Mats is a given name, a Scandinavian and Estonian form of

Matthew Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497 * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Ch ...

Matthias Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew. People Notable people named Matthias include the following: In religion: * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot * ...

, and may refer to: * Mats Berglind (1952–2016), Swedish politician *

Mats Bergman Mats Bergman (born 5 May 1948) is a Swedish actor. He is the son of director Ingmar Bergman and Ellen Lundström, twin brother of actress Anna Bergman, and a half-brother of Swedish-Norwegian author Linn Ullmann. Biography Bergman graduated f ...

(born 1948), Swedish actor *

Mats Eilertsen Mats Eilertsen (born 4 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He is known for recording with numerous bands, including the Maria Kannegaard Trio, Ola Kvernberg, Nils Økland, Eldbjørg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, Sve ...

(born 1975), Norwegian jazz musician and composer *

Mats Ekman Mats Ekman (12 March 1865 – 13 March 1934) was an Estonian-Swedish poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker ...

(1865–1934), Estonian poet *

Mats Engman Major General Mats Erik Engman (born 13 April 1954) is a retired officer in the Swedish Air Force. Engman has served as Deputy Director of Military Intelligence & Security, as Deputy Chief of Policy and Plans Department and as head of the Swedis ...

(born 1954), Swedish Air Force major general * Mats Frøshaug (born 1988), Norwegian ice hockey player * Mats Grorud (born 1976), Norwegian director and animator *

Mats Gren Mats Åke Gren (born 20 December 1963) is a Swedish football coach and former player who played as a defender. He played for IFK Göteborg and Grasshopper during a professional career that spanned between 1978 and 2000. A full international bet ...

(born 1963), Swedish footballer and coach *

Mats Gustafsson Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player. Career Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986), as member of Gunter Chri ...

(born 1964), Swedish saxophone player * Mats Haakenstad (born 1993), Norwegian footballer *

Mats Hellström Mats Hellström (born 12 January 1942 in Stockholm) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He was Minister of Foreign Trade from 1983 to 1986, Minister for Agriculture from 1986 to 1991 and Minister of Foreign Trade again from 1994 to 1996. H ...

(born 1942), Swedish politician *

Mats Hinze Mats Michael Hinze (born 22 September 1970), also known as The Olympic bomber ( sv, OS-bombaren), is a Swedish Right-wing anarchist who was caught carrying a backpack containing explosives by Millesgården in 1997. Political career Hinze was ...

(born 1970), Swedish far right-wing anarchist and attempted bomber * Mats Hummels (born 1988), German footballer * Mats Johansson (1951–2017), Swedish journalist and politician * Mats Jonsson (born 1957), Swedish rally driver * Mats André Kaland (born 1989), Norwegian footballer *

Mats Kettilmundsson Mats Kettilmundsson (also Mattias) (ca. 1280 - died 11 May 1326) was a Swedish knight, riksdrots and statesman. Biography In 1302, Mats Kettilmundsson was one of the knights and confidants of Duke Eric Magnusson (c. 1282–1318). He presided o ...

(ca. 1280–1326), Swedish knight, riksdrots and statesman *

Mats Kirkebirkeland Mats Kirkebirkeland (born 8 May 1989) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the term 2017–2021. In total he met during 175 days of parliamentary s ...

(born 1989), Norwegian politician * Mats Laarmann (1873–1964), Estonian politician *

Mats Lanner Mats Åke Lanner (born 5 March 1961) is a Swedish professional golfer, who formerly played on the European Tour. In 1987, he became the second Swedish player to win a European Tour tournament. Early life and amateur career Lanner was born in Got ...

(born 1961), Swedish golfer *

Mats Lidström Mats Lidström (born 1959) is a Swedish solo cellist, recording artist, chamber musician, composer, teacher and publisher. His first teacher was Maja Vogl, of the music conservatory in Gothenburg. He then went on to study at the Juilliard School ...

(born 1959), Swedish cellist, chamber musician, composer, teacher and publisher *

Mats Lillebo Mats Størseth Lillebo (born 29 July 1994) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Stjørdals-Blink. Hailing from Skatval Skatval is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the Skatval penin ...

