Ulrica
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Ulrica, also spelled Ulrika, is a female given name of Germanic origins. Its male equivalent is Ulric, Ulrich or Ulrik.
Ulrike and Ulrikke are alternative names derived from Ulrica. A German diminutive thereof is Ullie, Swedish Ulla.
Ulrica may refer to:
People
[edit]- Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688–1741)
- Ulrica Elisabeth von Liewen (1747–1775), rumored parent (along with King Adolf Frederick of Sweden) of Lolotte Forssberg
- Ulrika Åberg (1771–1852), Swedish ballerina
- Ulrica Arfvidsson (1734–1801), Swedish fortune teller
- Ulrika Björn (born 1973), Swedish footballer
- Ulrika Ericsson, Playboy Playmate of the Month for November 1996
- Ulrika von Fersen (1749–1810), Swedish socialite, a known figure of the Gustavian age, the inspiration of a poem
- Ulrika Jonsson (born 1967), Swedish personality on British television
- Ulrika Knape (born 1955), Swedish diver
- Ulrika Melin (1767–1834), Swedish artist
- Ulrika Pasch (1735–1796), Swedish painter
- Ulrika Eleonora Stålhammar (1688–1733), Swedish soldier
- Ulrika Ulla Stenberg (1774–1854), Swedish artist
- Ulrika von Strussenfelt (1801–1873), Swedish writer
- Ulrika Ulla Tessin (1711–1768), Swedish lady in waiting, writer and dilettante artist
- Ulrika Widström (1764–1841), Swedish poet
- Ulrica Wilson, African-American mathematician
- Ulrika R. "Ullie" Akerstrom (1864–1941), American actress
Fictional characters
[edit]- Ulrica, in Walter Scott's 1819 novel Ivanhoe and in the 1891 opera Ivanhoe
- Ulrica, in Verdi's 1859 opera Un ballo in maschera
- Sister Ulrica, a nun in the 1980s TV series Tenko
- Ulrica, the title character of the short story "Ulrikke" (original Spanish title: "Ulrica"), by Jorge Luis Borges