Åke

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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 Bergqvist (1900–1975), Swedish Olympic sailor
• Åke Borg (1901–1973), Swedish swimmer
• Åke Edwardson (born 1953), Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University
• Åke Fridell (1919–1985), Swedish film actor
• Åke Green (born 1941), Swedish Pentecostal Christian pastor
• Åke Gustafsson (1908–1988), Swedish botanist and geneticist
• Åke Häger (1897–1968), Swedish Olympic gymnast
• Åke Hodell (1919–2000), Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, text-sound composer, and artist
• Ake Jonsson (b. ?), Swedish motocross racer.
• Åke Lindman (formerly Åke Järvinen) (born 1928), Finnish director and actor
• Åke Nauman (1908–1995), Swedish Olympic water polo player
• Åke Parmerud (born 1953), Swedish electroacoustic music composer
• Åke Pleijel (1913–1989), Swedish mathematician
• Åke Rusck (1912–1977), Swedish businessman
• Åke Seyffarth (1919–1998), Swedish speed skater
• Åke Thelning (1892–1979), Swedish Olympic horse rider
• Åke Henriksson Tott (1598–1640), Swedish soldier and politician
• Åke Wallenquist (1904–1994), Swedish astronomer

• Karl-Åke Asph (born 1929), 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 (born 1940), Swedish sports personality; President of the Swedish Football Association
• Sven-Åke Lundbäck (born 1948), Swedish Olympic cross-country skier

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