Åke is a

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Swedish

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, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name ''Anicho'', derived from ''ano'' meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the

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for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/ Norwegian ''

Åge Åge is a Norwegian masculine given name. Variants include the Danish/Norwegian Aage and the Swedish Åke. People with the name Åge include: * Åge Aleksandersen (born 1949), Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist * Åge Austheim (born 1983), ...

'' or '' Aage''. Åke is uncommon as a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. People with the name Åke include: * Åke Åkerström (1902–1991), Swedish archaeologist and classical scholar * Åke Andersson (1906–1982), Swedish footballer * Åke Andersson (1917–1983), Swedish footballer * Åke Andersson (1918–1982), Swedish ice hockey player, footballer, bandy player, and coach * Åke Andersson (1925–2005), Swedish long-distance runner * Åke Andersson (born 1936), Swedish speedway rider * Åke Backström (1919–2005), Finnish diplomat * Åke Bergman (1896–1941), Swedish swimmer * Åke Bergqvist (1900–1975), Swedish Olympic sailor * Åke Berntsson (1934–2016), Swedish rower * Åke Bonnier (born 1957), Swedish Bishop *

Åke Borg Åke Borg (18 August 1901 – 6 June 1973) was a Swedish swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a s ...

(1901–1973), Swedish swimmer * Åke Call (born 1942), Swedish sports shooter * Åke Carlsson (1936–2007), Swedish wrestler * Åke Claesson (1889–1967), Swedish actor * Åke Dahlqvist (1901–1991), Swedish cinematographer *

Åke Edwardson Åke Edwardson (born 10 March 1953 in Eksjö, Småland) is a Swedish author of detective fiction, and was previously a lecturer in journalism at University of Gothenburg, the city where many of his ''Inspector Winter'' novels are set. Edwardso ...

(born 1953), Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University * Åke Ekman (1912–1965), Finnish speed skater * Åke Gerhard Ekstrand (1846–1933), Swedish chemist and public servant *

Åke Eliaeson Hans Ivar Åke Eliaeson (26 May 1923 – 24 January 2015) was a Swedish tennis player. Tennis career Eliaeson represented the Sweden Davis Cup team, Swedish Davis Cup team in the 1952 Davis Cup Europe Zone, 1952 Europe Zone second round tie agai ...

(1923–2015), Swedish tennis player * Åke Ericson (born 1962), Swedish photojournalist and documentary photographer * Åke Ericson (1913–1986), Swedish ice hockey player * Åke Falck (1925–1974), Swedish film director * Åke Fiskerstrand (born 1948), Norwegian rower * Åke Fjästad (1887–1956), Swedish footballer * Åke Fridell (1919–1985), Swedish film actor * Åke Gartz (1888–1974), Finnish politician * Åke Gerhard (1921–2009), Swedish songwriter * Åke Green (born 1941), Swedish Pentecostal Christian pastor * Åke Grönberg (1914–1969), Swedish actor * Åke Grönhagen (1885–1974), Swedish pentathlete and fencer * Åke Grönlund, Swedish table tennis player * Åke Gustafsson (1908–1988), Swedish botanist and geneticist * Åke Häger (1897–1968), Swedish Olympic gymnast * Åke Hallgren (1918–2005), Swedish triple jumper * Åke Hallman (1912–1973), Swedish footballer * Åke Hammarskjöld (1893–1937), Swedish lawyer and diplomat * Åke Hansson (1903–1981), Swedish footballer * Åke Hansson (1927–2015), Swedish footballer * Åke Hedberg (1929–1971), Swedish weightlifter * Åke Hedvall (1910–1969), Swedish discus thrower * Åke Hellman (1915–2017), Finnish centenarian, art professor and painter *

Åke Hodell Åke Hodell (April 30, 1919 – July 29, 2000) was a Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, Sound poetry, text-sound composer, and artist. Biography Hodell was the son of author Björn Hodell and brother of actor Ulla Hodell; the film director Lai ...

(1919–2000), Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, text-sound composer, and artist * Åke Hök (1889–1963), Swedish Army officer and horse rider * Åke Holmberg (1907–1991), Swedish writer and translator * Åke Hultberg (born 1949), Swedish equestrian * Åke Jansson (1916–1998), Swedish long-distance runner * Åke Jensen (1912–1993), Swedish actor and singer * Åke Jönsson (1925–1998), Swedish footballer *

Åke Jonsson Åke Jonsson (born 5 October 1942) is a Swedish former professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1964 to 1978 as a member of the Husqvarna, Maico and Yamaha factory racing teams. Jonsson was part of ...

