Hedvig
Hedvig is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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People
- Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie (1732–1800), Swedish noblewoman of French descent
- Hedvig Catharina Lilje (1695–1745), Swedish noblewoman, salonist and informal amateur-politician
- Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763), Swedish poet, feminist and salon-hostess
- Hedvig Eleonora Church, church in central Stockholm, Sweden
- Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636–1715), the queen consort of King Charles X of Sweden and queen mother of King Charles XI
- Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen (1753–1792), Swedish noblewoman
- Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759–1818), the queen consort of Charles XIII of Sweden, famed diarist, memoirist and wit
- Hedvig Hricak (born 1946), Croatian American radiologist
- Hedvig Karakas (born 1990), Hungarian judoka
- Hedvig Lindahl (born 1983), Swedish soccer goalkeeper
- Hedvig Malina, ethnic Hungarian student from Slovakia, physically assaulted in a hate crime incident
- Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm (1838–1907), Swedish actor active in Sweden, Norway and Finland
- Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681–1708), Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, was the eldest child of King Charles XI of Sweden
- Hedvig Taube (1714–1744), Swedish noblewoman, official mistress to King Frederick I of Sweden
- Hedvig Wigert (1748–1780), Swedish opera singer
Fictional characters
- Hedvig, a main character in Henrik Ibsen's play the Wild Duck
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