Mikael

Mikael is a masculine given name, a variant of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God". It is used predominantly throughout Scandinavia and Finland. Mikaela is the feminine form of the name.[1] In France, the name is written Mikaël, a tréma on the letter e, and is of Breton origin.[2]

Notable people with the name Mikael or Mikaël include:

## Entertainment

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* Mikael Birkkjær (born 1958), Danish actor
* Mikael Håfström (born 1960), Swedish director and screenwriter
* Mikael Nyqvist (1960–2017), Swedish actor
* Mikael Persbrandt (born 1963), Swedish actor
* Mikael Salomon (born 1945), Danish cinematographer, director and producer

## Music

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* Mikael Åkerfeldt (born 1974), Swedish musician
* Mikael Gabriel (born 1990), Finnish rapper
* Mikael Jorgensen (born 1972), American musician
* Mikael Stanne (born 1974), Swedish musician

## Politics

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* Mikael Cederbratt (1955–2020), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party
* Mikael Eskilandersson (born 1977), Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats
* Mikael Jansson (born 1965), Swedish politician of Alternative for Sweden
* Mikael Jungner (born 1965), Finnish politician of the Social Democratic Party
* Mikael Odenberg (born 1953), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party
* Mikael Oscarsson (born 1967), Swedish politician for the Christian Democrats
* Mikael Strandman (born 1966), Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats

## Sports

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* Mikael Appelgren (born 1961), Swedish table tennis player
* Mikael Egill Ellertsson (born 2002), Icelandic footballer
* Mikael Filipe Viana de Sousa, Brazilian footballer
* Mikael Forssell (born 1981), Finnish footballer
* Mikaël Grenier (born 1992), Canadian racing driver
* Mikael Hellström (born 1972), Swedish footballer
* Mikaël Kingsbury (born 1992), Canadian freestyle skier
* Mikael Lustig (born 1986), Swedish footballer
* Mikael Örn (born 1961), Swedish swimmer
* Mikaël Silvestre (born 1977), French footballer
* Mikael Tillström (born 1972), Swedish tennis player
* Mikael Wikstrand (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey player

## Fictional characters

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* Mikael Blomkvist, from the Millennium series of Swedish crime novels, created by journalist Stieg Larsson
* Mikael, from The Originals

## See also

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* Mikaël (film), 1924 German film based on Herman Bang's novel of the same name
* All pages with titles beginning with Mikael
* All pages with titles containing Mikael
* Michael
* Mikkel
* Mikal (given name)
* Mikko

## References

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1. ^ Coleman, Nancy L.; Veka, Olav (2010). "Dictionary of Scandinavian Names". A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 38\. ISBN 978-0-299-24833-8.
2. ^ Sierra, Judy (1997). Celtic Baby Names: Traditional Names from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall & the Isle of Man. Folkprint. p. 85\. ISBN 978-0-9636089-5-6. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

## External links

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* The dictionary definition of Mikael at Wiktionary
* Media related to Mikael at Wikimedia Commons

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