Ulrica

This article is about the given name. For the locality and parish, see Ulrika, Sweden.

Ulrica, also spelled Ulrika, is a female given name of Germanic origins. Its male equivalent is Ulric, Ulrich or Ulrik.

Ulrike and Ulrikke are alternative names derived from Ulrica. A German diminutive thereof is Ullie, Swedish Ulla.

Ulrica may refer to:

People

• Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688–1741)
• Ulrica Elisabeth von Liewen (1747–1775), rumored parent (along with King Adolf Frederick of Sweden) of Lolotte Forssberg
• Ulrika Åberg (1771–1852), Swedish ballerina
• Ulrica Arfvidsson (1734–1801), Swedish fortune teller
• Ulrika Björn (born 1973), Swedish footballer
• Ulrika Ericsson, Playboy Playmate of the Month for November 1996
• Ulrika von Fersen (1749–1810), Swedish socialite, a known figure of the Gustavian age, the inspiration of a poem
• Ulrika Jonsson (born 1967), Swedish personality on British television
• Ulrika Knape (born 1955), Swedish diver
• Ulrika Melin (1767–1834), Swedish artist
• Ulrika Pasch (1735–1796), Swedish painter
• Ulrika Eleonora Stålhammar (1688–1733), Swedish soldier
• Ulrika Ulla Stenberg (1774–1854), Swedish artist
• Ulrika von Strussenfelt (1801–1873), Swedish writer
• Ulrika Ulla Tessin (1711–1768), Swedish lady in waiting, writer and dilettante artist
• Ulrika Widström (1764–1841), Swedish poet
• Ulrica Wilson, African-American mathematician
• Ulrika R. "Ullie" Akerstrom (1864–1941), American actress

Fictional characters

• Ulrica, in Walter Scott's 1819 novel Ivanhoe and in the 1891 opera Ivanhoe
• Ulrica, in Verdi's 1859 opera Un ballo in maschera
• Sister Ulrica, a nun in the 1980s TV series Tenko
• Ulrica, the title character of the short story "Ulrikke" (original Spanish title: "Ulrica"), by Jorge Luis Borges

See also

• Ulrike, given name
• Ulrikke, given name