Aksel

Aksel is a masculine name, used predominantly throughout Scandinavia, a variant of Axel.

People with the name include: *Aksel Agerby (1889–1942), Danish composer, organist, and music administrator *Aksel Airo (1898–1985), Finnish lieutenant general and main strategic planner *Aksel Andersen (1912–1977), Danish-American organist and composer and organ professor and examinist *Aksel Frederik Andersen (1891–1972), Danish mathematician *Aksel Arstal (1855–1940), Norwegian theologist, schoolteacher and geographer *Aksel Bender Madsen (1916–2000), Danish furniture designer *Aksel Berg (1893–1979), Soviet scientist and Navy Admiral (in Engineering) *Aksel Berget Skjølsvik (born 1987), Norwegian professional football player *Aksel Bonde (1918–1996), Danish rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics *Aksel Brehm (1889-?), Estonian politician *Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen (1924–2010), Danish professor of meteorology at University of Copenhagen *Aksel Duun (1921–1987), Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s *Aksel Fossen (1919–2009), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party *Aksel Gresvig (1876–1958), Norwegian track cyclist, sports administrator and businessman *Aksel Gürcan Demirtaş (born 1973), Turkish track and field athlete *Aksel Hagen (born 1953), Norwegian politician and member of the Storting *Aksel Hennie (born 1975), Norwegian actor, director and writer *Aksel Hansen (1853–1933), Danish sculptor *Kaj Aksel Hansen (1917–1987), Danish footballer and manager *Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff (1922–1971, Norwegian communist and one of the last generations on Lille Ekkerøy *Aksel V. Johannesen (born 1972), Faroese lawyer and politician *Aksel Kallas (1890–1922), Estonian politician *Aksel Kankaanranta (born 1998), Finnish singer who would've represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 *Aksel Kipper (1907–1984), Estonian astrophysicist and academician *Aksel Kuuse (1913–1942), Estonian track and field athlete *Aksel Larsen (1897–1972), Danish politician who was chairman of the Communist Party of Denmark *Aksel Lund Svindal (born 1982), Norwegian alpine skier *Aksel Lydersen (1919–1995), Norwegian engineer and professor of chemical engineering *Aksel Madsen (1899–1988), Danish long-distance runner *Aksel Magdahl (born 1979), Norwegian navigator *Aksel Mark (1913–2014), Estonian politician, journalist, newspaper editor and agronomist *Aksel Mikkelsen (1849–1929), Danish educator *Aksel Møller (1906–1958), Danish politician *Aksel Nielsen (1901–1984), Danish-born American philanthropist, founder of the Mortgage Banking Association's School of Mortgage Banking *Aksel Nõmmela (born 1994), Estonian cyclist *Aksel Orav (1929–2003), Estonian actor *Aksel Herman Rüütli (1893–1976), Estonian politician *Aksel Sørensen (1891–1955), Danish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics *Aksel Sandemose (1899–1965), novelist, born in Nykøbing, Mors Island, Denmark *Aksel Schiøtz (1906–1975), Danish tenor and Lieder singer *Aksel Vartanyan (born 1938), Soviet and Russian journalist and sports historian *Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen (1924–2010), Danish meteorologist and professor of meteorology *Aksel Zachariassen (1898–1987), Norwegian politician, newspaper editor, secretary and writer Provided by Wikipedia