(1919–2007), Swedish diplomat *

(born 1942), Swedish motocross racer * Åke Johansson (1928–2014), Swedish footballer * Åke Julin (1919–2008), Swedish water polo player * Åke Karlsson (1911–1958), Finnish boxer * Åke Kastlund (1916–1999), Swedish prelate * Åke Kromnow (1914–1986), Swedish archivist * Åke Larsson (born 1931), Swedish footballer * Åke Lassas (1924–2009), Swedish ice hockey player * Åke Lindblom (1919–1992), Swedish sports shooter * Åke Lindemalm (1910–2004), Swedish Navy officer * Åke Lindman (formerly Åke Järvinen) (1928–2009), Finnish director and actor * Åke Lindström (1928–2002), Swedish actor and film director * Åke Lundeberg (1888–1939), Swedish sport shooter * Åke Lundqvist (1936–2021), Swedish actor * Åke Mangård (1917–1998), Swedish Air Force major general * Åke Nauman (1908–1995), Swedish Olympic water polo player * Åke Nilsson (1927–1991), Swedish alpine skier * Åke Nilsson (1937–2005), Swedish sprint canoeist * Åke Nilsson (born 1945), Swedish javelin thrower * Åke Nilsson (born 1982), Swedish golfer * Åke Nordin (1936–2013), Swedish entrepreneur * Åke Öberg (born 1937), Swedish professor * Åke Ödmark (1916–1994), Swedish high jumper *

Åke Ohberg Åke Ohberg (20 July 1905 – 18 July 1975) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in about 30 roles in films between 1932 and 1961. Ohberg was born to Johan and Hilda Ohberg in Västerås, Sweden. Marriage and Family He married a ...

(1905–1975), Swedish actor and film director *

Åke Ohlmarks Åke Joel Ohlmarks (3 June 1911 – 6 June 1984) was a Swedish author, translator and scholar of philology, linguistics and religious studies. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Greifswald from 1941 to 1945, where he founded the instit ...

(1911–1984), Swedish author, translator, and scholar * Åke Olivestedt (1924–1998), Swedish cyclist * Åke Olsson (1934–2009), Swedish chess player * Åke Olsson, Swedish footballer * Åke Ortmark (1929–2018), Swedish journalist, author and radio and television presenter * Åke Parmerud (born 1953), Swedish electroacoustic music composer * Åke Persson (1932–1975), Swedish jazz trombonist * Åke Pettersson (1926–2000), Finnish footballer * Åke Pettersson, Swedish footballer * Åke Pleijel (1913–1989), Swedish mathematician * Åke Pousette (born 1949), Swedish andrologist * Åke Rakell (born 1935), Swedish table tennis player * Åke Rusck (1912–1977), Swedish businessman * Åke Rydberg (born 1938), Swedish ice hockey player and footballer * Åke Sagrén (1935–2022), Swedish Army officer * Åke Samuelsson (1913–1995), Swedish footballer * Åke Sandgren (born 1955), Swedish-Danish film director and screenwriter * Åke Sandin (born 1944), Swedish sprint canoer *

Åke Sellström Åke Sellström (born 2 November 1948) is a Swedish academic and expert in arms, especially in chemical weapons. He has been active at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Biography Sellström received his Ph.D. in 1975 at University of ...

(born 1948), Swedish academic and arms specialist * Åke Senning (1915–2000), Swedish cardiac surgeon * Åke Seyffarth (1919–1998), Swedish speed skater * Åke W. Sjöberg (1924–2014), Swedish Assyriologist * Åke Sjölin (1910–1999), Swedish diplomat * Åke Skyttevall (born 1956), Swedish basketball player * Åke Söderblom (1910–1965), Swedish actor, screenwriter, and songwriter * Åke Söderlund (1925–2002), Swedish racewalking athlete * Åke Stenborg (1926–2010), Swedish chess player * Åke Stenqvist (1914–2006), Swedish sprinter and long jumper * Åke V. Ström (1909–1994), Swedish theologian *

Åke Strömmer Åke Per-Erik Strömmer (10 June 1936 – 22 February 2005) was a Swedish sports journalist, radio presenter and television host. Early life Strömmer was born on 10 June 1936 in Härnösand, Sweden, the son of Erik Strömmer, an accountant, an ...

(1936–2005), Swedish sports journalist, radio presenter, and television host *

Åke Sundborg Åke Sundborg (15 October 1921 – 23 May 2007) was a Swedish geographer and geomorphologist known for his contributions to the hydrology and geomorphological dynamics of rivers. He was active at Uppsala University where he studied under the ...

(1921–2007), Swedish geomorphologist and hydrologist * Åke Svenson (born 1953), Swedish middle-distance runner *

Åke Thelning Hans Berndt Åke Thelning (24 October 1892 – 16 February 1979) was a Swedish Army officer and Equestrianism, horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He and his horse ''Löke'' finished sixth in the Equestrian at the 1924 Summer O ...

(1892–1979), Swedish Olympic horse rider * Åke Henriksson Tott (1598–1640), Swedish soldier and politician * Åke Uddén (1903–1987), Swedish violist, composer, conductor, and music educator * Åke Wallenquist (1904–1994), Swedish astronomer * Åke Wärnström (1925–2018), Swedish boxer * Åke Wihtol (1924–2002), Finnish lawyer and politician * Karl-Åke Asph (born 1939), Swedish Olympic cross country skier *

Bengt-Åke Gustafsson Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 23 March 1958) is a Swedish professional ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player. Gustafsson is the former head coach of the Sweden men's national ice hockey team, Sweden senior team, a post he held from February ...

(born 1958), retired Swedish ice hockey player, now head coach of the Swedish national ice hockey team * Lars-Åke Lagrell (1940–2020), Swedish sports personality; President of the Swedish Football Association * Sven-Åke Lundbäck (born 1948), Swedish Olympic cross-country skier

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