Famous People with Name Astrid

Astrid Queen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Astrid Queen: was the Queen consort of Léopold III of the Belgians.Princess Astrid of Sweden was born on November 17, 1905. She was the youngest daughter of Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland, and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. Astrid's paternal grandfather was King Oscar II of Sweden and her maternal grandfather was King Frederick VIII of Denmark. Astrid's sister, Princess Märtha, married the future King Olav V of Norway. Her eldest sister, Princess Margaretha of Sweden married Prince Axel of Denmark, while her only brother Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland, married morganatically.

Astrid Bussink            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Astrid Bussink: is a Dutch filmmaker. Her debut film is the documentary Angelmakers.She studied fine art at the Academy of fine Arts, AKI, Enschede (BA) in the Netherlands and her Master in film at the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. During this Master she shot her award winning documentary 'The Angelmakers' (First Appearance Award IDFA, Little Stamp award, ZagrebDOX, Best short Documentary, Dokufest, nomination Grierson Award and more). After this she made the short films Rückenlage / Upside Down ( Best Short Experimental film at Vermont International Film Festival, nominated Silver Cub, IDFA 2006), The 9 lives of my car (a.o. Dutch Filmfestival 2007) and I shot the mayor (Or: Plan B) (a.o. nominated Silver Cub IDFA 2007, official selection Zagrebdox and HOTDOCS).

Astrid Winkelman            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Astrid Winkelman: is a former Dutch figure skater.