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'''Gerda''' is a feminine given name. It may refer to: *Gerda Ahlm (1869–1956), Swedish-born American painter and art conservator *Gerda Alexander (1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist *Gerda Antti (1929–2026), Swedish writer *Gerda Becker, Dutch table tennis player *Gerda Bengtsson (1900–1995), Danish textile artist *Gerda Blees (born 1985), Dutch writer *Gerda Blumenthal (1923–2004), German-American literary scholar *Gerda Boyesen (1922–2005), Norwegian psychotherapist *Gerda Bredgaard (1908–1996), Danish swimmer *Gerda Bryłka (born 1941), Polish gymnast *Gerda Bülow, (1904–1990), Danish violinist *Gerda Charles, pseudonym of the British novelist '''Edna Lipson''' (1915–1996) *Gerda Christian (1913–1997), German private secretary of Adolf Hitler *Gerda Christophersen (1870–1947), Danish actress *Gerda Claeskens (fl. 2000s), Belgian statistician *Gerda Daumerlang (1920–2006), German diver *Gerda Dendooven (born 1962), Belgian illustrator *Gerda Fiil (1927–1994), Danish resistance fighter *Gerda Frömel (1931–1975), Czechoslovak-born Austrian sculptor *Gerda Gantz (born 1915, date of death unknown), Romanian fencer *Gerda Gattel (1908–1993), American comic book author *Gerda Geertens (born 1955), Dutch composer *Gerda Gilboe (1914–2009), Danish actress and singer *Gerda Grepp (1907–1940), Norwegian writer and socialist *Gerda Hasselfeldt (born 1950), Bavarian politician *Gerda Hellberg (1870–1937), Swedish women's rights activist *Gerda Henning (1891–1951), Danish textile designer *Gerda Herrmann (1931–2021), German composer and poet *Gerda Hnatyshyn (born 1935), Canadian viceregal consort *Gerda Hofstätter (born 1971), Austrian billiards player *Gerda Höglund (1878–1973), Swedish painter *Gerda Höjer (1893–1974), Swedish nurse, recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal and President of the International Council of Nurses *Gerda Holmes (1891–1943), Danish actress *Gerda Johansson (1891–1965), Swedish diver *Gerda Johner (born 1944), Swiss figure skater *Gerda-Maria Jürgens (1917–1998), German actress *Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923–2015), Dutch sprinter and hurdler *Gerda Karstens (1903–1988), Danish ballet dancer *Gerda Kieninger (1951–2020), German politician *Gerda Kordemets (born 1960), Estonian theatre and film director, screenwriter, theatre critic, and journalist *Gerda Kraan (born 1933), Dutch middle-distance runner *Gerda Krüger-Nieland (1910–2000), German lawyer and senate president *Gerda Krūmiņa (born 1984), Latvian biathlete *Gerda Kupferschmied (born 1942), German athlete *Gerda Lammers (1915–1993), German soprano *Gerda Laski (1893–1928), Austrian/German physicist *Gerda Lassooij (born 1952), Dutch swimmer *Gerda Lerner (1920–2013), Austrian-born American historian and author *Gerda Lundequist (1871–1959), Swedish stage actress *Gerda Madsen (1902–1986), Danish film actress *Gerda Marcus (1880–1952), Swedish journalist and philanthropist *Gerda Martín (born 1927), Chilean athlete (javelin) *Gerda Maurus (1903–1968), Austrian actress *Gerda Mayer (1927–2021), Czechoslovak-born English poet *Gerda Müller (1894–1951), German actress *Gerda Munsinger (1929–1998), East German prostitute and alleged Soviet spy *Gerda Nettesheim (1947–2011), German sound artist *Gerda Neumann (1915–1947), Danish film actress *Gerda Nicolson (1937–1992), Australian actress *Gerda Olsen (born 1932), Danish swimmer *Gerda Palm (1871–1949), Swedish painter *Gerda Pak (born 1993), Estonian swimmer *Gerda Paumgarten (1907–2000), Austrian alpine skier *Gerda Planting-Gyllenbåga (1878–1950), Swedish suffragist and social welfare expert *Gerda Philipsborn (1895–1943), German educator and social reformer *Gerda Ranz (born 1944), German runner *Gerda Rieser-Cegnar (fl. 1960s), Austrian luger *Gerda Ring (1891–1999), Norwegian-born stage actress and producer *Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius (1864–1939), Swedish painter *Gerda Roux (born 1973), South African archer *Gerda Rubinstein (1931–2022), Dutch composer *Gerda Schriever (1928–2014), German contalto *Gerda Schmidt-Panknin (1920–2021), German painter *Gerda Sierens (born 1961), Belgian racing cyclist *Gerda Sprinchorn (1871–1951), Swedish sculptor and ceramist *Gerda Staniek (1925–1985), Austrian athlete (javelin) *Gerda Steinhoff (1922–1946), Polish Nazi SS concentration camp overseer, hung for war crimes *Gerda Stevenson (born 1956), Scottish actress, director and writer *Gerda Steyn (born 1990), South African marathon athlete *Gerda Sutton (1923–2005), British-French painter *Gerda Taro (1910–1937), German war photographer *Gerda Maria Terno (1909–1995), German actress *Gerda Tirén (1858–1928), Swedish artist *Gerda Uhlemann (born 1945), German athlete *Gerda Verburg (born 1957), Dutch diplomat, politician and trade union leader *Gerda Voitechovskaja (born 1991), Lithuanian badminton player *Gerda de Vries (fl. 2000s), Canadian mathematician *Gerda Wallander (1860–1926), Swedish painter *Gerda Wegener (1886–1940), Danish fine-artist, illustrator and painter *Gerda Weissensteiner (born 1969), Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot *Gerda Weissmann Klein (1924–2022), Polish-born American writer and human rights activist *Gerda Weltz (born 1951), Danish darts player *Gerda Wrede (1896–1967), Finnish actor and speech therapist * Gerda von Zobeltitz (1891–1963), early German transgender woman and dressmaker
== Fictional characters == * Gerda, a character of Hans Christian Andersen's ''The Snow Queen'' and its adaptations * Gerda, a character on the children's television show ''Sesamstraat'' *Gerda Christow, a character in Agatha Christie's novel ''The Hollow'' *Gerda Gustav, a character on the children's TV series ''Hilda''
== Entertainment == * ''Gerda'' (film), a 2021 Russian film * ''Gerda: A Flame in Winter'', a 2022 video game
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