It is unclear in her file when Jürß became a camp guard (estimated between 1942 and 1944). Jürß was born in Rabenhorst, Germany. She went to Ravensb ...

(born 1923), German concentration camp guard convicted of war crimes *

Ulla Engeberg Killias Ulla Engeberg Killias (1945–1995) was a Swedish-born painter who lived in Switzerland for most of her adult life. Life and work Killias was born in Stockholm, Sweden, where she also earned her baccalaureate in painting and drawing. She fi ...

(1945–1995), Swedish-born painter *

Ulla Lindkvist Ulla Lindkvist (30 August 1939 – 6 August 2015) was a Swedish orienteering competitor, and the first individual female world champion in this sport. She won the 1966 and 1968 Individual World Orienteering Championships,Ulla Lindström Ulla Gunilla Lindström, née ''Wohlin'' (15 September 1909 in Stockholm – 10 July 1999), was a Swedish journalist and politician (Social Democrat). She was Minister of Family, Consumer, Aid and Refugee Affairs from 1954 to 1966. She was a ...

(1909–1999), Swedish journalist and politician, first woman acting Prime Minister of Sweden *

Ulla Lock Ulla Lock (19 April 1934 – 20 September 2012) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 19 films between 1953 and 1978. She was born in Copenhagen. Filmography * ''Slægten'' (1978) * ''Man sku være noget ved musikken'' (1972) * '' Tj� ...

(1934–2012), Danish film actress *

Ulla Löfgren Ulla Löfgren (born 1943) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has been a member of the Riksdag from 1994 until 1998 and then again from 2002 until 2008. External links Ulla Löfgrenat the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, ...

(born 1943), Swedish politician *

Ulla Mitzdorf Ulla Mitzdorf (15 March 1944 – 19 July 2013) was a German scientist. She contributed to diverse areas including physics, chemistry, psychology, physiology, medicine and gender studies. Life and Scientific Work Mitzdorf gained her doctora ...

(1944–2013), German scientist in diverse fields *

Ulla Orring Ulla Orring (born 15 September 1926) is a Swedish liberal politician. She is a member of the People's Party which she joined in the 1950s. She served in the Swedish Parliament for many years and was first elected as a deputy in 1985. She served ...

(born 1926), Swedish politician *

Ulla Pirttijärvi Ulla is a given name. It is short for Ursula in German-speaking countries and Ulrika/Ulrikke in Scandinavian countries. As of 31 December 2011, there were 61,043 females named Ulla in Sweden, with the name being most popular during the 1930s a ...

(born 1971), Sami joik singer from Angeli, Finland * Ulla Poulsen (1905–2001), Danish ballerina and actress * Ulla Preeden (born 1980), Estonian geologist, academic and politician *

Ulla Saar Ulla Saar (born 4 January 1975 in Tallinn) is an Estonian illustrator, product designer, graphic artist, and interior designer. She has graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts The Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonian: ''Eesti Kunstiakadeemia'', ...

(born 1975), Estonian illustrator, product designer, graphic artist, and interior designer *

Ulla Salzgeber Ulla Salzgeber (born 5 August 1958 in Oberhausen) is a German equestrianism, equestrian and Olympic champion who competes in the sport of dressage. Competing in the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, she won two team gold medal ...

(born 1958), German equestrian and Olympic (team) champion *

Ulla Sandbæk Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk (born 1943) is a former Danish Member of the European Parliament for the June Movement. She served from 1994 to 2004. She was responsible for the Sandbæk report that resulted in a European Union regulation increasing ...

(born 1943), Danish politician * Ursula

Ulla Schmidt Ursula "Ulla" Schmidt (born 13 June 1949) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From 2001 to 2009 she was Federal Minister of Health in the German Government. Between 2013 and 2017, she served as Vice-President ...

(born 1949), German politician, former Federal Minister for Health *

Ulla Sjöblom Ulla Sjöblom (11 May 1927 – 3 August 1989) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1952 and 1988. Selected filmography * ''House of Women'' (1953) * ''Karin Månsdotter'' (1954) * ''Simon the Sinner'' (1954) * '' Ou ...

(1927–1989), Swedish film actress * Ulla Strand (1943–2007), Danish badminton player, member of the Badminton Hall of Fame * Ulla Strömstedt (1939–1986), Swedish-born actress *

Ulla Tørnæs Ulla Pedersen Tørnæs (born 4 September 1962 in Esbjerg) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Liberal Party. She previously sat in parliament from 1994 to 2014, and served as member of the European Parliament from 2014 ...

(born 1962), Danish politician, former Minister for Education and former Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark *

Ulla Trenter Ulla Elisabet Trenter Palm (née ''Anderson''; 18 December 1936 – 23 December 2019) was a Swedish author. She was born in Stockholm. She was married to Stieg Trenter from 1960 until his death in 1967, and their daughter is Laura Trenter. Ulla ...

(1936–2019), Swedish author * Ulla Vuorela (1945–2011), Finnish professor of social anthropology *

Ulla Weigerstorfer Ulla Weigerstorfer (born Ulrike Weigerstorfer 16 August 1967 in Bad Aussee, Styria, Austria) is an Austrian TV host, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1987 in London representing Austria. She became the second titleholder from her countr ...

(born 1967), Austrian Miss World pageant winner in 1987 *

Ulla Werbrouck Ulla Werbrouck (born 24 January 1972 in Izegem) is a former Belgian politician and judoka. At the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 19 ...

(born 1972), Belgian politician and Olympic judo champion * Ulla Wester (born 1953), Swedish politician

Biblical figures

* Ulla, an Asherite mentioned in

1 Chronicles The Book of Chronicles ( he, דִּבְרֵי־הַיָּמִים ) is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Chronicles) in the Christian Old Testament. Chronicles is the final book of the Hebrew Bible, concluding the third sect ...

7:39 in the Bible

Fictional characters

Ulla (The Producers) The following are fictional characters from the 1967 film '' The Producers'', the Broadway musical based on it, and the 2005 film adaptation of the musical. Max Bialystock Max Bialystock is described as selfish, arrogant, fiery, impatient, sa ...

, in Mel Brooks' film and musical ''The Producers'' *

Ulla Winblad Ulla Winblad was a semi-fictional character in many of Carl Michael Bellman's musical works. She is at once an idealised rococo goddess and a tavern prostitute, and a key figure in Bellman's songs of ''Fredman's Epistles''. The character was par ...

, in many of Carl Michael Bellman's works

Other meanings

* Úlla, or Oola, a village in County Limerick, Ireland

References

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