Margot is a feminine given name, a diminutive of Marguerite. It is also occasionally a surname. Persons named Margot include the following:
Josephine is a female given name. It is the English version of the French name Joséphine, itself a female variant of the name Joseph, which is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Yosef, meaning "he shall add/grow".
Bergman is a surname of German, Swedish, Dutch and Yiddish origin meaning 'mountain man', or sometimes 'miner'.
Kirkpatrick is an Irish (Ulster) and Scottish surname, and occasionally a given name, possibly a branch of the Cenél nEógain of the Northern Uí Néill. The name traditionally relates to a church ("kirk") dedicated to Saint Patrick.
Monica Green is a Swedish Social Democratic politician who was a member of the Riksdag from 1994 to 2018.
Kenneth Gustaf Forslund is a Swedish social democratic politician who has been a member of the Swedish Riksdag since 2002 and First Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag since 2022. Prior to taking the latter office, Forslund headed the Riksdag Foreign Policy Committee, and was the spokesperson on foreign aid and foreign policy in the Social Democratic party.
Holmberg is a Swedish surname formed from the words holm(e) meaning islet and berg meaning mountain. It is a relatively common name, at least in Sweden, which has to do with the fact that many Swedish place names contain the suffixes -holm, -holmen or -berg, -berga, -berget. Notable people with the surname include:
Barbro Hietala Nordlund, born 1946, is a Swedish social democratic politician, member of the Riksdag first 1994–1998 and then again 2001–2006.
Barbro Feltzing is a Swedish Green Party politician, member of the Riksdag 1994–2006.
Louise and Luise are, respectively, French and German feminine forms of the given name Louis. Louise has been regularly used as a female name in English speaking countries since the middle of the 19th century. It has ranked among the top 100 names given to girls in France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Wales in recent years. It last ranked among the top 1,000 first names for girls born in the United States in 1991, but remains a more common middle name.
Barbara is a given name used in numerous languages. It is the feminine form of the Greek word barbaros meaning "stranger" or "foreign". In Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox tradition, Saint Barbara was imprisoned in a tower by her father. She was then martyred by her father when she refused to renounce Christianity. According to legend, her father was then punished with death by lightning. As such, Saint Barbara is a protectress against fire and lightning. Early Christians occasionally referred to themselves as "barbarians" in opposition to the pagan Romans and Greeks. The story of Saint Barbara is said to have been an inspiration for the fairy tale Rapunzel and other European stories that feature a maiden in a tower.
Ann-Christin Ahlberg, is a Swedish politician for the Social Democratic Party and a member of the Swedish Riksdag since 2006. She is taking up seat number 19 for Västra Götaland County South constituency. She works as a nanny and as a politician. She lives in Borås and is married with two adult children.
Inger Pia-Lena Nilsson is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2004. She is currently taking up seat number 23 for Värmland County constituency. She has been a member of the municipal council of Sala Municipality since 1985. She has also been a member of the municipal board of the municipality from 1994 up until 2004.
Lena Ingeborg Hallengren is a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been served as Minister for Health and Social Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven from 21 January 2019 until he left office in November 2021. Hallengren then continued in the same role in the Andersson Cabinet.
Lennart or Lennarth is a Germanic variant of the name Leonard, most common in Scandinavia and German-speaking countries as a surname or masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Christer or Krister are varieties of the masculine given name Kristian, derived from the Latin name Christianus, which in turn comes from the Greek word khristianós, which means "follower of Christ".
Norra begravningsplatsen, literally "The Northern Burial Place" in Swedish, is a major cemetery of the Stockholm urban area, located in Solna Municipality. Inaugurated on 9 June 1827, it is the burial site for a number of Swedish notables.
Blenda Maria Ljungberg, was a Swedish politician.
Maj-Inger Klingvall is a Swedish Social Democratic Party politician, who has served as a member of the Riksdag, Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Minister for International Development Cooperation, and Minister for Migration. She was statsråd from 1996 to 2002.
Shadiye Heydari is a Swedish politician, who was a Member of Parliament 2010–2017, elected for the Gothenburg Municipality constituency.
