Lasse is a common masculine given name in

Nordic countries The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; literal translation, lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmar ...

. It is also often a nickname for people named

Lars Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was borne ...

or Lauri.

People

Notable people named Lasse include: *

Lasse Aasland Lasse Aasland (15 August 1926 – 13 June 2001) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Aasland served as a state secretary in the ministry of transport and communications from 1971 to 1972 as a part of the first cabinet of Trygv ...

(1926–2001), Norwegian politician *

Lasse Åberg Lars Gunnar Åberg (born 5 May 1940), known professionally as Lasse Åberg, is a Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist. Between 1960 and 1964 he studied at the Konstfack department of graphic design. Åberg has produced some of the m ...

(born 1940), Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist * Lasse Gjertsen (born 1984), Norwegian animator * Lasse Granqvist (born 1967), Swedish sports commentator *

Lasse Hallström Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström (; born 2 June 1946) is a Swedish film director. He first became known for directing almost all the music videos by the pop group ABBA, and subsequently became a feature film director. He was nominated for an Acade ...

(born 1946), Swedish film director * Lasse Holm (born 1943), Swedish composer, lyricist and singer *

Lasse Jensen Lasse Jensen is a professor of theoretical chemistry at Pennsylvania State University whose works have appeared in such chemistry journals as the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Journal of Chemical Physic ...

, professor of theoretical chemistry *

Lasse Karjalainen Lasse Karjalainen (born 22 October 1974) is a Finnish former footballer. He was born in Sweden but spent most of his childhood at Pori, Finland. Karjalainen played 14 seasons in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga for FC Jazz and FC Hak ...

(born 1974), Finnish retired footballer *

Lasse Kjus Lasse Kjus (born 14 January 1971) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway. He won the overall World Cup title twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships. His combined career total of 16 Olympic and World Championsh ...

(born 1971), Norwegian former alpine skier *

Lasse Kukkonen Lasse Juhani Kukkonen (born 18 September 1981) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He last played for Oulun Kärpät of the Finnish Liiga. Earlier in his career, he had a four-year stint in the National Hockey League (NHL) w ...

(born 1981), Finnish hockey defenceman * Lasse Mårtenson (1934–2016), Finnish singer and composer * Lasse Nielsen (disambiguation) *

Lasse Nieminen Lasse Nieminen (born August 29, 1966) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey left winger. Nieminen played a total of 521 games in the SM-liiga for JYP. He played with the team from 1983 to 1990, 1991 to 1996 and 1997 to 1998. After leaving ...

(born 1966), Finnish ice hockey player *

Lasse Pirjetä Lasse Pirjetä (born April 4, 1974) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He represented several teams in the Finnish SM-liiga, Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elitserien and the Columbus Blue Jackets and Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL. ...

(born 1974), Finnish hockey forward * Lasse Pöysti (1927–2019), Finnish actor *

Lasse Qvist Lasse Qvist (born January 17, 1987) is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a striker for GVI. Life and career Born in Roskilde, Qvist started playing football in local clubs Himmelev-Veddelev BK and KFUM Roskilde. From his ear ...

(born 1987), Danish football player *

Lasse Rimmer Lasse Rimmer Nielsen is a Danish stand-up comedian and television and radio host. He made his first appearance as a stand-up comedian in 1993 at Café Din's in Copenhagen and participated in '' DM i Stand-Up (Danish Championship in Stand-up)'' i ...

(born 1972), Danish comedian *

Lasse Sætre Lasse Sætre (born 10 March 1974) is a former speed skater from Norway, who for several years was among the world's best long distance skaters. Sætre who grew up in Nord-Odal competed in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Olympics, and won a 10,000-m bro ...

(born 1974), Norwegian retired speed skater *

Lasse Sobiech Lasse Sobiech (born 18 January 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a central defender for South African club Stellenbosch. Club career In March 2018, it was reported Sobiech would join 1. FC Köln from FC St. Pauli for the n ...

(born 1991), German footballer *

Lasse Thoresen __NOTOC__ Lasse Thoresen (born 18 October 1949) is a Norwegian composer whose works concentrate on a contemporary transformation of the folk-music traditions of many peoples, especially those of Scandinavia. Biography Thoresen was born in Oslo in ...

(born 1949), Norwegian composer and writer *

Lasse Virén Lasse Artturi Virén (born 22 July 1949) is a Finnish former long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Virén recaptured the image of the "Flying Finns" promoted by runners like Hannes Kolehmainen, Paa ...

(born 1949), Finnish Olympic champion long-distance runner *

Lasse Wiklöf Lars-Åke "Lasse" Wiklöf (21 September 1944 – 23 August 2008) was a politician in the Åland Islands, an autonomous and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland ( ...

(1944–2008), politician in the Åland Islands of Finland

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