Asta may refer to:

Companies and organizations

American Sail Training Association Tall Ships America (TSA), previously known as the American Sail Training Association (ASTA), is the largest sail training association in the world and a founding member of Sail Training International. From starting with a handful of vessels sail ...

* American Scouting Traders Association, a former name of the

International Scouting Collectors Association The International Scouting Collectors Association (ISCA) was established in 2001 as a non-profit group interested in furthering the education of scouting through the trade and display of memorabilia and history of the BSA and Scouting. The ISC ...

American Seed Trade Association Founded in 1883, the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) is one of the oldest trade organizations in the United States. Its membership consists of over 700 companies involved in seed production and distribution, plant breeding, and related indu ...

American Society of Travel Advisors American Society of Travel Advisors (abbreviated as ASTA) is a trade association which was formed to represent and defend the business and regulatory public policy interests of travel intermediaries, including travel agencies (including traditional ...

American Spice Trade Association The American Spice Trade Association (ASTA) is an American trade association for companies importing, processing and distributing food spices. It was founded in New York City in 1907 by 55 "founding fathers". It was decided that ASTA membership w ...

American String Teachers Association The American String Teachers Association (ASTA) is a professional organization for bowed string music teachers based in the United States. It is the largest organization in the U.S. for string teachers. ASTA serves teachers and students in all are ...

, for music teachers * Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers * Association of Short-Circuit Testing Authorities, a certification company acquired by

Intertek Intertek Group plc is a British multinational assurance, inspection, product testing and certification company headquartered in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. History The ...

in 2007 *

AStA The General Students' Committee () or AStA, is the acting executive board and the external representing agency of the (constituted) student body at universities in most German states. It is therefore considered the student government and student r ...

, German student representative organization * Asta Film, a Danish film company * ASTA Medica Onkologie, a pharmaceutical company acquired by

Baxter International Baxter International Inc. is an American multinational healthcare company with headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois. The company primarily focuses on products to treat chronic and acute medical conditions. The company had 2023 global net sal ...

Australian School of the Arts The Australian School of the Arts (ASTA) is an arts program founded by the Sheldon College Institute of the Arts in 2006. The initiative was designed by Darren Harvey in an attempt to create "unparalleled creative learning experiences in the art ...

People

Asta (musician) Asta (born Asta Evelyn Binnie-Ireland, 13 January 1996) is a singer-songwriter from Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia. She rose to prominence when her track "My Heart Is On Fire" won Triple J's Unearthed High in 2012. The track went on to be voted i ...

(born 1994), Australian singer/songwriter *

Ásta Árnadóttir Ásta Árnadóttir (born 9 June 1983) is an Icelandic footballer who plays the position of defender. Ásta was part of Iceland's national team and was a member of the squad at UEFA Women's Euro 2009. Ásta has played for Tyresö FF in Sweden. ...

(born 1983), Icelandic footballer *

Ásta B. Gunnlaugsdóttir Ásta Breiðfjörð Gunnlaugsdóttir (born 13 May 1961) is an Icelandic former footballer who made 26 appearances for the Iceland women's national football team. At club level, she played for Breiðablik for over 20 years. Personal life Ást ...

(born 1961), Icelandic footballer *

Ásta B. Þorsteinsdóttir Ásta Bryndís Þorsteinsdóttir (1 December 1945–12 October 1998) was an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Party (Iceland), Social Democratic Party, she represented the Reykjavík (Althing const ...

(1945–1998), Icelandic politician * Asta Backman (1917–2010), Finnish actress * Asta Ekenvall (1913–2001), Swedish historian, librarian and academic * Asta Gröting (born 1961), German artist *

Asta Hansen Asta Hansen (20 December 1914 – 21 October 1962) was a Danish stage and film actress. Asta Betty Hansen was born in Store Magleby to Grete Sofie (née Lundqvist) and Arthur Jørgen Hansen. She first acted in pantomimes and then in 1934 ...

(1914–1962), Danish actress *

Asta Hampe Asta Hampe (24 May 1907 – 22 October 2003) was a German electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, economist and statistician. According to '' The Woman Engineer'', Hampe was the first German member of the Women's Engineering Society, ...

