Inger (given name)

Inger is a Scandinavian given feminine name, originally short for a name in Ing-, either Ingrid or Ingegerd.

• Inger or Ingvar (in Greek Ingros Martinakios) (c. 814 - after 870), Byzantine Varangian soldier, politician and courtier of Nordic origin
• Inger Ottesdotter Rømer (c. 1475–1555), Norwegian landowner and political intriguer
• Aud Inger Aure (1942–2023), Norwegian politician
• Inger Ash Wolfe (21st century), Canadian writer
• Inger Aufles (born 1941), Norwegian cross-country skier
• Inger Berggren (1934–2019), Swedish singer
• Inger Bjørnbakken (1933–2021), Norwegian alpine skier
• Inger Brattström (1920–2018), Swedish writer
• Inger Christensen (1935–2009), Danish poet
• Inger Davidson (born 1944), Swedish politician
• Inger Edelfeldt (born 1965), Swedish author
• Inger Frimansson (born 1944), Swedish novelist
• Inger Hagerup (1905–1985), Norwegian author
• Inger Haldorsen (1899–1982), Norwegian physician, midwife and politician
• Inger Helene Nybråten (born 1960), Norwegian cross-country skier
• Inger Koppernæs (1928–1990), Norwegian politician
• Inger Lise Gjørv (1938–2009), Norwegian politician
• Inger Lise Rypdal (born 1949), Norwegian singer and actress
• Inger Løite (born 1958), Norwegian politician
• Inger Lorre (born 1964), American singer
• Inger Louise Valle (1921–2006), Norwegian politician
• Inger Lundberg (1948–2006), Swedish politician
• Inger Margrethe Boberg (1900–1957), Danish folklore researcher
• Inger Miller (born 1972), American sprinter
• Inger Nilsson (born 1959), Swedish actress
• Inger Nordlander (born 1938), Swedish politician
• Inger Pedersen (1936–2023), Norwegian politician
• Inger René (born 1937), Swedish politician
• Inger S. Enger (born 1948), Norwegian politician
• Inger Sandberg, Swedish author of children's books
• Inger Segelström (born 1952), Swedish politician
• Inger Stender (1912–1989), Danish actress
• Inger Stevens (1934–1970), Swedish-American actress
• Inger Støjberg (born 1973), Danish politician
• Inger Thorén (nee Bildt), Swedish engineer and food chemist, in 1938, the first woman assistant appointed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

See also

• Inger-Lise Skarstein (born 1937), Norwegian politician
• Inger-Marie Ytterhorn (1941–2021), Norwegian politician