Ragnhild

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Ragnhild or Ragnhildr is a Nordic feminine given name, and may refer to:

People

• Ragnhild (saint) (fl. 1100), Swedish saint
• Ragnhild (saint) (c. 630 – c. 680), Belgian saint
• Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter, mother of Harald I of Norway
• Ragnhild inn ríka, daughter of Eric of Jutland, wife to Harald Fairhair and mother of Eric Bloodaxe, e.g. in Heimskringla
• Ragnhild, daughter of Erling Skialgson, brother-in-law to Óláfr Tryggvason
• Ragnhild, daughter of Amlaíb mac Sitriuc of Dublin and mother of Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
• Ragnhild (962-1002), under the Slavic name of Rogneda of Polotsk princess of Principality of Polotsk, princess consort of Rus'
• Princess Ragnhild of Norway (1930–2012)
• Ragnhild Aamodt (born 1980), Norwegian handball player
• Ragnhild Aarflot Kalland (born 1960), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party
• Ragnhild Barland (1934–2015), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
• Ragnhild Bergheim (born 1962), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
• Ragnhild Eriksdotter (died 984), daughter of Eric Bloodaxe
• Ragnhild Haga (born 1991), Norwegian cross-country skier
• Hildr Hrólfsdóttir (Ragnhildr Hrólfsdóttir), daughter of Hrólfr nefja and wife of Rognvald Eysteinsson
• Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (born 1981), Icelandic television personality
• Ragnhild Adelheid Lothe (born 1958), Norwegian microbiologist and cancer researcher
• Ragnhild Michelsen (1911–2000), Norwegian actress
• Ragnhild Mowinckel (born 1992), Norwegian alpine skier
• Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter, daughter of Sigurd Hart, identified as the mother of Harald I of Norway in the Ragnarssona þáttr
• Ragnhild Sollund, Norwegian professor and author
• Ragnhildis Olafsdottir (fl. 1140), daughter of Óláfr Guðrøðarson and wife of Somerled

Fictional characters

• Ragnhild, the daughter of archaeologist Sigurd Swenson in the film Gåten Ragnarok (2013)
• Ragnhild Hansen, one of the children stolen by the witches in The Witches (novel)

Variants

• Diminutives: Ragna

(In other languages)

• Danish: Ragnhild
• Germanic: Raganhildis, Raginhilt, Ragnohildis, Reginhilda, Reinhild, Reinhilde
• Irish: Raghnailt
• Icelandic: Ragnhildur
• Old Norse: Ragnhildr
• Scottish: Raghnaid
• Spanish: Reinelda
• Swedish: Ragnhild

See also

• Glavendrup stone, a runestone on the island of Funen in Denmark, created for one Ragnhild
• Tryggevælde Runestone, a runestone on which Ragnhildr is called sister of Ulf
• Uppland Runic Inscription 540, which mentions one Ragnhild

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