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 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 with the given name

Nils Bergstrom (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 Petersen (born 1988), German footballer
Nils Trygg (1914–1951), Swedish woodcarver
Nils Lahr (born 1973), American entrepreneur
Nils Jiptner (born 1960), German guitarist, music producer

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 is the given name of a character in Double Fines video game, Psychonauts.