Hedvig

Hedvig is a given name of German origin, derived from hadu ("battle, combat") and wig ("fight, duel"). Notable people with the name include:

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