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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Fictional characters

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

See also

  • Mikaël (film), 1924 German film based on Herman Bang's novel of the same name
  • All pages with titles beginning with Mikael
  • All pages with titles containing Mikael
  • Michael
  • Mikkel
  • Mikal (given name)
  • Mikko

References

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