Sorenstam, Annika, 1970-, Swedish golfer. Acclaimed by many as golf's greatest female player, she dominated the game in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She played for the Swedish national team (1987-92) and the Univ. of Arizona (1990-92), becoming world amateur champion in 1992. Turning professional in 1993 in Europe, she became a full-time LPGA player in 1994; she was named rookie of the year both seasons. In a meteoric rise, she became golf's number one female player in 1995 and subsequently captured that crown seven more times. In 2003 Sorenstam became the second woman in history to play in a men's PGA event (the first was Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1945). When she retired in 2008, she had set a record for career earnings by a woman golfer and won ten major titles.

Annika is a given name, and may refer to:

In sports:

• Annika Reeder, British gymnast
• Annika Sörenstam, Swedish professional golfer

In other fields:

• Annika Bryn, Swedish author and freelance journalist
• Annika Hansen, fictional character from the Star Trek universe better known as Seven of Nine
• Annika Ljungberg, a singer for Rednex
• Annika Mombauer, historian best known for her work on General Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
• Annika Östberg Deasy, Swedish-born female convict serving a life sentence in California for two murders
• Annika is a feminine name that means favor or grace. It is the Dutch, Swedish, and Finnish pet form of Anna, and is also spelled Anneke in Norwegian.

In fiction:

• Annika Hansen, also known as Seven of Nine, a human assimilated by the Borg in Star Trek: Voyager.
• Princess Annika, leading character from Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus.
• Annika Settergren, a friend of Pippi Longstocking, created by children's author Astrid Lindgren.

See also

• 817 Annika, a minor planet orbiting the Sun