# Karolina (name)

Karolina, Karolína or Karolīna is a feminine given name. Karolina is a Croatian, Danish, Faroese, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovene, and Swedish name. Karolína is a Czech, Icelandic and Slovak name that is a form of Karolina and Carolina and a diminutive form of Karola and Carola. Karolīna is a Latvian name. Notable people with the name include the following:

## Given name
### Arts, Music & Literature

* Karolina (singer), professional name of Keren Karolina Avratz, Israeli singer
* Karolina Bock (1792 – 1872), Swedish dancer, actress and singer
* Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 1951), Icelandic composer
* Karolina Gočeva (born 1980), Macedonian singer
* Karolina Gruszka (born 1980), Polish actress
* Karolina Halatek (born 1985), Polish artist
* Karolina Kuiek, known as Ani Lorak (born 1978), Ukrainian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur
* Karolína Kurková (born 1984), Czech model
* Karolina Laskowska, British fashion designer
* Karolina Lewicka Polish director, writer and producer
* Karolína Mališová (born 1996), Czech model and beauty pageant titleholder
* Karolina Nowakowska (born 1982), Polish actress, dancer and vocalist
* Karolina Pavlova (1807 – 1893), Russian poet and novelist
* Karolina Proniewska (1828–1859), Lithuanian poet and translator
* Karolina Protsenko (born 2008), Ukrainian-American violinist
* Karolina Slunéčková, (1934 – 1983), Czech actress
* Karolína Světlá (1830 – 1899), Czech author
* Karolina Wydra (born 1981), Polish model and actress
* Karolina Zakrzewska, Polish beauty pageant contestant

### Economics

* Karolina Ekholm (born 1964), Swedish economist

### Medical

* Karolina Widerström, (1856 – 1949), Swedish doctor and gynecologist

### Historical figures

* Karolina Lanckorońska (1898 — 2002), Polish noble, resistance fighter, and historian
* Karolina of Legnica-Brieg (1652 – 24 December 1707 in Wrocław), Silesian noble
* Karolina Sobańska (1795 – 1885), Polish spy and noblewoman

### Politics

* Karolina Gajewska (born 1972), Polish politician
* Karolina Kaczorowska (1930–2021), Polish First Lady
* Karolina Pawliczak (born 1976), Polish lawyer and politician
* Karolína Peake (born 1975), Czech politician
* Karolina Skog (born 1976), Swedish politician
* Karolina Stallwood, British executive

### Religion

* Karolina Gerhardinger,(1797 – 1879), German Roman Catholic sister
* Karolina Kózka (1898 – 1914), Polish Roman Catholic

### Sports

* Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard (born 1971), Swedish orienteering competitor
* Karolína Bednárová (born 1986), Czech volleyball player
* Karolina Bochra (born 1988), Polish footballer
* Karolina Bosiek (born 2000), Polish speed skater
* Karolina Chrapek (born 1990), German alpine skier
* Karolina Chlewińska (born 1983), Polish fencer
* Karolína Elhotová (born 1992), Czech basketball player
* Karolína Erbanová (born 1992), Czech speed skater
* Karolina Ericsson (born 1973), Swedish badminton player
* Karolina Fotiadou (born 1970), Cypriot alpine skier
* Karolina Goliat (born 1996), Belgian volleyball player
* Karolína Grohová (born 1990), Czech cross-country skier
* Karolina Hájková (born 1997), Slovak swimmer
* Karolina Jagieniak (born 1979), Polish tennis player
* Karolina Jarzyńska (born 1981), Polish long-distance athlete
* Karolina Jovanović (born 1988), Serbian tennis player
* Karolina Karasiewicz (born 1992), Polish cyclist
* Karolina Karlsson (born 1966), Swedish tennis player
* Karolina Kedzierska (born 1987), Swedish Taekwondoist
* Karolina Kochaniak (born 1995), Polish handball player
* Karolina Kołeczek (born 1993), Polish hurdling athlete
* Karolina Konieczna, Polish cyclist
* Karolína Kosinová (born 1998), Czech ice hockey player
* Karolina Kosińska (born 1986), Polish tennis player
* Karolina Kowalkiewicz (born 1985), Polish mixed martial artist
* Karolina Kucharczyk (born 1991), Polish Paralympic athlete
* Karolina Kudłacz-Gloc (born 1985), Polish handball player
* Karolina Michalczuk (born 1979), Polish boxer
* Karolína Muchová (born 1996), Czech tennis player
* Karolina Naja (born 1990), Polish sprint canoer
* Karolina Nowak (born 1999), Polish gymnast
* Karolina Pahlitzsch (born 1994), German athlete
* Karolina Pęk Polish para table tennis player
* Karolina Pelendritou (born 1986), Cypriot paralympic swimmer
* Karolína Pilařová, Czech curler
* Karolína Plíšková (born 1992), Czech tennis player
* Karolina Podgórska (born 1987), Polish darts player
* Karolina Riemen (born 1988), Polish freestyle skier
* Karolina Sadalska (born 1981), Polish sprint canoer
* Karolina Semeniuk-Olchawa (born 1983), Polish handball player
* Karolina Sevastyanova (born 1995), Russian gymnast
* Karolina Siódmiak (born 1981), Polish handball player
* Karolina Sklenyte (born 1996), Lithuanian gymnast
* Karolina Šprem (born 1984), Croatian tennis player
* Karolína Stuchlá (born 1994), Czech tennis player
* Karolina Styczyńska (born 1991), Polish shogi player
* Karolina Szabó (born 1961), Hungarian long-distance athlete
* Karolina Szczepaniak (born 1992), Polish swimmer
* Karolina Sztokfisz (born 1989), Polish snowboarder
* Karolina Szwed-Orneborg (born 1989), Polish handball player
* Karolina Tymińska (born 1984), Polish heptathlete
* Karolina Urban, Canadian women’s ice hockey player
* Karolina Westberg (born 1978), Swedish footballer
* Karolina Wisniewska (born 1976), Polish para-alpine standing skier
* Karolina Wlodarczak (born 1987), Australian tennis player
* Karolina Zalewska (born 1984), Polish handball player

### Others

* Karolina Andriette Nobel (1803 – 1889), Swedish woman and mother of Alfred Nobel
* Karolina Bielawska (born 1999), Polish model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World 2021
* Karolina Lassbo (born 1980), Swedish blogger
* Karolina Olsson, Swedish woman who hibernated for three decades
* Karolina Wigura (born 1980), Polish sociologist, historian and journalist

## Nickname

* Karolina Ramqvist, nickname of Annika Virtanen Ramqvist (born 1976), Swedish journalist and author

## Middle name

* Maria Josefa Karolina Brader (1860 - 1943), Swiss Roman Catholic religious sister
* Anna Karolina Orzelska (1707 – 1769), Polish noblewoman
* Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł (1667 – 1695), Princess of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
* Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (born 1994), Slovak tennis player
* Maria Karolina Sobieska (1697 – 1740), Polish noblewoman
* Elin Karolina Svensson (1879–??), Swedish missionary

## Fictional characters

* Karolina Dean, a Marvel Comics member of the Runaways
* Karolina Novotney, head of PR for Waystar/Royco on the HBO series Succession