Nils
This article is about the given name. For the fifth solo album from Nils Lofgren, see Nils (album).
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Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish and Swedish variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas and Neil. As with Niels, its pet form is Nisse. Female variants are Nilsine, Nilsina, and Nilsa.
People and animals with the given name
- Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player
- Nils-Joel Englund (1907–1995), Swedish cross-country skier
- Nils Ericson (1802–1870), Swedish inventor and engineer
- Nils Frahm (born 1982), German pianist and producer
- Nils Frykdahl, American musician
- Nils Liedholm (1922–2007), Swedish footballer and coach
- Nils Lofgren (born 1951), American musician
- Nils Mittmann (born 1979), German basketball player
- Nils Muižnieks (born 1964), Latvian-American political scientist
- Nils Olav, a penguin in Edinburgh Zoo who is the mascot of the Norwegian Royal Guard
- Nils Petersen (born 1988), German footballer
- Nils Trygg (1914–1951), Swedish woodcarver
- Nils Lahr (born 1973), American entrepreneur
- Nils Ušakovs (born 1976), Latvian politician, Mayor of Riga
Fictional characters with the given name
- Nils (Fire Emblem), the fictional bard in the Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken video game
- Nils Holgersson, the main character of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, a novel by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf
- Nils, a character in Double Fines video game Psychonauts
- Nils Helstrom, a character in the 1933 film The Son of Kong
- Nils Hellstrom, the central character of the 1971 film The Hellstrom Chronicle
- Nils Hellstrom, the central character of the 1973 book Hellstrom's Hive by Frank Herbert, inspired by the 1971 film
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