# Nils

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'''Nils''' is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of [Niels](/source/Niels), cognate to [Nicholas](/source/Nicholas).

==People and animals with the given name==
* [Nils Beckman](/source/Nils_Beckman) (1902–1972), Swedish jurist and civil servant
* [Nils Bejerot](/source/Nils_Bejerot) (1921–1988), Swedish physiatrist and criminologist
* [Nils Bergström](/source/Nils_Bergstr%C3%B6m_(ice_hockey)) (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player
* [Nils Björk](/source/Nils_Bj%C3%B6rk) (1898–1989), Swedish Army lieutenant general
* [Nils Dacke](/source/Nils_Dacke) (died 1543), Swedish rebel
* [Nils Elias Anckers](/source/Nils_Elias_Anckers) (1858–1921), Swedish naval officer
* [Nils Ericson](/source/Nils_Ericson) (1802–1870), Swedish inventor and engineer
* {{anbl|Nils Fiechter}}
* [Nils Frahm](/source/Nils_Frahm) (born 1982), German pianist and producer
* [Nils Frykdahl](/source/Nils_Frykdahl), American musician
* [Nils Grandelius](/source/Nils_Grandelius), Swedish chess grandmaster
* [Nils Gründer](/source/Nils_Gr%C3%BCnder) (born 1997), German politician
* [Nils Hald](/source/Nils_Hald) (1897–1963), Norwegian actor
* [Nils Haßfurther](/source/Nils_Ha%C3%9Ffurther) (born 1999), German basketball player
* [Nils Kreicbergs](/source/Nils_Kreicbergs) (born 1996), Latvian handball player
* [Nils Lahr](/source/Nils_Lahr) (born 1973),  American entrepreneur
* [Nils Lichtlein](/source/Nils_Lichtlein) (born 2002), German Handball player
* [Nils Liedholm](/source/Nils_Liedholm) (1922–2007), Swedish footballer and coach
* [Nils Lofgren](/source/Nils_Lofgren) (born 1951), American musician
* [Nils Lorens Sjöberg](/source/Nils_Lorens_Sj%C3%B6berg) (1754–1822), Swedish officer and poet
* [Nils Mittmann](/source/Nils_Mittmann) (born 1979), German basketball player
* [Nils Mohl](/source/Nils_Mohl) (born 1971), German writer
* [Nils Muižnieks](/source/Nils_Mui%C5%BEnieks) (born 1964), Latvian-American political scientist
* [Nils Ohlin](/source/Nils_Ohlin) (1895–1958), Swedish actor
* [Nils Olav](/source/Nils_Olav), a penguin in Edinburgh Zoo who is the mascot of the Norwegian Royal Guard
* [Nils Personne](/source/Nils_Personne) (1918–2013), Swedish Air Force lieutenant general
* [Nils Petersen](/source/Nils_Petersen) (born 1988), German footballer
* [Nils Sējējs](/source/Nils_S%C4%93j%C4%93js) (born 2001), Latvian ice hockey player
* [Nils Trygg](/source/Nils_Trygg) (1914–1951), Swedish woodcarver
* [Nils Ušakovs](/source/Nils_U%C5%A1akovs) (born 1976), Latvian journalist and politician, Mayor of Riga
* [Nils-Erik Söderqvist](/source/Nils-Erik_S%C3%B6derqvist) (born 1948), Swedish politician
* [Nils-Göran Holmqvist](/source/Nils-G%C3%B6ran_Holmqvist) (born 1943), Swedish politician
* [Nils-Joel Englund](/source/Nils-Joel_Englund) (1907–1995), Swedish cross-country skier

==Fictional characters with the given name==
* [Nils (Fire Emblem)](/source/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](/source/The_Hellstrom_Chronicle)''
* Nils Hellstrom, the central character of the 1973 book ''[Hellstrom's Hive](/source/Hellstrom's_Hive)'' by Frank Herbert, inspired by the 1971 film
* Nils Helstrom, a character in the 1933 film ''[The Son of Kong](/source/The_Son_of_Kong)''
* Nils Holgersson, the main character of ''[The Wonderful Adventures of Nils](/source/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](/source/A_Doll's_House)'' by Henrik Ibsen
* NILS Statue, a structure in the ''[Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion](/source/Splatoon_2%3A_Octo_Expansion)'' DLC made by Nintendo.
* Nils, a character in Double Fines video game ''[Psychonauts](/source/Psychonauts)''

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Category:Latvian masculine given names
Category:Scandinavian masculine given names
Category:Norwegian masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Swedish masculine given names
Category:German masculine given names

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