Nikolaj is a Danish
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
, derived from the name
Nicholas
Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Ancient Greek, Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In ...
. Many different ways of spelling the name have been approved in Denmark.
It may refer to:
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Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard
Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (11 September 1743 – 4 June 1809) was a Danish neoclassicism, neoclassical and royal history painting, history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of painting, mythology, and anatomy at the New Royal Dan ...
, Danish artist
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Nicolaj Agger, Danish professional football player
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film ''Nightwatch (1994 film), Night ...
, Danish actor
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Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Danish teacher, writer, poet, philosopher, historian, pastor and politician
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Nikolaj Koppel, Danish musician
Nikolaj Groth : (born in 1994) actor
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Nikolaj Hansen (footballer, born 1987), Danish footballer for FC Roskilde
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Nikolaj Hansen (footballer, born 1993), Danish footballer for Víkingur
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Nikolaj Hübbe. balletmaster of the Royal Danish Ballet and former principal dancer at the New York City Ballet
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Nikolaj Nyholm, Danish serial technology entrepreneur and investor
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Nikolaj Znaider, Danish violinist
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Danish masculine given names
Masculine given names
Slovene masculine given names