Niels is a male given name, equivalent to

Nicholas Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...

, which is common in Denmark,

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, Norway (formerly) and the Netherlands. The Norwegian and Swedish variant is

Nils Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989) ...

. The name is a developed short form of Nicholas or Greek Nicolaos after

Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra, ; la, Sanctus Nicolaus (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (; modern-da ...

. Its pet form is Nisse, and female variants are Nielsine, Nielsina, and Nielsa. Niels may refer to:

People

Niels, King of Denmark Niels ( la, Nicolaus, English exonym Nicholas; – 25 June 1134) was the King of Denmark from 1104 to 1134. Niels succeeded his brother Eric Evergood and is presumed to have been the youngest son of King Sweyn II Estridson. King Niels actively ...

(1065–1134) *

Niels, Count of Halland Niels Valdemarsen, Count of Halland, ''Nikolaus'', (died 1218) was Count of Halland from 1216 until his death in 1218. He was a natural son of King Valdemar II of Denmark by an unknown mistress. In 1217, Niels married Oda of Schwerin, a daughter ...

(died 1218) *

Niels Aagaard Niels Lauritsen Aagaard (1612— abt. 22 January 1657), was probably the brother of the poet Christen Aagaard, was professor at Sorø Academy, in Denmark, where he also occupied the office of librarian. He died in 1657, at the age of forty-five ...

(1612–1657), Danish poet *

Niels Aall Niels Aall (1 December 1769 – 23 October 1854) was a Norwegian estate owner, businessman and politician. Family Niels Aall was the son of lumber merchant Nicolai Benjamin Aall (1739–98) from Porsgrunn and his wife Amjørg Jørgensdatter ...

(1769–1854), Norwegian businessman and politician * Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), Norwegian mathematician *Niels Arestrup (born 1949), French actor *Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919–2000), Danish composer and pianist *Niels Bohr (1885–1962), Danish physicist and Nobel Prize recipient *Niels Busk (born 1942), Danish politician *Niels Ebbesen (died 1340), Danish squire and national hero *Niels Feijen (born 1977), Dutch pool player *Niels Ferguson (born 1965), Dutch cryptographer *Niels Friis (died 1508), Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Viborg, succeeding Niels Glob *Niels Gade (1817–1890), Danish musician *Niels Glob, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Viborg (1478–1498) *Niels Giffey (born 1991), German basketball player *Niels Hansen Jacobsen (1861–1941), Danish sculptor *Niels Helveg Petersen (1939–2017), Danish politician *Niels Hemmingsen (1513–1600), Danish theologian *Niels Holst-Sørensen (born 1922), Danish athlete and general *Niels Jonsson Stromberg af Clastorp (1646–1723), Swedish soldier and politician *Niels Juel (1629–1697), Danish admiral *Niels Christian Kaldau (born 1974), Danish badminton player *Niels Kaas (1535–1594), Danish politician *Niels Kaj Jerne (1911–1994), Danish immunologist and Nobel Prize recipient *Niels Krabbe (born 1951), Danish ornithologist *Niels Lan Doky (born 1963), Danish jazz pianist *Niels de Langen (born 1998), Dutch para-alpine skier *Niels Lauritz Høyen (1798–1870), Danish art historian *Niels Neergaard (1854–1936), Danish historian and politician *Niels Nikolaus Falck (1784 – 1850), Danish jurist and historian *Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946–2005), Danish jazz bassist *Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904), Danish physician and Nobel Prize recipient *Niels Schneider (born 1987), Canadian actor *Niels Steensen, also known as Nicolas Steno (1638–1686), Danish scientist and Catholic bishop *Niels Treschow (1751–1833), Norwegian philosopher and politician *Niels van den Berge (born 1984), Dutch politician *Niels van der Zwan (born 1967), Dutch rower *Niels van Steenis (born 1969), Dutch rower

People

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