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The name Hege is currently the 37th most popular name in Norway (http://www.ssb.no/navn/). It is a variant of "Helga" and means "holy" or "blessed".

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Hege Riise, soccer player
Hege Frøseth, handball player
Hege Bøkko, speed-skater
Hege Solbakken, Norwegian Centre Party politician
Hege Nerland, Norwegian Socialist politician
Hege Kvitsand, Norwegian handball player
Hege Sørvig, activist
Hege Brannsten, canoeist
Hege Søfteland, rather vile Norwegian right-wing politician
Hege Gunnerød, soccer player
Hege Christin Vikebø, handball player
Hege R. Eriksen, professor at the University of Bergen

Hege in song, story & screen: | Edit

A children's song, "Hege er den beste venn jeg vet om"/"Hege is the best friend I know of".
Hege, in the story "Åsmund the Evil"