Kjell (name)
Encyclopedia
Kjell is a masculine
given name
in Norway
, Finland
and Sweden
, in Denmark
the cognate
is Kjeld or Keld. It is derived from the , meaning "kettle," "cauldron," or "helmet."
In 2007, there were 59,011 men in Sweden with "Kjell" as their first name, making it the 42nd most common masculine name in Sweden. In Swedish it is pronounced like "Chell". There were 30,809 men in Norway with "Kjell" as their first name. This makes it the 5th most common masculine name in Norway. In Denmark, 8079 men were called "Kjeld" and 5491 "Keld". In Finland
, the number of men called Kjell in 2008 was 1405.
Male
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given name
Given name
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in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
and Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
the cognate
Cognate
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is Kjeld or Keld. It is derived from the , meaning "kettle," "cauldron," or "helmet."
In 2007, there were 59,011 men in Sweden with "Kjell" as their first name, making it the 42nd most common masculine name in Sweden. In Swedish it is pronounced like "Chell". There were 30,809 men in Norway with "Kjell" as their first name. This makes it the 5th most common masculine name in Norway. In Denmark, 8079 men were called "Kjeld" and 5491 "Keld". In Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, the number of men called Kjell in 2008 was 1405.
Famous Kjells
- Kjell AlmskogKjell AlmskogKjell Erik Almskog is a Norwegian businessman. He is the former chief executive officer of several companies, including the Norwegian division of the ABB Group and Kværner.-Personal life and education:...
(born 1941), Norwegian businessman - Kjell AskildsenKjell AskildsenKjell Askildsen is a Norwegian writer. He is probably best known for his minimalistic short stories.-Personal life:He was born in Mandal as a son of bailiff and politician Arne Askildsen and Aasta Håverstad...
(born 1929), Norwegian writer - Kjell AukrustKjell AukrustKjell Aukrust was a Norwegian author, poet and artist. He was the nephew of Olav Aukrust. He is most famous for his memoirs of his childhood in Alvdal in the books Simen, Bonden and Bror Min, and his creation of the fictional Norwegian village of Flåklypa and its cast of idiosyncratic characters...
(1920–2002), Norwegian poet, author and artist - Kjell BækkelundKjell BækkelundKjell Bækkelund was a Norwegian classical pianist, born in Oslo. He was known as a child prodigy.Bækkelund made his debut with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of eight. His final years of study took place at Stockholm, with Professor Boon, and at Vienna, with Professor Seidlhofer...
(1930–2004), Norwegian classical pianist - Kjell BäckmanKjell BäckmanKjell Hilding Bäckman is a Swedish speed skater who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics.He was born in Göteborg.Bäckman won the bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in speed skating.-Personal records:-Olympic results:...
(born 1934), Swedish speed skater - Kjell BergKjell BergKjell Berg is a Norwegian curler.Berg has played in the lead position for his entire international career.Berg won a silver medal at the 1983 World Junior Curling Championships playing for Pål Trulsen...
, Norwegian curler - Kjell BergqvistKjell BergqvistKjell Bergqvist , born 23 February 1953 in Enskede, Stockholm County; Swedish actor.Bergqvist finished Dramatens elevskola in 1973 and made his debut in En enkel melodi and Jack. He has since cooperated for many years with scriptwriter and director Ulf Malmros...
(born 1953), Swedish actor - Kjell BjartveitKjell BjartveitOdd Kjell Bjartveit was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was born in Flekkefjord, took the cand.med. degree at the University of Oslo in 1951, and the dr.med. degree in 1983...
(1927–2011), Norwegian physician and politician - Kjell BohlinKjell BohlinKjell Gotfred Bohlin was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Røros. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Telemark in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions...
(1928–2011), Norwegian politician - Kjell BondevikKjell BondevikKjell Bondevik was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was born in Leikanger. He graduated with the cand.philol. and mag.art. degrees in 1927. He worked as a teacher and headmaster in schools in Oslo, Haugesund and Sauda...
(1901–1983), Norwegian politician and uncle of Kjell Magne - Kjell Magne BondevikKjell Magne BondevikKjell Magne Bondevik is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician . He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005, making him Norway's longest serving non-Labour Party Prime Minister since World War II...
(born 1947), former Norwegian prime minister and nephew of Kjell - Kjell BorgenKjell BorgenKjell Borgen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications from 1986 to 1988, Minister of Local Government 1988 to 1989 and 1990 to 1992. He served as County Governor of Hedmark from 1993 to his death.-Early life and career:He was born in...
