Margrethe

This article is about the given name. For the American lake, see Lake Margrethe.

Margret(h)e is an alternate spelling of the feminine given name Margaret.

People so named include:

• Margrete or Margaret I of Denmark (1353–1412), Queen of Denmark and Queen of Norway and Sweden by marriage
• Margrethe II of Denmark (born 1940), queen regnant of Denmark from 1972 to 2024
• Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway (c. 1155–1209), in Norwegian "Margrete", queen consort of Norway
• Margaret Skulesdatter (1208–1270), in Old Norse "Margrét", queen consort of Haakon IV of Norway
• Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895–1992), in Danish "Margrethe"
• Margrete Auken (born 1945), Danish politician
• Margrete Aamot Øverland (1913–1978), journalist and member of the Norwegian Resistance during World War II
• Margrethe Christiansen (1895–1971), Danish folk high school teacher
• Margrethe Lasson (1659–1758), first novelist in Denmark
• Margrethe Munthe (1860–1931), Norwegian teacher, children's writer, songwriter and playwright
• Margrethe Schall (1775–1852), Danish ballerina
• Margrethe Schanne (1921–2014), Danish ballerina
• Margrethe Vestager (born 1968), Danish politician

See also

• Margherita of Savoy (1851 - 1926), Queen of Italy
• Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261 - 1283), in Old Norse "Margrét", queen consort of Norway
• Margaret Fredkulla (1080s - 1130), in Danish "Margrete", queen consort of Denmark and Norway
• Margaret Sambiria (1230? - 1282), in Danish "Margrethe", queen consort of Christoper I of Denmark and regent for Eric V of Denmark