Niels
Niels is a male given name, equivalent to Nicholas, which is common in Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands. The Swedish variant is Nils. The name is a developed short form of Nicholas or Greek Nicolaos after Saint Nicholas. Niels may refer to:
People
- Niels, King of Denmark (1065–1134)
- Niels Aagaard (1612–1657), Danish poet
- Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), Norwegian mathematician
- Niels Arestrup (born 1949), French actor
- Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919–2000), Danish composer and pianist
- Niels Bohr (1885–1962), Danish physicist and Nobel Prize recipient
- Niels Busk (born 1942), Danish politician
- Niels Ebbesen (died 1340), Danish squire and national hero
- Niels Feijen (born 1977), Dutch pool player
- Niels Ferguson (born 1965), Dutch cryptographer
- Niels Gade (1817–1890), Danish musician
- Niels Hansen Jacobsen (1861–1941), Danish sculptor
- Niels Helveg Petersen (born 1939), Danish politician
- Niels Hemmingsen (1513–1600), Danish theologian
- Niels Holst-Sørensen (born 1922), Danish athlete and general
- Niels Jonsson Stromberg af Clastorp (1646–1723), Swedish soldier and politician
- Niels Juel (1629–1697), Danish admiral
- Niels Christian Kaldau (born 1974), Danish badminton player
- Niels Kaas (1535–1594), Danish politician
- Niels Kaj Jerne (1911–1994), Danish immunologist and Nobel Prize recipient
- Niels Krabbe (born 1951), Danish ornithologist
- Niels Lauritz Høyen (1798–1870), Danish art historian
- Niels Neergaard (1854–1936), Danish historian and politician
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946–2005), Danish jazz bassist
- Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904), Danish physician and Nobel Prize recipient
- Niels Schneider (born 1987), Canadian actor
- Niels Treschow (1751–1833), Norwegian philosopher and politician
- Niels van den Berge (born 1984), Dutch politician
- Niels van der Zwan (born 1967), Dutch rower
- Niels van Steenis (born 1969), Dutch rower
- Jesper Svenningsen, known as Niels or Zven, (born 1997), Danish League of Legends player
Other uses
- 1720 Niels, asteroid
- Niels Island, Canada
- St. Niels, Germany
See also
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