Mikael

Mikael is a masculine given name, a variant of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God". It is used predominantly throughout Scandinavia and Finland. Mikaela is the feminine form of the name.^[1] In France, the name is written Mikaël, a tréma on the letter e, and is of Breton origin.^[2]

Notable people with the name Mikael or Mikaël include:

Entertainment[edit]

Mikael Birkkjær (born 1958), Danish actor
Mikael Håfström (born 1960), Swedish director and screenwriter
Mikael Nyqvist (1960–2017), Swedish actor
Mikael Persbrandt (born 1963), Swedish actor
Mikael Salomon (born 1945), Danish cinematographer, director and producer

Music[edit]

Mikael Åkerfeldt (born 1974), Swedish musician
Mikael Gabriel (born 1990), Finnish rapper
Mikael Jorgensen (born 1972), American musician
Mikael Stanne (born 1974), Swedish musician

Politics[edit]

Mikael Cederbratt (1955–2020), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party
Mikael Eskilandersson (born 1977), Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats
Mikael Jansson (born 1965), Swedish politician of Alternative for Sweden
Mikael Jungner (born 1965), Finnish politician of the Social Democratic Party
Mikael Odenberg (born 1953), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party
Mikael Oscarsson (born 1967), Swedish politician for the Christian Democrats
Mikael Strandman (born 1966), Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats

Sports[edit]

Mikael Appelgren (born 1961), Swedish table tennis player
Mikael Egill Ellertsson (born 2002), Icelandic footballer
Mikael Forssell (born 1981), Finnish footballer
Mikaël Grenier (born 1992), Canadian racing driver
Mikael Hellström (born 1972), Swedish footballer
Mikaël Kingsbury (born 1992), Canadian freestyle skier
Mikael Lustig (born 1986), Swedish footballer
Mikael Örn (born 1961), Swedish swimmer
Mikaël Silvestre (born 1977), French footballer
Mikael Tillström (born 1972), Swedish tennis player
Mikael Wikstrand (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey player

Fictional characters[edit]

Mikael Blomkvist, from the Millennium series of Swedish crime novels, created by journalist Stieg Larsson
Mikael, from The Originals

References[edit]

^ Coleman, Nancy L.; Veka, Olav (2010). "Dictionary of Scandinavian Names". A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-299-24833-8.
^ Sierra, Judy (1997). Celtic Baby Names: Traditional Names from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall & the Isle of Man. Folkprint. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-9636089-5-6. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

External links[edit]

The dictionary definition of Mikael at Wiktionary
Media related to Mikael at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] Coleman, Nancy L.; Veka, Olav (2010). "Dictionary of Scandinavian Names". A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-299-24833-8.

[2] Sierra, Judy (1997). Celtic Baby Names: Traditional Names from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall & the Isle of Man. Folkprint. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-9636089-5-6. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

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