# Ulla

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For other uses, see [Ulla (disambiguation)](/source/Ulla_(disambiguation)).

**Ulla** is a [given name](/source/Given_name). It is short for [Ursula](/source/Ursula_(given_name)) in German-speaking countries and [Ulrika](/source/Ulrika)/[Ulrikke](/source/Ulrikke) in Scandinavian countries. As of 31 December 2011, there were 61,043 females named Ulla in Sweden, with the name being most popular during the 1930s and 40s, and as of 7 June 2010, there were 25,959 females named Ulla in Finland, most born between 1940 and 1979.[1][2]

## People

### Pre-20th century

- [Ulla (Talmudist)](/source/Ulla_(Talmudist)) (3rd-4th centuries AD), a rabbi mentioned in the Talmud
- [Ulla Adlerfelt](/source/Ulla_Adlerfelt) (1736–1765), Swedish painter and noble, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
- [Ulla von Höpken](/source/Ulla_von_H%C3%B6pken) (1749–1810), Swedish lady-in-waiting, leading socialite and noble
- [Ulrika Pasch](/source/Ulrika_Pasch) (1735–1796), Swedish painter and miniaturist also known as Ulla Pasch
- Johanna Ulrica [Ulla Stenberg](/source/Ulla_Stenberg) (1792–1858), Swedish damask maker
- [Ulla Tessin](/source/Ulla_Tessin) (1711–1768), Swedish lady-in-waiting, letter writer, dilettante artist and countess, relative of Ulla von Höpken

### Modern period

- [Ulla Andersson](/source/Ulla_Andersson) (born 1946), Swedish former high fashion model and ex-wife of music producer Quincy Jones
- [Ulla Andersson (politician)](/source/Ulla_Andersson_(politician)) (born 1963), Swedish politician
- [Ulla Anttila](/source/Ulla_Anttila) (born 1963), Finnish politician
- Ursula [Ulla Burchardt](/source/Ulla_Burchardt) (born 1954), German politician
- [Ulla Dinger](/source/Ulla_Dinger) (born 1955), Swedish mathematician
- [Ulla Essendrop](/source/Ulla_Essendrop) (born 1976), Danish television presenter
- [Ulla Hahn](/source/Ulla_Hahn) (born 1946), German poet and novelist
- [Ulla Håkanson](/source/Ulla_H%C3%A5kanson) (born 1937), Swedish equestrian and Olympic medalist
- [Ulla Hoffmann](/source/Ulla_Hoffmann) (born 1942), Swedish politician
- [Ulla Isaksson](/source/Ulla_Isaksson) (1916–2000), Swedish author and screenplay writer
- [Ulla Jacobsson](/source/Ulla_Jacobsson) (1929–1982), Swedish actress
- Ursula [Ulla Jelpke](/source/Ulla_Jelpke) (born 1951), German journalist and politician
- [Ulla Jürß](/source/Ulla_J%C3%BCr%C3%9F) (1923-?), German concentration camp guard convicted of war crimes
- [Ulla Engeberg Killias](/source/Ulla_Engeberg_Killias) (1945–1995), Swedish-born painter
- [Ulla Lindkvist](/source/Ulla_Lindkvist) (1939–2015) Swedish orienteering competitor, first individual female world champion
- [Ulla Lindström](/source/Ulla_Lindstr%C3%B6m) (1909–1999), Swedish journalist and politician, first woman acting Prime Minister of Sweden
- [Ulla Lock](/source/Ulla_Lock) (1934–2012), Danish film actress
- [Ulla Löfgren](/source/Ulla_L%C3%B6fgren) (born 1943), Swedish politician
- [Ulla Mitzdorf](/source/Ulla_Mitzdorf) (1944–2013), German scientist in diverse fields
- [Ulla Orring](/source/Ulla_Orring) (born 1926), Swedish politician
- [Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman](/source/Ulla_Pirttij%C3%A4rvi-L%C3%A4nsman) (born 1971), Sami joik singer from Angeli, Finland
- [Ulla Poulsen](/source/Ulla_Poulsen) (1905–2001), Danish ballerina and actress
- [Ulla Preeden](/source/Ulla_Preeden) (born 1980), Estonian geologist, academic and politician
- [Ulla Saar](/source/Ulla_Saar) (born 1975), Estonian illustrator, product designer, graphic artist, and interior designer
- [Ulla Salzgeber](/source/Ulla_Salzgeber) (born 1958), German equestrian and Olympic (team) champion
- [Ulla Sandbæk](/source/Ulla_Sandb%C3%A6k) (born 1943), Danish politician
- Ursula [Ulla Schmidt](/source/Ulla_Schmidt) (born 1949), German politician, former Federal Minister for Health
- [Ulla Sjöblom](/source/Ulla_Sj%C3%B6blom) (1927–1989), Swedish film actress
- [Ulla Strand](/source/Ulla_Strand) (1943–2007), Danish badminton player, member of the Badminton Hall of Fame
- [Ulla Strömstedt](/source/Ulla_Str%C3%B6mstedt) (1939–1986), Swedish-born actress
- [Ulla Tørnæs](/source/Ulla_T%C3%B8rn%C3%A6s) (born 1962), Danish politician, former Minister for Education and former Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark
- [Ulla Trenter](/source/Ulla_Trenter) (1936–2019), Swedish author
- [Ulla Vuorela](/source/Ulla_Vuorela) (1945–2011), Finnish professor of social anthropology
- [Ulla Weigerstorfer](/source/Ulla_Weigerstorfer) (born 1967), Austrian Miss World pageant winner in 1987
- [Ulla Werbrouck](/source/Ulla_Werbrouck) (born 1972), Belgian politician and Olympic judo champion
- [Ulla Wester](/source/Ulla_Wester) (born 1953), Swedish politician

## Biblical figures

- Ulla, an Asherite mentioned in [1 Chronicles](/source/Books_of_Chronicles) 7:39 in the Bible

## Fictional characters

- [Ulla (The Producers)](/source/Ulla_(The_Producers)), in Mel Brooks' film and musical *The Producers*
- [Ulla Winblad](/source/Ulla_Winblad), in many of Carl Michael Bellman's works

## Other meanings

- [Úlla](/source/%C3%9Alla), or Oola, a village in County Limerick, Ireland

## References

1. [Flicknamn.net](http://www.flicknamn.net/namnbetydelse/ulla-1/). Retrieved 30 September 2014.

1. [The Population Information System of Finland](https://web.archive.org/web/20061009014039/https://192.49.222.187/Nimipalvelu/default.asp?L=3)

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