Else (given name) explained
Else is a feminine given name, appearing in German, Danish and Norwegian. It is a shortened form of Elisabeth.
Notable people with the name include:
- Else Alfelt (1910–1974), Danish painter
- Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist
- Else Winther Andersen (born 1941), Danish politician
- Else Berg (1877–1942), Dutch painter
- Else Birkmose (1931–1998), Danish handball and basketball player
- Else Bugge Fougner (born 1944), Norwegian lawyer and politician
- Else Christensen (1913–2005), Danish neopagan
- Else Feldmann (1884–1942), Austrian writer
- Else Frenkel-Brunswik (1908–1958), Polish-Austrian psychologist
- Else Hench (20th century), Austrian luger
- Else Hirsch (1889–1942/3), German-Jewish teacher
- Else Holmelund Minarik (1920–2012), Danish American author
- Else Jacobsen (1911–1965), Danish swimmer
- Else Krüger (1915–2005), German secretary
- Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945), Jewish German poet and playwright
- Else Mayer (1891–1962), German nun
- Else Meidner (1901–1987), Jewish German painter
- Else Marie Pade (1924–2016), Danish composer
- Else Repål (1930–2015), Norwegian politician
- Else Reppen (1933–2006), Norwegian philanthropist
- Else Sehrig-Vehling (1897–1994), German expressionist
- Else Seifert (1879–1968), German photographer
- Else Trangbæk (born 1946), Danish gymnast
- Else Ury (1877–1943), German writer
- Else von Richthofen (1874–1973), German social scientist
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