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Axel (name) Axel (also ''Aksel'') is a Scandinavian, German language, German, French language, French, and Dutch language, Dutch masculine given name. In Estonia, Denmark, and Norway the spelling Aksel is more common. The Finnish form of the name is Akseli, w ...

, all persons with the name

Places

Axel, Netherlands Axel is a city in the southwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Terneuzen, Zeeland, about 31 km southeast of Vlissingen. Axel received city rights in 1213. History The city was first established between 987 and 994 as Axl ...

, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586

Arts, entertainment, media

* ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a

Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (, ; ) is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, Montreal, Saint-Michel, Montreal, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 Jun ...

show * ''

Axël ''Axël'' is a drama by French writer Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, published in 1890. It was influenced by his participation in the Paris Commune, the Gnostic philosophy of Hegel as well as the works of Goethe and Victor Hugo. It begins in an o ...

'', an 1890 drama play by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam * Axel (dance turn), a type of turn performed in dance * Axel lift, a movement in pair skating *

Axel jump The Axel jump or Axel Paulsen jump, named after its inventor, Norwegian figure skater Axel Paulsen, is an edge jump performed in figure skating. It is the sport's oldest and most difficult jump, and the only basic jump in competition with a for ...

, a type of jump in figure skating * "

Axel F "Axel F" is an electronic instrumental track by German musician Harold Faltermeyer. The track served as the theme tune to the film '' Beverly Hills Cop'', its eponymous character, and the film franchise it is based on, and became an interna ...

", the 1985 instrumental theme song of ''Beverly Hills Cop'' by Harold Faltermeyer

Companies, organizations

Axel Hotels Axel Hotels is an international hotel chain, parented by the Axel Corporation aimed to the LGBTQ+ community. It was founded in 2003 by Juan P. Julia Blanch and known as the first LGBT and hetero-friendly hotel chain. Albert Olivé is currently ...

, hotel chain *

Axel Springer SE Axel Springer SE () is a European multinational corporation, multinational mass media, mass and online media company, based in Berlin, Germany. The company offers printing and publishing of advertisements, digital classifieds portfolio, marketi ...

, largest digital publishing house in Europe

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Axel Maersk Axel may refer to: People * Axel (name), all persons with the name Places * Axel, Netherlands, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586 Arts, entertainment, media * ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a Cirqu ...

, Danish container ship *

Citroën Axel The Oltcit Club is a supermini car, supermini produced between 1981 and 1991 and developed in co-operation by Citroën of France and Oltcit, a joint venture company with the Romanian government. They were powered by the air-cooled engines from t ...

, automobile made by Citroën *

Typhoon Axel (disambiguation) The name Axel has been used for two tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that p ...

, multiple storms named Axel * Axel, a character in

Pikwik Pack ''Pikwik Pack'' is an animated television series for preschoolers that debuted on Disney Junior on November 7, 2020, in the United States, and on Treehouse TV on December 26 of the same year in Canada. The program was created by Mary Bredin, Fra ...

* Axel, a coaxial two-wheeler, designed to investigate caves on the moon with the proposed mission

Moon Diver (spacecraft) Moon Diver is a proposed lunar mission concept by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that would employ a robotic lander and a – distant coaxial – two-wheeled rover called ''Axel'' to investigate the exposed geological layers on the walls of a d ...

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