Grete

People

Given name

First name

• Grete Berget, Norwegian politician
• Grete De Francesco, German-speaking writer
• Grete Daut, Estonian footballer
• Grete Eliassen, Norwegian/American freeskier
• Grete Faremo, Norwegian politician
• Grete Frederiksen, Danish freestyle swimmer
• Grete Frische, Danish actress, screenwriter and director
• Grete Gaim, Estonian biathlete
• Grete Gross,, Russian-German commercial artist.
• Grete Heckscher, Danish fencer
• Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher
• Grete Kirkeberg, Norwegian long-distance runner
• Grete Knudsen, Norwegian politician
• Grete Kuld, Estonian singer, actress and television presenter
• Grete Mogensen, Danish badminton player
• Grete Nordrå, Norwegian actress
• Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo, Norwegian biathlete and cross country skier
• Grete Olsen, Danish fencer
• Grete Paia, Estonian singer
• Grete Püvi, Estonian dressage rider
• Grete Reinwald, German actress
• Grete Rikko, German-American painter
• Grete Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete
• Grete Salomonsen, Norwegian film director
• Grete Treier, Estonian road bicycle racer
• Grete Waitz, Norwegian marathon runner
• Grete Zimmer, birth name of Greta Zimmer Friedman, Austrian-born American nurse kissed by a sailor celebrating the end of World War II in an iconic photograph

  Middle name

• Anne Grete Holmsgaard, Danish energy expert and politician

  Nickname

• Margarete Adler, Austrian swimmer
• Grete Heublein, German shot putter, discus thrower and sprinter
• Grete Mosheim, German actress
• Grete Prytz Kittelsen, Norwegian goldsmith, enamel artist, and designer
• Grete Rosenberg, German freestyle swimmer
• Grete Sultan, German-American pianist

  Fictional characters

• Grete Minde, main character of the 1977 Austrian-German drama film Grete Minde, portrayed by Katerina Jacob
• Grete Samsa, in Franz Kafka's novella ''The Metamorphosis''