Else (given name)

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 Ackermann (1933–2019), German politician and pharmacologist
• Else Ahlmann-Ohlsen (1907–1994), Danish fencer
• Else Alfelt (1910–1974), Danish artist
• Else Amann (1923–2018), German skier
• Else Winther Andersen (born 1941), Danish politician
• Else Baker (born 1935), Sinti holocaust survivor
• Else M. Barth (1928–2015), Norwegian philosopher
• Else Baum, Austrian film editor
• Else Beitz (1920–2014), German scholar and Holocaust hero
• Else Berg (1877–1942), Dutch painter
• Else Birkmose (1931–1998), Danish hand- and basketball player
• Else Blangsted (1920–2020), American music editor
• Else Bostelmann (1882–1961), German-born American artist
• Else Breen (1927–2025), Norwegian children's writer
• Else Brems (1908–1995), Danish operatic contralto
• Else Brökelschen (1890–1976), German politician
• Else Christensen (1913–2005), Danish heathenism figure and white separatist
• Else Marie Christiansen (1921–2017), Norwegian speed skater
• Else Christophersen (1915–1968), Norwegian equestrian
• Else Dormitzer (1877–1958), German-Jewish journalist, activist, children's author and poet
• Else Ehser (1894–1968), German actress
• Else Berit Eikeland (born 1957), Norwegian diplomat
• Else Elster (1910–1998), German actress
• Else Færden (born 1952), Norwegian writer
• Else Falk (1872–1956), German women's rights activist
• Else Feldmann (1884–1942), Austrian writer
• Else Fenger (1737–1811), Danish businesswoman
• Else Fischer-Hansen (1905–1996), Danish artist
• Else Fisher (1918–2006), Swedish choreographer
• Else Flebbe, German figure skater
• Else Bugge Fougner (born 1944), Norwegian lawyer and politician
• Else Frenkel-Brunswik (1908–1958), Austrian psychologist
• Else Marie Friis (born 1947), Danish botanist and paleontologist
• Else Frölich (1880–1960), Norwegian-Danish star of silent film
• Else Kollerud Furre (1922–2019), Norwegian politician
• Else Kåss Furuseth (born 1980), Norwegian comedian
• Else Gabriel (born 1962), German artist
• Else Gebel (1905–1964), German communist resistance fighter
• Else Gentner-Fischer (1883–1943), German operatic soprano
• Else Germeten (1918–1992), Norwegian politician
• Else Granheim (1926–1999), Norwegian librarian
• Else Hagen (1914–2010), Norwegian visual artist
• Else Halling (1899–1987), Norwegian textile artist
• Else Hammerich (1936–2021), Danish politician
• Else Hansen (1720–1784), Royal mistress
• Else Haugk (1889–1973), Pioneering Swiss aviator
• Else Heiberg (1910–1972), Norwegian actress
• Else Hench, Austrian luger
• Else Herold (1906–1999), German pianist
• Else Hertzer (1884-1978), German painter and graphic artist
• Else Himmelheber (1905–1944), German activist
• Else Hirsch, German-Jewish teacher, organized children's transports out of Nazi Germany
• Else Hoffa (1885–1964), German gardener
• Else Höfs (1876–1945), German politician
• Else Højgaard (1906–1979), Danish actress and ballerina
• Else Hoppe (born 1900), Czechoslovak figure skater
• Else Høst (1908–1996), Norwegian literary historian and author
• Else Hueck-Dehio (1897–1976), German author
• Else Imme (1885–1943), German resistance fighter
• Else Jacobsen (1911–1965), Danish swimmer
• Else Marie Jakobsen (1927–2012), Norwegian designer and textile artist
• Else Jarlbak (1911–1963), Danish actress
• Else Jerusalem (1877–1942), Austrian writer
• Else Kastner-Michalitschke (1868–1939), Austrian writer
• Else Kienle (1900–1970), German physician
• Else Kleen (1882–1968), Swedish journalist
• Else Klink (1907–1994), German eurythmist
• Else Koffka (1901–1994), German judge and lawyer
• Else Krüger (1915–2005), Martin Bormann's secretary
• Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945), German poet and playwright
• Else Lehmann (1866–1940), German actress
• Else Lidegaard (1933–2025), Danish journalist
• Else Mærsk-Kristensen (born 1952), Danish rower
• Else Mayer (1891–1962), German nun and feminist
• Else Meidner (1901–1987), German painter
• Else Meier (1901–1933), German politician
• Else Merke (1920–2005), German politician
• Else Michelet (1942–2021), Norwegian journalist
• Else Holmelund Minarik (1920–2012), American children's writer
• Else von Möllendorff (1913–1982), German actress
• Else Moltke (1888–1986), Danish countess and feminist
• Else Mundal (born 1944), Norwegian philologist
• Else Nizigama Ntamagiro (born 1972), Burundian diplomat
• Else Oppler-Legband (1875 -1965), German architect
• Else Øyen (born 1934), Norwegian sociologist
• Else Paaske (born 1941), Danish mezzo-soprano concert singer
• Else Marie Pade (1924–2016), Danish composer
• Else Pappenheim (1911–2009), American neurologist
• Else Peerenboom-Missong (1893–1958), German politician
• Else Petersen (1910–2002), Danish actress
• Else Poulsson (1909–2002), Norwegian artist
• Else Praasterink (born 2003), Dutch diver
• Else Quecke (1907–2004), German actress
• Else Rambausek (1907–1994), Austrian actress
• Else Raydt (1883–1931), German artist and craftswoman
• Else Regensteiner (1906–2003), German-born American artist
• Else Repål (1930–2015), Norwegian politician
• Else Reval (1893–1978), German actress
• Else von Richthofen (1874–1973), German social scientist
• Else Marie Tveit Rødby (born 1982), Norwegian politician
• Else Roesdahl (born 1942), Danish medievalist and archaeologist
• Else Rosenfeld (born 1891), Holocaust survivor
• Else Samulon-Guttmann (1898–1944), German lawyer and Holocaust victim
• Else Kai Sass (1912–1987), Danish art historian
• Else Schmitt (1921–1995), German politician
• Else Schmitz-Gohr (1901–1987), German pianist
• Else Schøtt (1895–1989), Danish operatic soprano
• Else Sehrig-Vehling (1897–1994), German painter
• Else Seifert (1879–1968), German photographer
• Else Shepherd (1944–2023), South African-Australian engineer and academic
• Else Skogan (born 1963), Norwegian curler
• Else Sohn-Rethel (1853–1933), German painter
• Else Streit (born 1869), German composer
• Else Thalemann (1901–1984), German photographer
• Else Torp (born 1968), Danish soprano
• Else Trangbæk (born 1946), Danish gymnast
• Else Unger (1873–1936), Austrian designer
• Else Ury (1877–1943), German Jewish novelist
• Else Went, American playwright
• Else Wenz-Viëtor (1882–1973), German children's book illustrator and artist
• Else Werring (1905–1989), Norwegian royal hostess
• Else Wildhagen (1861–1944), German writer
• Else Ragni Yttredal (born 1968), Norwegian speed skater
• Else Zeuthen (1897–1975), Danish peace activist and politician
• Else Züblin-Spiller (1881–1948), Swiss journalist and temperance activist

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Else
• All pages with titles containing Else
• Else (disambiguation)
• Else (surname)
• Else-Marie, a compound given name
• Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk (born 1978), Norwegian handball player