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Swedish masculine given name
Åke is a
masculine
Swedish
given name , possibly derived from the
medieval Germanic name Anicho , derived from ano meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the
Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the
Danish /
Norwegian
Åge or
Aage . Åke is uncommon as a
surname . People with the name Åke include:
[1]
Åke Åkerström (1902–1991), Swedish archaeologist and classical scholar
Åke Andersson (1906–1982), Swedish footballer
Åke Andersson (1917–1983), Swedish footballer
Åke Andersson (1918–1982), Swedish ice hockey player, footballer, bandy player, and coach
Åke Andersson (1925–2005), Swedish long-distance runner
Åke Andersson (born 1936), Swedish speedway rider
Åke Backström (1919–2005), Finnish diplomat
Åke Bergman (1896–1941), Swedish swimmer
Åke Bergqvist (1900–1975), Swedish Olympic sailor
Åke Berntsson (1934–2016), Swedish rower
Åke Bonnier (born 1957), Swedish Bishop
Åke Borg (1901–1973), Swedish swimmer
Åke Call (born 1942), Swedish sports shooter
Åke Carlsson (1936–2007), Swedish wrestler
Åke Claesson (1889–1967), Swedish actor
Åke Dahlqvist (1901–1991), Swedish cinematographer
Åke Edwardson (born 1953), Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University
Åke Ekman (1912–1965), Finnish speed skater
Åke Gerhard Ekstrand (1846–1933), Swedish chemist and public servant
Åke Eliaeson (1923–2015), Swedish tennis player
Åke Ericson (born 1962), Swedish photojournalist and documentary photographer
Åke Ericson (1913–1986), Swedish ice hockey player
Åke Falck (1925–1974), Swedish film director
Åke Fiskerstrand (born 1948), Norwegian rower
Åke Fjästad (1887–1956), Swedish footballer
Åke Fridell (1919–1985), Swedish film actor
Åke Gartz (1888–1974), Finnish politician
Åke Gerhard (1921–2009), Swedish songwriter
Åke Green (born 1941), Swedish Pentecostal Christian pastor
Åke Grönberg (1914–1969), Swedish actor
Åke Grönhagen (1885–1974), Swedish pentathlete and fencer
Åke Grönlund , Swedish table tennis player
Åke Gustafsson (1908–1988), Swedish botanist and geneticist
Åke Häger (1897–1968), Swedish Olympic gymnast
Åke Hallgren (1918–2005), Swedish triple jumper
Åke Hallman (1912–1973), Swedish footballer
Åke Hammarskjöld (1893–1937), Swedish lawyer and diplomat
Åke Hansson (1903–1981), Swedish footballer
Åke Hansson (1927–2015), Swedish footballer
Åke Hedberg (1929–1971), Swedish weightlifter
Åke Hedvall (1910–1969), Swedish discus thrower
Åke Hellman (1915–2017), Finnish centenarian, art professor and painter
Åke Hodell (1919–2000), Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, text-sound composer, and artist
Åke Hök (1889–1963), Swedish Army officer and horse rider
Åke Holmberg (1907–1991), Swedish writer and translator
Åke Hultberg (born 1949), Swedish equestrian
Åke Jansson (1916–1998), Swedish long-distance runner
Åke Jensen (1912–1993), Swedish actor and singer
Åke Jönsson (1925–1998), Swedish footballer
Åke Jonsson (born 1942), Swedish motocross racer
Åke Johansson (1928–2014), Swedish footballer
Åke Julin (1919–2008), Swedish water polo player
Åke Karlsson (1911–1958), Finnish boxer
Åke Kastlund (1916–1999), Swedish prelate
Åke Kromnow (1914–1986), Swedish archivist
Åke Larsson (born 1931), Swedish footballer
Åke Lassas (1924–2009), Swedish ice hockey player
Åke Lindblom (1919–1992), Swedish sports shooter
Åke Lindemalm (1910–2004), Swedish Navy officer
Åke Lindman (formerly Åke Järvinen) (1928–2009), Finnish director and actor
Åke Lindström (1928–2002), Swedish actor and film director
Åke Lundeberg (1888–1939), Swedish sport shooter
Åke Lundqvist (1936–2021), Swedish actor
Åke Mangård (1917–1998), Swedish Air Force major general
Åke Nauman (1908–1995), Swedish Olympic water polo player
Åke Nilsson (1927–1991), Swedish alpine skier
Åke Nilsson (1937–2005), Swedish sprint canoeist
Åke Nilsson (born 1945), Swedish javelin thrower
Åke Nilsson (born 1982), Swedish golfer
Åke Nordin (1936–2013), Swedish entrepreneur
Åke Öberg (born 1937), Swedish professor
Åke Ödmark (1916–1994), Swedish high jumper
Åke Ohberg (1905–1975), Swedish actor and film director
Åke Ohlmarks (1911–1984), Swedish author, translator, and scholar
Åke Olivestedt (1924–1998), Swedish cyclist
Åke Olsson (1934–2009), Swedish chess player
Åke Olsson , Swedish footballer
Åke Ortmark (1929–2018), Swedish journalist, author and radio and television presenter
Åke Parmerud (born 1953), Swedish electroacoustic music composer
Åke Persson (1932–1975), Swedish jazz trombonist
Åke Pettersson (1926–2000), Finnish footballer
Åke Pettersson , Swedish footballer
Åke Pleijel (1913–1989), Swedish mathematician
Åke Pousette (born 1949), Swedish andrologist
Åke Rakell (born 1935), Swedish table tennis player
Åke Rusck (1912–1977), Swedish businessman
Åke Rydberg (born 1938), Swedish ice hockey player and footballer
Åke Sagrén (1935–2022), Swedish Army officer
Åke Samuelsson (1913–1995), Swedish footballer
Åke Sandgren (born 1955), Swedish-Danish film director and screenwriter
Åke Sandin (born 1944), Swedish sprint canoer
Åke Sellström (born 1948), Swedish academic and arms specialist
Åke Senning (1915–2000), Swedish cardiac surgeon
Åke Seyffarth (1919–1998), Swedish speed skater
Åke W. Sjöberg (1924–2014), Swedish Assyriologist
Åke Sjölin (1910–1999), Swedish diplomat
Åke Skyttevall (born 1956), Swedish basketball player
Åke Söderblom (1910–1965), Swedish actor, screenwriter, and songwriter
Åke Söderlund (1925–2002), Swedish racewalking athlete
Åke Stenborg (1926–2010), Swedish chess player
Åke Stenqvist (1914–2006), Swedish sprinter and long jumper
Åke V. Ström (1909–1994), Swedish theologian
Åke Strömmer (1936–2005), Swedish sports journalist, radio presenter, and television host
Åke Sundborg (1921–2007), Swedish geomorphologist and hydrologist
Åke Svenson (born 1953), Swedish middle-distance runner
Åke Thelning (1892–1979), Swedish Olympic horse rider
Åke Henriksson Tott (1598–1640), Swedish soldier and politician
Åke Uddén (1903–1987), Swedish violist, composer, conductor, and music educator
Åke Wallenquist (1904–1994), Swedish astronomer
Åke Wärnström (1925–2018), Swedish boxer
Åke Wihtol (1924–2002), Finnish lawyer and politician
Karl-Åke Asph (born 1939), Swedish Olympic cross country skier
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 1958), retired Swedish ice hockey player, now head coach of the Swedish national ice hockey team
Lars-Åke Lagrell (1940–2020), Swedish sports personality; President of the Swedish Football Association
Sven-Åke Lundbäck (born 1948), Swedish Olympic cross-country skier
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