Freya (disambiguation)
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The name of the Norse goddess Freyja and its modern variants, including Freya, Freia, and Freja can refer to:

Locations

  • Frøya, Sogn og Fjordane
    Frøya, Sogn og Fjordane
    Frøya is an island in the western part of the municipality of Bremanger in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The island is located just to the southwest of the big island of Bremangerlandet and its highest point is Fanneskarvarden at an elevation of ....

    , an island and a former municipality of Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway
  • Frøya, Sør-Trøndelag, an island and a present municipality of Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway

Media

  • "Freya" (song), a song by doom metal band The Sword from their 2006 debut album Age of Winters
  • Freya Crescent, a character in the video games Final Fantasy IX
  • Freya (band), a metal/hardcore band from Syracuse, NY

Personal names

  • Freya (given name)
    Freya (given name)
    Freya is an Old Norse feminine given name derived from the name of the Old Norse goddess Freyja, the goddess of love and fertility in Norse mythology. The name likely meant "lady."...

    , a feminine given name derived from the name of the goddess

  • Audrey Freyja Clarke
    Audrey Freyja Clarke
    Audrey Freyja Clarke is an Icelandic figure skater. She is the 2008 Islandic National Champion. She placed 35th at the 2005-2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Gdansk, Poland. She is the second skater, after Sigurlaug Arnadottir, to represent Iceland at an ISU event.-External links:*...

    , Icelandic figure skater

  • Freya Aswynn, Dutch neopagan
  • Freya Bardell
    Freya Bardell
    Freya Bardell is an ecological designer and artist based in Los Angeles, California. She works with Greenmeme and is a design consultant for Rana Creek, which are innovative, environmentally oriented companies based in California...

    , American designer
  • Freya Van den Bossche
    Freya Van den Bossche
    Freya Van den Bossche is a Belgian, Flemish politician and daughter of prominent former Belgian politician Luc Van den Bossche. She is member of the SP.a political party, and she was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget and Consumer Protection in the Belgian federal government...

    , Belgian politician
  • Freya Lim, Taiwanese singer
  • Freya Hoffmeister
    Freya Hoffmeister
    Freya Hoffmeister is a German woman who holds several sea kayaking endurance records. In 2009 she completed a circumnavigation of Australia solo and unassisted, becoming the first woman and only the second person to do so...

    , German sea kayaker
  • Freya Mathews
    Freya Mathews
    Freya Mathews is an Australian philosopher and author. Her work is mainly concerned with ecological philosophy but also deals with questions of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and politics as well as a variety of themes, such as cosmology, place, identity and indigeneity versus modernity...

    , Australian philosopher and author
  • Freya von Moltke
    Freya von Moltke
    Freya von Moltke was a participant in the anti-Nazi resistance group, the Kreisau Circle, with her husband, Helmuth James Graf von Moltke...

    , German anti-Nazi resistance group member
  • Freya North
    Freya North
    Freya North is a British author.Her novels centre around strong female characters and their raunchy exploits. One of the precursors of Chick lit, her books have been critical and financial successes....

    , English novelist
  • Freya Piryns
    Freya Piryns
    Freya Piryns is a Belgian politician and a member of Groen!. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Timeline:*10/06/2007 – : Senator [directly elected] -Notes:...

    , Belgian politician
  • Freya Stark
    Freya Stark
    Dame Freya Madeline Stark, Mrs. Perowne, DBE was a British explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels, which were mainly in Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan....

    , English travel writer, Scottish Actress
  • Freja Beha Erichsen
    Freja Beha Erichsen
    Freja Beha Erichsen also known as Freja Beha, is a Danish model.-Career:Discovered on the streets of her native Denmark by a modeling agent passing by in a taxi, Erichsen made her debut as a model in 2005 at the fall Paris and Milan shows of Prada, Louis Vuitton, and Miu Miu...

    , Danish model

Other

  • 76 Freia
    76 Freia
    76 Freia is a very large main-belt asteroid. It orbits in the outer part of the asteroid belt and is classified as a Cybele asteroid. Its composition is very primitive and it is extremely dark in color. Freia was discovered by the astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on October 21, 1862, in Copenhagen,...

    , a main belt asteroid
  • Cheritra freja
    Cheritra freja
    The Common Imperial is a small butterfly found in India Burma Malayasia and Sri Lankathat belongs to the gossamer-winged butterflies family .-Description:The Butterfly has a Brown upperside with white bands....

    , a butterfly found in India
  • Freia (chocolate)
    Freia (chocolate)
    Freia is a Norwegian chocolate candy manufacturing company. The company is famous for Freia Melkesjokolade and Kvikk Lunsj, as well as for other candy and dessert products.-History:...

    , a Norwegian chocolate brand, makers of Freia Melkesjokolade
    Freia Melkesjokolade
    Freia Melkesjokolade is a Milk Chocolate from the Norwegian chocolate brand Freia and has been the most sold chocolate in Norway since the 1960s. The chocolate was launched in Sweden in the 1950s as a Swedish product, then called Marabou, and has since then been known under the Marabou brand in the...

  • Freja (satellite)
    Freja (satellite)
    FREJA was a Swedish satellite developed by the Swedish Space Corporation on behalf of the Swedish National Space Board. It was piggyback launched on a Long March 2C launch vehicle from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China on October 6, 1992. The satellite total cost was 19 million U.S...

    , a Swedish satellite
  • Freya, a genus of jumping spiders
  • Freya radar
    Freya radar
    Freya was an early warning radar deployed by Germany during World War II, named after the Norse Goddess Freyja. During the war over a thousand stations were built. A naval version operating on a slightly different wavelength was also developed as Seetakt...

    , a German World War II era radar
  • Freyja 3d, open source 3d modelling software
  • Randers Sportsklub Freja
    Randers Sportsklub Freja
    Randers Sportsklub Freja is a Danish multi-sport club fielding teams in athletics, handball, table tennis and football.- History :Randers Freja was founded in 1898, and was accepted to JBU in 1907....

    , a Danish sports club
  • Freya Crescent, a character in Final Fantasy IX
    Final Fantasy IX
    is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. It is the ninth title in the Final Fantasy series. The game introduced new features to the series like the 'Active Time Event', 'Mognet' and a unique equipment and skill system.Final Fantasy IXs...


See also

  • Fray (disambiguation)
  • Frey (disambiguation)
    Frey (disambiguation)
    -Other uses:*Frey , a Swiss manufacturer of chocolate since 1887*Frei zu leben, a German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990*FreiTek, Inc., a fictional company in Star Wars.*Frey's procedure, a treatment for chronic pancreatitis...

  • Frye (disambiguation)
    Frye (disambiguation)
    -People:*Channing Frye , basketball player*Charlie Frye , football player for the Oakland Raiders*Don Frye , mixed martial arts fighter*Donna Frye , San Diego city councilwoman*Dwight Frye , American actor...

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