# Niels

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'''Niels''' is a male given name, equivalent to [Nicholas](/source/Nicholas), which is common in Denmark, Belgium, Norway (formerly) and the Netherlands. The Norwegian and Swedish variant is [Nils](/source/Nils). The name is a developed short form of Nicholas or Greek [Nikolaos](/source/Nikolaos), after [Saint Nicholas](/source/Saint_Nicholas). Its pet form is [Nisse](/source/Nisse_(disambiguation)), and female variants are [Nielsine](/source/Nielsine_(disambiguation)), [Nielsina](/source/Nielsina), and [Nielsa](/source/Nielsa).

Notable people with the name include:
*[Niels, King of Denmark](/source/Niels%2C_King_of_Denmark) (1065–1134)
*[Niels, Count of Halland](/source/Niels%2C_Count_of_Halland) (died 1218)
*[Niels Aagaard](/source/Niels_Aagaard) (1612–1657), Danish poet
*[Niels Aall](/source/Niels_Aall) (1769–1854), Norwegian businessman and politician
*[Niels Henrik Abel](/source/Niels_Henrik_Abel) (1802–1829), Norwegian mathematician
*[Niels Arestrup](/source/Niels_Arestrup) (1949–2024), French-Danish actor and director
*[Niels Viggo Bentzon](/source/Niels_Viggo_Bentzon) (1919–2000), Danish composer and pianist
*[Niels Bohr](/source/Niels_Bohr) (1885–1962), Danish physicist and Nobel Prize recipient
*[Niels Busk](/source/Niels_Busk) (born 1942), Danish politician
*[Niels Ebbesen](/source/Niels_Ebbesen) (died 1340), Danish squire and national hero
*[Niels Nikolaus Falck](/source/Niels_Nikolaus_Falck) (1784–1850), Danish jurist and historian
*[Niels Feijen](/source/Niels_Feijen) (born 1977), Dutch pool player
*[Niels Ferguson](/source/Niels_Ferguson) (born 1965), Dutch cryptographer
*[Niels Friis](/source/Niels_Friis) (died 1508), Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Viborg, succeeding Niels Glob
*[Niels Gade](/source/Niels_Gade) (1817–1890), Danish musician
*[Niels Giffey](/source/Niels_Giffey) (born 1991), German basketball player
*[Niels Glob](/source/Niels_Glob), Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Viborg (1478–1498)
*[Niels Hansen Jacobsen](/source/Niels_Hansen_Jacobsen) (1861–1941), Danish sculptor
*[Niels Helveg Petersen](/source/Niels_Helveg_Petersen) (1939–2017), Danish politician
*[Niels Hemmingsen](/source/Niels_Hemmingsen) (1513–1600), Danish theologian
*[Niels Hintermann](/source/Niels_Hintermann) (born 1995), Swiss alpine ski racer
*[Niels Holst-Sørensen](/source/Niels_Holst-S%C3%B8rensen) (1922–2023), Danish athlete and general
*[Niels Lauritz Høyen](/source/Niels_Lauritz_H%C3%B8yen) (1798–1870), Danish art historian
*[Niels Kaj Jerne](/source/Niels_Kaj_Jerne) (1911–1994), Danish immunologist and Nobel Prize recipient
*[Niels Jonsson Stromberg af Clastorp](/source/Niels_Jonsson_Stromberg_af_Clastorp) (1646–1723), Swedish soldier and politician
*[Niels Juel](/source/Niels_Juel) (1629–1697), Danish admiral
*[Niels Kaas](/source/Niels_Kaas) (1535–1594), Danish politician
*[Niels Christian Kaldau](/source/Niels_Christian_Kaldau) (born 1974), Danish badminton player
*[Niels Krabbe](/source/Niels_Krabbe) (born 1951), Danish ornithologist
*[Niels Lan Doky](/source/Niels_Lan_Doky) (born 1963), Danish jazz pianist
*[Niels de Langen](/source/Niels_de_Langen) (born 1998), Dutch para-alpine skier
*[Niels McDonald](/source/Niels_McDonald) (born 2008), German tennis player
*[Niels Meyn](/source/Niels_Meyn) (1891–1957), Danish author
*[Niels Neergaard](/source/Niels_Neergaard) (1854–1936), Danish historian and politician
*[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen](/source/Niels-Henning_%C3%98rsted_Pedersen) (1946–2005), Danish jazz bassist
*[Niels Ryberg Finsen](/source/Niels_Ryberg_Finsen) (1860–1904), Danish physician and Nobel Prize recipient
*[Niels Schneider](/source/Niels_Schneider) (born 1987), Canadian actor
*Niels Steensen, also known as [Nicolas Steno](/source/Nicolas_Steno) (1638–1686), Danish scientist and Catholic bishop
*[Niels Tas](/source/Niels_Tas) (born 1983), Belgian politician
*[Niels Treschow](/source/Niels_Treschow) (1751–1833), Norwegian philosopher and politician
*[Niels van den Berge](/source/Niels_van_den_Berge) (born 1984), Dutch politician
*[Niels van der Zwan](/source/Niels_van_der_Zwan) (born 1967), Dutch rower
*[Niels van Steenis](/source/Niels_van_Steenis) (born 1969), Dutch rower
*[Niels Verschaeren](/source/Niels_Verschaeren) (born 1991), Belgian para-cyclist

==See also==
*[Neil](/source/Neil)
*[Nicholas](/source/Nicholas)
*[Niel (disambiguation)](/source/Niel_(disambiguation))
*[Nils](/source/Nils)

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