(1939–1996), Norwegian politician - Kjell CarlströmKjell CarlströmKjell Carlström is a Finnish road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He has raced in the Tour de France in 2005, 2006 and 2007...
(born 1976), Finnish cyclist - Kjell ColdingKjell ColdingKjell Colding was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Oslo, and took the cand.jur. degree in his education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1958, and was promoted to assistant secretary in 1967...
(1931–2009), Norwegian diplomat and politician - Kjell DahlinKjell DahlinKjell Dahlin is a retired professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL in the mid 1980s.-NHL:Dahlin was drafted by the Canadiens in 1981 in the 4th round as the 82nd pick overall...
(born 1963), Swedish ice hockey player - Kjell ElvisKjell ElvisKjell Henning Bjørnestad , is a Norwegian professional Elvis impersonator: He is an Elvis look alike and has had plastic surgery to look more like Elvis. He is also a sound alike and has released a couple of albums with Elvis songs.Kjell Elvis was born in Farsund, was raised in Vanse, and...
(born 1968), Norwegian Elvis impersonator - Kjell EngebretsenKjell EngebretsenKjell Engebretsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1993, and was re-elected on two occasions....
(born 1941), Norwegian politician - Kjell ErikssonKjell ErikssonKarl Stig Kjell Eriksson is a Swedish crime-writer, author of the novels The Princess of Burundi and The Cruel Stars of the Night, the former of which was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in 2002...
(born 1953), Swedish author - Kjell EspmarkKjell EspmarkProfessor Kjell Erik Espmark , is a writer, literary historian, member of the Swedish Academy and Professor of the History of Literature at Stockholm University. He was elected to the Swedish Academy on 5 March 1981 and admitted on 20 December 1981. Kjell Espmark succeeded the linguist Elias Wessén...
(born 1930), Swedish author - Kjell-Olof FeldtKjell-Olof FeldtKjell-Olof Feldt is a Swedish Social Democratic politician, born 18 August 1931 in Holmsund, since 1974 a part of Umeå Municipality, Västerbottens län. Feldt was Minister of Trade 1970-1975, and assistant Minister of Finance 1975-1976...
(born 1931), Swedish politician - Kjell FjalsettKjell FjalsettKjell Sigurd Fjalsett is a Norwegian singer and musician.He made a name for himself in the Norwegian gospel and Christian pop scene as a teenager in the choir Believe, covering the song "Oh Happy Day" among other things. He later formed the gospel group Frisk Luft together with Rune Larsen, Ivar...
(born 1952), Norwegian musician - Kjell FjørtoftKjell FjørtoftKjell Fjørtoft was a Norwegian journalist, non-fiction writer, photographer and film maker, born in Tromsø.Fjørtoft wrote books about themes such as World War II, espionage and hunters. Among his books are Spionfamilien from 1986, about the convicted spy Selmer Nilsen and his family...
(1930–2010), Norwegian journalist and writer - Kjell GredeKjell GredeKjell Grede is a Swedish film director. He directed nine films between 1967 and 2003. He was married to actress Bibi Andersson from 1960 to 1973. His film Harry Munter was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. In 1991, his film Good Evening, Mr...
(born 1936), Swedish film director - Kjell HåkonsenKjell HåkonsenKjell Håkonsen is a Norwegian harness racing coach and coachman. During his career, he had 5531 starts and won 1094 races. He is best known for having trained and coached Spikeld and Rex Rodney who many rank as Norway's best coach horses of all time...
(1935–2011), Norwegian harness racing coach - Kjell HallbingKjell HallbingKjell Hallbing was a Norwegian author of Western books.Under the pseudonym Louis Masterson, he wrote a series of books about the fictitious Texas Ranger Morgan Kane during 1966-1978...
(1934–2004), Norwegian author - Kjell HeggelundKjell HeggelundKjell Heggelund is a Norwegian literary researcher, lecturer, editor, manager, lyricist, translator and literary critic.-Personal life:...
(born 1932), Norwegian literary researcher and lecturer - Kjell HellandKjell HellandKjell Edvard Helland is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1973, and was re-elected on three occasions....
(born 1940), Norwegian politician - Kjell HenriksenKjell HenriksenKjell Henriksen was a Norwegian scientist, professor at the University of Tromsø and researcher with a special interest in Polar Lights. For his effort in researching the Polar Lights a new observatory has been named after him, the Kjell Henriksen Observatory on Svalbard.- External links :* *...
(1938–1996), Norwegian scientist - Kjell HöglundKjell HöglundKjell Höglund is a Swedish singer-songwriter.Höglund, who found his musical breakthrough in the 1970s, is in his native country renowned for his mixture of realism, absurdism and surrealism.In 1992 he was nominated for a Grammis award for best male pop....
