Niels
Niels is a male given name, equivalent to Nicholas, which is common in Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands. The Norwegian and Swedish variant is Nils. The name is a developed short form of Nicholas or Greek Nicolaos after Saint Nicholas. Its pet form is Nisse, and female variants are Nielsine, Nielsina, and Nielsa. Niels may refer to:People
- Niels, King of Denmark
- Niels, Count of Halland
- Niels Glob, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Viborg
- Niels Friis, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Viborg, succeeding Niels Glob
- Niels Aagaard, Danish poet
- Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician
- Niels Arestrup, French actor
- Niels Viggo Bentzon, Danish composer and pianist
- Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and Nobel Prize recipient
- Niels Busk, Danish politician
- Niels Ebbesen, Danish squire and national hero
- Niels Feijen, Dutch pool player
- Niels Ferguson, Dutch cryptographer
- Niels Gade, Danish musician
- Niels Giffey, German basketball player
- Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor
- Niels Helveg Petersen, Danish politician
- Niels Hemmingsen, Danish theologian
- Niels Holst-Sørensen, Danish athlete and general
- Niels Jonsson Stromberg af Clastorp, Swedish soldier and politician
- Niels Juel, Danish admiral
- Niels Christian Kaldau, Danish badminton player
- Niels Kaas, Danish politician
- Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish immunologist and Nobel Prize recipient
- Niels Krabbe, Danish ornithologist
- Niels Lan Doky, Danish jazz pianist
- Niels de Langen, Dutch para-alpine skier
- Niels Lauritz Høyen, Danish art historian
- Niels Neergaard, Danish historian and politician
- Niels Nikolaus Falck, Danish jurist and historian
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist
- Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician and Nobel Prize recipient
- Niels Schneider, Canadian actor
- Niels Steensen, also known as Nicolas Steno, Danish scientist and Catholic bishop
- Niels Treschow, Norwegian philosopher and politician
- Niels van den Berge, Dutch politician
- Niels van der Zwan, Dutch rower
- Niels van Steenis, Dutch rower
