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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:

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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
  • Niels Jones (Born 1969), JLR Legend.

    • Other uses

  • 1720 Niels, asteroid
  • Niels Island, Canada
  • St. Niels, Germany

    • References

    Niels Wikipedia
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