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and has been used in Sweden since the 17th century. It was placed in the Swedish calendar in the 1750s after king

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s marriage to Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia in 1744. Lovisa means fighter. The name Lovisa had a rejuvenation in the 1980s and 90's in Sweden but has since then begun to decline. Lovisa is placed in the Swedish calendar ( namnsdag) on August 25.

Famous people with the name Lovisa

Royalty * Lovisa of Sweden, Queen of Denmark * Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia, Queen of Sweden Artists *

Lovisa Augusti Lovisa Sofia Augusti (born Ester Salomon; 1751– 25 June 1790) was a Swedish opera singer (soprano). She was regarded as one of the most noted opera singers of the Royal Swedish Opera during the Gustavian era. She was appointed ''Hovsångare'' ...

, opera singer, member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music *

Brigitte Lovisa Fouché Brigitte Lovisa Fouché (born 1958) is a French painter born in the Southern French commune of Dax. After graduating from the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art (ENSAAMA) in Paris, she worked for 15 years as a ...

, artist * Greta Lovisa Gustafsson (aka

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), actress Other famous people *

Lovisa Åhrberg Maria ''Lovisa'' Åhrberg or ''Årberg'' (17 May 1801 – 26 March 1881) was a Swedish surgeon and doctor. She was lawfully practicing surgeon long before it became formally permitted for women to study medicine at a university in 1870. Lovisa � ...

, doctor and surgeon *

Lovisa von Burghausen Lovisa von Burghausen (1698 – 20 January 1733) was a Swedish memoirist who became famous for her story about her time in captivity as a slave in Russia after being taken prisoner by the Russians during the Great Northern War. She was so ...

, Swedish prisoner of war, known for her life as a slave in Russia *

Sofia Lovisa Gråå Sofia Lovisa Gråå (; 1749 – 8 May 1835) was a Swedish educator of actors, noted for innovations that in modern times would be described as feminist. Biography Sofia Lovisa Palm was from 1788 married to Fredrik Gabriel Gråå, the interpreter ...

, educator and principal *

Agatha Lovisa de la Myle Agatha Lovisa de la Myle née Brumengeber or Brunnengräber (30 August 1724 – 1 September 1787), was a Finnish (originally Baltic German) poet and correspondent, " lady of letters". Born in Courland as the daughter of the clergyman Anders Brum ...

(died

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), Baltic-German and Latvian poet *

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(1853–1963), 109-year-old.

Places

Loviisa Loviisa (; ; formerly Degerby) is a town in Finland, located on the southern coast of the country. Loviisa is situated in the eastern part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Loviisa is approximately , while the Loviisa sub-region, sub-regi ...

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