{{for|a similar name|Nil (given name)}} {{for|a Canadian punk rock band|The Nils}} {{otheruse|Nil (disambiguation)}} thumb | right | Nils Poppe Blåjackor '''Nils''' is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas.
==People and animals with the given name== * Nils Beckman (1902–1972), Swedish jurist and civil servant * Nils Bejerot (1921–1988), Swedish physiatrist and criminologist * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player * Nils Björk (1898–1989), Swedish Army lieutenant general * Nils Dacke (died 1543), Swedish rebel * Nils Elias Anckers (1858–1921), Swedish naval officer * Nils Ericson (1802–1870), Swedish inventor and engineer * {{anbl|Nils Fiechter}} * Nils Frahm (born 1982), German pianist and producer * Nils Frykdahl, American musician * Nils Grandelius, Swedish chess grandmaster * Nils Gründer (born 1997), German politician * Nils Hald (1897–1963), Norwegian actor * Nils Haßfurther (born 1999), German basketball player * Nils Kreicbergs (born 1996), Latvian handball player * Nils Lahr (born 1973), American entrepreneur * Nils Lichtlein (born 2002), German Handball player * Nils Liedholm (1922–2007), Swedish footballer and coach * Nils Lofgren (born 1951), American musician * Nils Lorens Sjöberg (1754–1822), Swedish officer and poet * Nils Mittmann (born 1979), German basketball player * Nils Mohl (born 1971), German writer * Nils Muižnieks (born 1964), Latvian-American political scientist * Nils Ohlin (1895–1958), Swedish actor * Nils Olav, a penguin in Edinburgh Zoo who is the mascot of the Norwegian Royal Guard * Nils Personne (1918–2013), Swedish Air Force lieutenant general * Nils Petersen (born 1988), German footballer * Nils Sējējs (born 2001), Latvian ice hockey player * Nils Trygg (1914–1951), Swedish woodcarver * Nils Ušakovs (born 1976), Latvian journalist and politician, Mayor of Riga * Nils-Erik Söderqvist (born 1948), Swedish politician * Nils-Göran Holmqvist (born 1943), Swedish politician * Nils-Joel Englund (1907–1995), Swedish cross-country skier
==Fictional characters with the given name== * Nils (Fire Emblem), the fictional bard in the Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken video game * Nils Hellstrom, the central character of the 1971 film ''The Hellstrom Chronicle'' * Nils Hellstrom, the central character of the 1973 book ''Hellstrom's Hive'' by Frank Herbert, inspired by the 1971 film * Nils Helstrom, a character in the 1933 film ''The Son of Kong'' * Nils Holgersson, the main character of ''The Wonderful Adventures of Nils'', a novel by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf * Nils Jesper, Joan Ferguson's henchman on Wentworth * Nils Krogstad, a central character of the 1879 play ''A Doll's House'' by Henrik Ibsen * NILS Statue, a structure in the ''Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion'' DLC made by Nintendo. * Nils, a character in Double Fines video game ''Psychonauts''
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