(born 1945), Swedish singer - Kjell Holler (1925–2000), Norwegian politician
- Kjell HolmströmKjell HolmströmKjell Albrekt Oliver Holmström was a Swedish bobsledder who competed in the 1950s and in the 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1953 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.Holmström also finished sixth in the four-man event and 15th in the two-man event at the...
(1916–1999), Swedish bobsledder - Kjell HovdaKjell HovdaKjell Hovda is a former Norwegian biathlete.He participated on the Norwegian team that received silver medals in 4 x 7.5 km relay in the 1973 Biathlon World Championships 1973 in Lake Placid. He received a bronze medal in 1974 in Minsk.-References:...
(born 1945), Norwegian biathlete - Kjell IsakssonKjell IsakssonKjell Gunnar Isaksson is a retired pole vaulter from Sweden, who broke the world record several times in 1972. Initially he broke the record set by Christos Papanikolaou of Greece and San Jose State University two years earlier, by jumping 5.51 metres in Austin, Texas--the second man to clear 18...
(born 1948), Swedish pole vault world record holder - Kjell Inge RøkkeKjell Inge RøkkeKjell Inge Røkke is a Norwegian businessman and among the richest people in Norway, controlling the Norwegian company Aker Solutions...
(born 1958), Norwegian investor - Kjell JennstigKjell JennstigKjell Jennstig is a Swedish musician and composer/songwriter.As a musician he is mostly known as guitarist in Swedish motorcycle group, Kenneth & the Knutters....
(born 1960), Swedish musician - Kjell Johansson, various people
- Kjell JonevretKjell JonevretKjell Jonevret is a Swedish football coach and a former player. He was hired as the manager for Molde FK in December 2006, but was forced to retire the 30th of August 2010 due to the football team not producing results and hitting a new record for matches not won in a row. Jonevret was the manager...
(born 1962), Swedish football manager and former player - Kjell KaspersenKjell KaspersenKjell Kaspersen is a former footballer from Norway. For many years he played goalkeeper for Skeid and the Norwegian national team. He became league champion in 1966, and was selected Player of the Year by VG in 1964....
(born 1939), Norwegian footballer - Kjell KnudsenKjell KnudsenKjell Knudsen is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Jevnaker. He spent his working career from 1948 to 1973 in the Norwegian State Railways. From 1973 to 1977, during Bratteli's Second Cabinet and Nordli's Cabinet, Knudsen was appointed State Secretary in...
(born 1931), Norwegian politician - Kjell Eugenio Laugerud GarcíaKjell Eugenio Laugerud GarcíaKjell Eugenio Laugerud García was President of Guatemala from 1 July 1974 to 1 July 1978. He was the son of a Norwegian father and Guatemalan mother....
(1930–2009), President of Guatemala - Kjell LauriKjell LauriKjell Lauri is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He was a Relay World Champion in 1979, as a member of the Swedish winning team. He also obtained silver medals in 1978 and 1985, and a bronze medal in 1983.-References:...
, Swedish orienteer - Kjell N. LindgrenKjell N. LindgrenKjell Norwood Lindgren is a current NASA astronaut. Lindgren was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20.-Biography:...
(born 1973), US astronaut - Kjell LönnåKjell LönnåKjell Lönnå is a Swedish choir leader, composer and TV host.Lönnå is one of the national conductors for the National Swedish Choir Association...
(born 1936), Swedish choir leader and composer - Kjell NilssonKjell NilssonKjell Nilsson is a Swedish olympic-class weight lifter and actor. His best known role is his 1981 portrayal of biker gang leader Lord Humungus in Mad Max 2.-Career:...
(born 1949), Swedish weightlifter and actor - Kjell A. NordströmKjell A. NordströmKjell Anders Nordström is a Swedish economist, writer and public speaker.Kjell A. Nordström was born in Skärholmen, a suburban district in southern Stockholm, but grew up on a small island in the Finnish Åland archipelago. His parents returned to Sweden in the 1960s...
(born 1958), Swedish economist, writer and public speaker - Kjell OlofssonKjell OlofssonKjell Olofsson is a Swedish footballer.-Time with Dundee United:Olofsson is perhaps best known for his time with Scottish club Dundee United with whom he joined at the start of the 1996/97 season...
(born 1965), Swedish footballer - Kjell OpsethKjell OpsethKjell Olav Opseth is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Transport and Communications 1990-1996 and Minister of Local Government Affairs 1996-1997.-References:...
