EK or Ek may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

Ek Commando Knife Co. Ek Commando Knife Co. or Ek Knives is an American combat knife brand produced by several different companies since the original founded by John Ek in 1941. In May 2014 the Ek brand was purchased by Ka-Bar which began selling its versions of Ek k ...

, US knife manufacturer *

Eastern Kentucky Railway The Eastern Kentucky Railway was a railroad in northeastern Kentucky, United States. It served mainly mine traffic, running north from Webbville through Grayson to Riverton (now part of Greenup) on the Ohio River and Chesapeake and Ohio Rail ...

(with reporting mark EK), now-defunct railway *

Eastman Kodak The Eastman Kodak Company (referred to simply as Kodak ) is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in analogue photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorpor ...

(formerly with NYSE ticker symbol EK), US-based photography company, formerly * ''Elinkeinoelämän keskusliitto'',

Confederation of Finnish Industries The Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK, fi, Elinkeinoelämän Keskusliitto, sv, Finlands Näringsliv) is the largest employers' association in Finland. It was formed at the beginning of 2005 when the two employers' associations ''Palvelutyö ...

Emirates (airline) Emirates ( ar, طَيَران الإمارات DMG: ''Ṭayarān Al-Imārāt'') is one of two flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates (the other being Etihad). Based in Garhoud, Dubai, the airline is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, which ...

(IATA airline designator EK) *

European Kindred The European Kindred (EK) is a prison and street gang that began in the Oregon prison system. Overview As of 2006, parole and probation officers report the gang may have around 500 members in the Oregon prison system. EK members have a propens ...

, white-supremacist prison and street gang

People

Anders Ek Anders Ek (7 April 1916 – 17 November 1979) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and died in Stockholm. He was married to Birgit Cullberg and is the father of dancer Niklas Ek (born 1943), dancer Mats Ek and actress M ...

(1916–1979), Swedish film actor *

Daniel Ek Daniel Ek (born 21 February 1983) is a Swedish billionaire entrepreneur and technologist. He is the co-founder and CEO of music streaming service Spotify. Early life and education Ek grew up in the Rågsved district of Stockholm, Sweden. He gra ...

(born 1983), Swedish businessman, creator and CEO of Spotify *

Malin Ek Malin Ek (born 18 April 1945) is a Swedish stage and film actress. She won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 2010. She is the daughter of actor Anders Ek (the 1971 O'Neill Award laureate) and choreographer Birgit Cullberg. She won the award for Best ...

(born 1945), Swedish actress, daughter of Anders Ek *

Mats Ek Mats Ek (born 18 April 1945) is a Swedish dance and ballet choreographer, dancer and stage director. He was the manager of the Cullberg Ballet from 1985 to 1993. Life and career Ek was born in Malmö in 1945, the son of the Royal Dramatic Theatre ...

(born 1945), dancer, choreographer and stage director *

Phil Ek Phil Ek is an American record producer, engineer and mixer. Ek began his career in Seattle, Washington in the early 1990s recording live sound in clubs. He then moved into studio recording, recording small projects and demos for local bands. Aroun ...

, American record producer, engineer, and mixer *

Torbjörn Ek Torbjörn Ek (25 June 1949, Ljusdal - 18 August 2010, Ljusdal) was a Swedish bandy and football player and manager. He was considered one of the country's top bandy players during the 1970s and early 1980s. Ek was capped 102 times for the Swedis ...

(1949-2010), Swedish bandy & football player and manager *

Eknath Eknath (IAST: Eka-nātha, Marathi language, Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, knath (1533–1599), commonly known as Sant (religion), Sant Eknath was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher and poet. He was a devotee of the Hindu deity ...

(ca.533-ca.1599), Ek Nāth, or Eka Nātha, Indian Hindu saint, philosopher, and poet *

Ek Boonsawad Ek Boonsawad (; born 30 October 1988 in Chonburi) is a Thai windsurfer. He competed at the 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more ...

(born 1988), Thai windsurfer *

Ek Rangsiroj Rangsiroj Panpeng or Ek Rangsiroj ( th, รังสิโรจน์ พันธุ์เพ็ง, เอก รังสิโรจน์; born: September 13, 1974 in Amphoe Bang Ban, Ayutthaya Province) is a Thai actor under Channel 7 (Tha ...

(born 1974), Thai actor * Ix Ek' Naah, Maya queen of the Kaan kingdom in Campeche, Mexico

Places

* Ek Park, cricket ground in Kitwe, Zambia *

East Kilbride East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...

, town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland *

Enchanted Kingdom Enchanted Kingdom (abbreviated as EK), is a theme park in the Philippines. It is located in Santa Rosa, Laguna. It has a land area of . The park is managed and operated by Enchanted Kingdom Inc. Enchanted Kingdom is a member of the International ...

, theme park in the Philippines

Science

Kinetic Energy In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the energy that it possesses due to its motion. It is defined as the work needed to accelerate a body of a given mass from rest to its stated velocity. Having gained this energy during its accele ...

, in physics, abbreviated as E_k *

Exakelvin The kelvin, symbol K, is the primary unit of temperature in the International System of Units (SI), used alongside its prefixed forms and the degree Celsius. It is named after the Belfast-born and University of Glasgow-based engineer and phys ...

, unit of temperature, abbreviated as EK

Other uses

Ektara Ektara ( bn, একতারা, hi, एकतारा, ur, اِک تارا, ne, एकतारे, pa, ਇਕ ਤਾਰਾ, ta, எக்டரா; literally 'one-string', also called actara, iktar, ektar, yaktaro, gopichand, gopichant, ...

, ek tar, or ik tar, "One String," Indian musical instrument *

Mitsubishi eK The Mitsubishi eK is a kei car series from Mitsubishi Motors, based on the long-running Minica, and first introduced on October 11, 2001. According to the company, the "''eK''" name stands for "excellent ''keijidōsha''" or "excellent minicar".< ...

, Japanese ''kei car''

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