(1907–2003), German

electrical Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...

and

mechanical engineer Mechanical may refer to: Machine * Machine (mechanical), a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement * Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations o ...

and

statistician A statistician is a person who works with Theory, theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private sector, private and public sectors. It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, a ...

* Asta von Mallinckrodt-Haupt (1896–1960) German dermatologist *

Asta Mollerup Asta Malthea Mollerup (22 May 1881 – 25 September 1945) was a Danish dance teacher who was one of the first to introduce the Danes to modern dance, a new trend which was inspired by the American dancer Isadora Duncan and the German choreographer ...

(1881–1945), Danish dance teacher *

Asta Nielsen Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen (11 September 1881 – 24 May 1972) was a Danish silent film actress who was one of the most popular leading ladies of the 1910s and one of the first international movie stars. Seventy of Nielsen's 74 films were ...

(1881–1972), Danish actress, star of German silent films *

Asta Nørregaard Asta Nørregaard (13 August 1853 – 23 March 1933) was a Norwegian painter who was best known for her portraits. Biography Nørregaard was born in Oslo, Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Hans Peter Nørregaard (1818–18 ...

(1853–1933), Norwegian painter *

Asta Põldmäe Asta Põldmäe (born in 1944 in Puurmani, Tartu County) is an Estonian writer and translator. She graduated from Tartu State University in journalism. Since 1986 she is literary editor for the magazine ''Looming''. Since 1978 she has been a memb ...

(born 1944), Estonian writer and translator * Asta Philpot (born 1982), American advocate of sex lives for disabled people *

Ásta Kristjana Sveinsdóttir Ásta Kristjana Sveinsdóttir (born October 5, 1969), who publishes as Ásta, is an Icelandic philosopher. She was a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and is currently a professor at Duke University. Born in Reykjavík, ...

(born 1969), Icelandic feminist philosopher and metaphysician *

Asta Vihandi Asta Vihandi (born Asta Kronberg; 21 July 1929 – 5 March 1993) was an Estonian opera and operetta soprano, stage and film actress, and dancer whose career began in 1947 at the age of eighteen. Vihandi's longest engagement was at the Estonian Na ...

(1929–1993), Estonian opera singer and actress * Antonino Asta (born 1970), Italian former football player * Tony Asta, guitarist for Michigan heavy metal band Battlecross * Flavio Asta (born 1946), Italian athlete

Places

Åsta Åsta is a village in Åmot Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about south of the village of Rena, the municipal centre. The village of Åsta lies at the confluence of the rivers Åsta and Glomma. The Norwegian ...

, a village in Norway * Loch of Asta, a lake near Tingwall in Scotland * Asta (air base), a former Soviet Air Force base in Estonia

Other uses

* 1041 Asta, an asteroid * ''Asta'' (moth), a synonym for the moth genus ''Avitta'' * ''Asta'' (plant), a genus in the

Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older but equally valid) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important Family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous pla ...

family * ASTA-BEAB, a conformance mark * , a tugboat * Asta, a fictional dog played by

Skippy Skippy may refer to: People * Skippy (nickname), a list of people Arts and entertainment * ''Skippy'' (comic strip), an American strip published from 1923 to 1945. ** ''Skippy'' (film), based on the comics strip, released in 1931 and star ...

in the ''Thin Man'' films * Asta (''Black Clover''), protagonist of the manga series ''Black Clover'' *

Cyclophosphamide Cyclophosphamide (CP), also known as cytophosphane among other names, is a medication used as chemotherapy and to suppress the immune system. As chemotherapy it is used to treat lymphoma, multiple myeloma, leukemia, ovarian cancer, breast cancer ...

, trade name: ASTA *

Wuling Asta The Wuling Asta () is a compact crossover SUV produced by SAIC-GM-Wuling through the Wuling brand since 2021. Overview The Asta was released on the April 2021 Auto Shanghai as part of Wuling's model offensive among regular passenger cars. I ...

, compact crossover SUV * Asta, a playable character in Honkai: Star Rail * Asta, sector kitchens brand by Jitona, n. p. branch in Český Krumlov popular in Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

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