Jens (given name)

Male given name

JensPronunciation| German: [ˈjɛns] ⓘ

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Gender| Male
Language(s)| Danish, Dutch, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
Other names
Related names| Johannes

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Jens is a male given name and a Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Faroese and Frisian derivative of Johannes. It was the top given name for boys in Denmark in 2008.[1]

People with the name include:

* Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game developer
* Jens Blauenfeldt, television actor, screenwriter, and director for Danmarks Radio
* Jens Cajuste, Swedish football player
* Jens Eriksen, Danish Olympic badminton player
* Jens Fink-Jensen, Danish author, composer and photographer
* Jens Gad, musician and composer
* Jens Geier, German politician
* Jens Peter Hansen, Danish Olympic footballer
* Jens Garðar Helgason (born 1976), Icelandic politician
* Jens Jensen (landscape architect), Danish-American landscape architect
* Jens Jensen (politician), Australian politician and Minister for the Navy
* Jens Jensen (trade unionist), Danish trade unionist and politician
* Jens Kristian Jensen, Danish gymnast
* Jens Jeremies, German footballer
* Jens Johansson, Swedish keyboardist and pianist
* Jens Kidman, Swedish vocalist of the band Meshuggah
* Jens Lapidus, Swedish author
* Jens Larsen, Danish volleyball player and coach
* Jens Peter Larsen, Danish musicologist and conductor
* Jens Lehmann, German footballer
* Jens Lekman, Swedish pop musician
* Jens Lieblein, Norwegian egyptologist
* Jens Lindhard, Danish physicist
* Jens Lindhardt, Danish rower
* Jens Otto Krag, former Prime Minister of Denmark
* Jens Meilvang (born 1981), Danish politician
* Jens Johnnie "Little Evil" Pulver, first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion
* Jens Salumäe, Estonian Olympic ski jumper
* Jens Christian Skou, Danish Nobel Prize winner (Chemistry 1997)
* Jens Spahn, German politician
* Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO and former Prime Minister of Norway
* Jens Stryger Larsen, Danish footballer
* Jens Toornstra, Dutch footballer
* Jens Voigt, German professional road bicycle racer
* Jens Weißflog, German ski jumper

## See also

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* Jens (disambiguation)

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## References

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1. ^ Nancy L. Coleman; Olav Veka (2010). A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 141\. ISBN 9780299248338.