(born 1994), Norwegian footballer *

Mats Magnusson Mats Tuve Magnusson (born 10 July 1963) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Starting off his career with Malmö FF, he is best remembered for his time with Benfica with which he won two league titles, reached tw ...

(born 1963), Swedish footballer *

Mats Møller Dæhli Mats Møller Dæhli (born 2 March 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg and the Norway national team. Born in Oslo, he was previously contracted to English club Mancheste ...

(born 1995), Norwegian footballer *

Mats Moraing Mats Hans Moraing (born 20 June 1992) is a German professional tennis player. He achieved his career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 115 on 23 May 2022. Personal life Mats is the son of former German tennis player Heiner Moraing and is c ...

(born 1992), German tennis player *

Mats Mõtslane Mart Kiirats (6 January 1884 – 16 November 1956), also known by his pseudonym Mats Mõtslane, was an Estonian writer and politician. Kiirats was born on 6 January 1884 in Tõstamaa in Pärnu County and became a writer. He was elected to the Est ...

(1884–1956), Estonian writer and politician *

Mats Nilsson Mats Nilsson (born December 5, 1983) is a Swedish grappler and retired mixed martial artist. Nilsson formerly competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the three time FILA Grappling world champ ...

(born 1983), Swedish grappler and mixed martial artist *

(born 1956), Swedish Air Force officer * Mats Nõges (1879–1973), Estonian physician, editor and politician * Mats Odell (born 1947), Swedish politician * Mats Rosseli Olsen (born 1991), Norwegian ice hockey player * Mats Paulson (born 1938), Swedish singer and songwriter *

Mats Persson Mats Persson (Bankeryd, 1978) is a Swedish consultant resident in the United Kingdom and former advisor of UK prime minister David Cameron on EU affairs. Early life and education Mats grew up in Bankeryd, Sweden. He moved at early age to the ...

, (born 1978), Swedish consultant and journalist * Mats Persson, (born 1980), Swedish politician * Mats Pertoft (born 1954), Swedish politician *

Mats Ronander Mats Ronander (born 1 April 1954 in Sundsvall, Sweden) is a Swedish rock musician, guitar player, producer and composer. Biography Ronander was born in Sundsvall, but grew up in Örebro. At the age of sixteen he succeeded Peps Persson as singer i ...

(born 1954), Swedish rock musician * Mats Rondin (1960–2014), Swedish cellist and conductor * Mats Söderlund (born 1967), Swedish singer *

Mats Solheim Mats Goberg Solheim (born 3 December 1987) is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a defender. Career Sogndal Solheim started his career at the local club Loen IL, continuing at Stryn TIL in the lower divisions. He initially played as ...

(born 1987), Norwegian footballer *

Mats Sundin Mats Johan Sundin (; born 13 February 1971) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL), retiring in 2009. Originally drafted first overall in 1989, Sundin played ...

(born 1971), Swedish ice hockey player *

Mats Traat Mats Traat (23 November 1936 – 27 June 2022) was an Estonian poet, poetry translator, and author. Career Traat was born in Arula, Otepää Parish. He debuted in 1962 with a collection of poetry. He published over 20 anthologies of poetry. ...

(born 1936), Estonian poet and author * Mats Wahl (born 1945), Swedish author * Mats Wallberg (born 1949), Swedish ice speed skater *

Mats Waltin Mats Stefan Waltin (born 7 October 1953) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and former player. During his career he played 236 international matches and won Olympic bronze medals in 1980 and 1984, world championship silvers in 1977 and 1981, and worl ...

(born 1953), Swedish ice hockey player *

Mats Wiking Mats Wiking (born 1961) is a Swedish politician. he serves as Member of the Riksdag representing the constituency of Västra Götaland County North. He was also elected as Member of the Riksdag in September 2022. He is affiliated with the Socia ...

(born 1961), Swedish politician *

Mats Wilander Mats Arne Olof Wilander (; born 22 August 1964) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. From 1982 to 1988, he won seven major singles titles (three at the French Open, three at the Australian Open, and one at the US Open), and one major ...

(born 1964), Swedish tennis player *

Mats Zuccarello Mats André Zuccarello Aasen (born 1 September 1987) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey winger for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the New York Rangers and Dallas Stars. Prior to joining the NHL ...

(born 1987), Norwegian ice hockey player

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