Ylva (She-wolf, female Wolf) is an old Swedish female

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 f ...

. It is the female form of the masculine given name Ulf and is one of the earliest names to appear in documents.(soruce does not make such claim) The name has increased in popularity and become internationally known because of the mother of Vicky the Viking. Ylva is also a character in '' The Long Ships'' or ''Red Orm'' (original Swedish: ''Röde Orm'') by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson and Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura. Women bearing the name include: * Ylva Eggehorn (born 1950), Swedish poet and writer * Ylva Ivarsson (born 1964), Swedish archer * Ylva Johansson (born 1964), Swedish politician * Ylva Lindberg (born 1976), Swedish ice hockey player * Ylva Lööf (born 1958), Swedish actress * Ylva Nowén (born 1970), Swedish former alpine skier * Ylva Thörn (born 1954), Swedish politician and former trade unionist

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This article is based on a translation of the German Wikipedia article.

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