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Bodil (given name)

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Gender
  
Female

Word/name
  
Old Norse

Alternative spelling
  
Bothild

Name day
  
27 January

Meaning
  
commanding

Bodil in Danish and Norwegian, in Swedish also the variations Bothild, Botilda, and Boel, is a feminine given name. It is Latinized form of Old Norse Bóthildr from bót "remedy" + hildr "battle". Older variations include Botill, Botild, Botilla, and Botyld.

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The Swedish name day for Bodil and for Boel is 26 January.

Cinema

  • Bodil Awards, Danish film award honoring Bodil Kjer and Bodil Ipsen

    • People

  • Bodil Katharine Biørn (1871–1960), Norwegian missionary
  • Bodil Begtrup (1903-1987), Denmark's first female ambassador
  • Bodil Branner (born 1948), Danish mathematician
  • Bodil Holmström (born 1981), Finnish orienteering competitor
  • Bodil Ipsen (1889–1964), Danish actress and film director
  • Bodil Joensen (1944–1985), Danish pornographic actress
  • Bodil Jørgensen (born 1961), Danish film actress
  • Bodil Kjer (1917–2003), Danish actress
  • Bodil Malmsten (born 1944), Swedish poet and novelist
  • Bodil Thirstedt (born 1916), Danish sprint canoer
  • Bodil Udsen (1925–2008), Danish actress

    • References

    Bodil (given name) Wikipedia
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