{{Short description|Male given name}} '''Claes''' is a masculine given name, a version of Nicholas, as well as a patronymic surname. It is also spelled Klas, Clas and Klaes.
==Given name== Claes is a common first name in Sweden. It was also a common name in the Low Countries until the 18th century, after which the spelling Klaas was largely adopted. People with the given name Claes include: * Claes Adelsköld (1824–1907), Swedish engineer, military officer and politician * Claes Andersson (1937–2019), Finnish psychiatrist and politician * Claes Bang (born 1967), Danish actor and musician * Claes van Beresteyn (1627–1684), Dutch landscape painter * Claes Berglund (born c.1960), Swedish ski-orienteering competitor * Claes Björklund (born 1971), Swedish musician, producer and songwriter * Claes Michielsz Bontenbal (1575–1623), Dutch civil servant involved in a conspiracy against Maurice of Orange * Claes Borgström (1944–2020), Swedish lawyer and politician * Claes Compaen (1587–1660), Dutch privateer, pirate, and merchant * Claes Cronqvist (born 1944), Swedish former footballer * Claes Cronstedt, Swedish lawyer * Claes Dahlbäck (born 1948), Swedish businessman * Claes Duyst van Voorhout (fl. 1638), Dutch brewer painted by Frans Hals * Claes Egnell (1916–2012), Swedish sport shooter * Claes Eklundh (born 1944), Swedish artist * Claes Elefalk (born 1959), Swedish sports agent * Claes Elfsberg (born 1948), Swedish television journalist * Claes Elmstedt (1928–2018), Swedish politician * Claes Eriksson (born 1950), Swedish director, actor, comedian and composer * Claes Fellbom (1943–2024), Swedish director, writer and composer * Claes Fornell, Swedish-born American entrepreneur * Claes af Geijerstam (born 1946), Swedish musician, radio personality and DJ * Claes Gill (1910–1973), Norwegian author, poet and actor * Claes Hake (1945–2025), Swedish sculptor * Claes Dirksz van der Heck (1595–1649), Dutch painter * Claes Jacobsz van der Heck (1575–1652), Dutch painter * Claes Hellgren (born 1955), Swedish handball player * Claes van Heussen (1598–1633), Dutch still life painter * Claes Hylinger (born 1943), Swedish novelist, essayist, poet and literary critic * Claes Johanson (1884–1949), Swedish wrestler * Claes Kronberg (born 1987), Danish footballer * Claes Lang (1690–1761), Finnish painter * Claes Loberg (born 1970), Swedish-born Australian technology entrepreneur * Claes Malmberg (born 1952), Swedish former footballer * Claes Malmberg (born 1961), Swedish actor and stand-up comedian * Claes Pietersz van der Meulen (1642–1693), Dutch glass painter * Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert (1592–1655), Dutch painter * Claes Nordén (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey player * Claes Nordin (born 1955), Swedish badminton player * Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022), Swedish-born American pop art sculptor * Claes Pieterszoon (1593–1674), Dutch surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam * Claes Rålamb (1622–1698), Swedish statesman * Claes Roxbergh (born 1945), Swedish politician * Claes G. Ryn (born 1943), Swedish-born American political scientist * Claes Isaacsz Swanenburg (1572–1652), Dutch painter * Claes Tholin (1860–1927), Swedish politician * Claes Tornberg (born 1936), Swedish rear admiral * Claes Uggla (1614–1676), Swedish military officer * Claes Västerteg (born 1972), Swedish politician * Claes Jansz Visscher (1587–1652), Dutch draughtsman, engraver, mapmaker and publisher * Claes Wersäll (1888–1951), Swedish gymnast * Claes Westring (1893–1975), Swedish diplomat * Claës Ivar Wollin (1918–1999), Swedish diplomat
===Claës=== * Claës Fredrik Hornstedt (1758–1809), Swedish naturalist, taxonomist and illustrator * Claës König (1885–1961), Swedish noble man and horse rider * Claës Lindsström (1876–1964), Swedish vice admiral * Claës Palme (1917–2006), Swedish maritime lawyer * Claës Rundberg (1874–1958), Swedish sport shooter * Claës Skoglund (1916–2008), Swedish major general * Claës Axel Klingenstierna (1875–1966), Swedish major general
==Surname== Claes is the 7th most common surname in Belgium (16,840 people in 1998) and the most common surname in Belgian Limburg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naamkunde.net/?page_id=166|title=Meest voorkomende familienamen in België en Nederland « Naamkunde|website=www.naamkunde.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familienaam.be/|title=Familienaam.be - Geografische spreiding van familienamen in België|website=www.familienaam.be|access-date=2013-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022195142/https://familienaam.be/|archive-date=2019-10-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> In contrast, only 405 people have the surname in the Netherlands.<ref>[http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=claes&gba_naam=Claes&nfd_naam=Claes&operator=eq&taal= Claes] at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands</ref> People with the last name Claes include: * Claes (surname)
==See also== * Clas (given name) * Claus, given name and surname * Klaas, given name and surname * Nicholas * Claas, German agricultural machinery manufacturer
===Fictional=== * Katarina Claes, main character of Japanese novel and anime series ''My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!''
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