(born 1936), Norwegian politician - Kjell OscariusKjell OscariusKjell Oscarius is a Swedish curler and World Champion. He won a gold medal at the 1973 World Curling Championships.-References:...
, Swedish curler - Kjell QvaleKjell QvaleKjell Qvale is a Norwegian-American business executive. Qvale is one of the key figures in the creation of the Jensen-Healey. Qvale became the first distributor for Jaguar on the Pacific West Coast. Qvale is one of the founders of the San Francisco Auto Show.-Early life:Kjell Qvale was born in...
(born 1919), Norwegian-American business executive - Kjell RisvikKjell RisvikKjell Risvik is a translator of literature into Norwegian from various languages, including Catalan, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.He was awarded the Brage Honorary Prize in 2006, along with his wife Kari Risvik....
(born 1941), Norwegian translater - Kjell RodianKjell RodianKjell Rodian is a cyclist from Denmark.He competed for Denmark in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the road race, individual event where he finished in second place.-References:*...
(born 1942), Danish cyclist - Kjell RoosKjell RoosKjell Roos, born 1956, is a Swedish guitarist and singer, who leads the Swedish dansband Kjell Roos Band, earlier known as Roosarna. In 1984 he married the Swedish singer Kikki Danielsson. They have two children but separated in 1999. They have done duets in songs as I juletid , Kvällens sista...
(born 1956), Swedish musician- Kjell Roos BandKjell Roos bandKjell Roos Band is a dansband in Vallsta, Sweden. The band was formed in 1969 by the brothers Kjell, Anders and Sven-Åke as Bröderna Roos . In the mid 1970s they changed their name to Roosarna. Since 1975, it is a full-time playing band...
, a Swedish band led by Roos
- Kjell Roos Band
- Kjell SamuelssonKjell SamuelssonKjell Samuelsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning...
(born 1958), Swedish professional hockey player - Kjell Bloch SandvedKjell Bloch Sandved- External links :*...
(born 1922), Norwegian author and lecturer - Kjell SchneiderKjell SchneiderKjell Schneider is a beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Julius Brink....
(born 1976), German beach volleyball player - Kjell SjöbergKjell SjöbergKjell Sjöberg is a Swedish ski jumper who competed during the 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the individual large hill competition at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo....
(born 1937), Swedish ski jumper - Kjell SøbakKjell SøbakKjell Søbak is a former Norwegian biathlete. At the 1984 Olympics of Sarajevo, Søbak finished second with the Norwegian relay team, which consisted of himself, Eirik Kvalfoss, Rolf Storsveen, and Odd Lirhus. In addition, he finished fourth in the sprint competition at the same Olympics.-References:...
(born 1957), Norwegian biathlete - Kjell-Erik StåhlKjell-Erik StåhlKjell-Erik Bertil Ståhl is a retired long-distance runner from Sweden. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, finishing in 19th place in Moscow. Ståhl twice won the Stockholm Marathon. He holds the Swedish record with 2:10:38 set in...
(born 1946), Swedish long-distance runner - Kjell StorelidKjell StorelidKjell Storelid is a former speed skater from Norway. Storelid's best achievement on the ice was two silver medals on 5,000 m and 10,000 m at the Winter Olympics 1994 in Lillehammer - behind Johann Olav Koss. In the two next Olympic games Storelid came 5th and 8th on 10,000 m...
(born 1970), Norwegian speed skater - Kjell StormoenKjell StormoenKjell Stormoen was a Norwegian actor, scenographer and theatre director.He was born in Bergen as a son of Trygve H. Stormoen and Hjørdis Henriksen . He was a first cousin of Guri Stormoen, and also related to Harald and Hans Stormoen...
(1921–2010), Norwegian actor and theatre director - Kjell StorvikKjell StorvikKjell Storvik is a Norwegian economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway.He is a cand.oecon. by education. From 1977 to 1981 he was the vice president of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association. He was then State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance for four years. He was appointed...
(born 1930), Norwegian economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway - Kjell SundvallKjell SundvallKjell Gösta Sundvall is a Swedish director/producer.Sundvall has directed a series of films about the police officer Martin Beck .-Selected filmography:*2011 - Jägarna 2...
(born 1953), Swedish director - Kjell WestöKjell WestöKjell Westö is a Finnish author and journalist. Westö writes in Swedish.In 2006, Westö won the prestigious Finlandia Prize for his novel Där vi en gång gått. He has been long-listed for the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.- Bibliography :* Tango orange * Epitaf över Mr...
(born 1961), Finnish author