Merete is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:
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Merete Agerbak-Jensen
Merete Agerbak-Jensen (born 22 August 1967) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
She was born in Oslo, and was educated at the Norwegian Journalist College in 1994 and at the University of Oslo. She worked as a journalist in '' ...
(born 1967), Norwegian politician
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Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup
Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup (born 1963) is a Danish architect, university professor and writer about architecture. Associate professor of Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole
Royal Danish Academy – Architecture ( Danish: ''Det Kongelige Akademi – Ar ...
(born 1963), Danish architect, university professor and writer
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Merete Alfsen (born 1950), Norwegian translator
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Merete Morken Andersen (born 1965), Norwegian novelist, children's writer and magazine editor
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Merete Armand
Merete Armand (8 June 1955 – 22 January 2017) was a Norwegian actress.
Life
She was born in Bergen, a daughter of actor Eilif Armand, and sister of actors Gisken Armand and Frøydis Armand. She was educated at the Norwegian National Ac ...
(1955–2017), Norwegian actress
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Merete Barker (born 1944), Danish artist
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Merete Fjeldavlie (born 1968), Norwegian alpine skier
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Merete Gerlach-Nielsen
Merete Gerlach-Nielsen (1933–2019) was a Danish-born French-language academic, UNESCO's coordinating director for women's affairs (1988–1990), and one of the founders of Kvinfo, the Danish Centre for Research on Women and Gender. In 1997, she a ...
(1933–2019), Danish academic
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Merete Erbou Laurent
Merete Erbou Laurent (born 1949) is a Danish weaver and textile artist. Since the 1970s, she has specialized in weaving paper yarn to produce brightly coloured floor rugs, runners and carpets but more recently has used wool for her rugs. From 1983 ...
(born 1949), Danish weaver and textile artist
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Merete Møller
Merete Møller (born 7 May 1978 in Sønderborg) is a former Danish handball player and World champion. She was part of the team that won the 1997 World Championship.
In the 1996-97 season while playing for Vorup FB she was the top scorer in ...
(born 1978), Danish team handball player
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Merete Myklebust
Merete Myklebust (born 16 May 1973 in Ålesund) is a former Norwegian footballer, world champion, and olympic medalist.
She debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1993 and played 60 matches for the national team.
She received a bronze me ...
(born 1973), Norwegian footballer
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Merete Pedersen
Merete Pedersen (born 30 June 1973) is a Danish former football striker who played for Vejle BK and Odense BK in the Elitedivisionen, TSV Siegen in the German Bundesliga and Torres CF in Italy's Serie A, taking part in the UEFA Women's Cup w ...
(born 1973), Danish footballer
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Merete Ries
Merete Jul Ries (11 October 1938 – 25 May 2018) was a Danish publisher and editor. She entered the publishing literature when she joined the Gyldendal publishing house in 1966 and served as its publishing editor from 1968 until she was made redu ...
(1938–2018), Danish publisher and editor
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Merete Riisager
Merete Riisager Andersen (born 1 March 1976) is a Danish politician who represents the Liberal Alliance (Denmark), Liberal Alliance. From 28 November 2016 to 27 June 2019, she was Education Minister of Denmark, replacing Ellen Trane Nørby.
Born ...
(born 1976), Danish politician
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Merete Skavlan
Merete Skavlan (25 July 1920 – 2 November 2018) was a Norwegian actress, theater instructor and director.
She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of newspaper editor and theatre director Einar Skavlan and music educator Margrethe Bartholdy. Sh ...
(1920–2018), Norwegian actress, theatre instructor and director
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Merete Van Kamp
Merete Van Kamp is a Danish born model turned actress and singer.
Van Kamp's first film role was in the 1983 espionage thriller '' The Osterman Weekend'', directed by Sam Peckinpah playing opposite John Hurt. She was then chosen from 700 hopeful ...
, Danish actress and singer
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Merete Wiger
Merete Wiger (January 3, 1921 – December 24, 2015) was a Norwegian novelist, author of short stories, children's writer and playwright. She made her literary debut in 1957 with the novel ''Så låste hun seg inn''. Her novel '' - grensen'' from ...
(1921–2015), Norwegian novelist, author of short stories, children's writer and playwright
Feminine given names
Given names derived from gemstones
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