Niels 3512179 197440982 2008-03-11T09:50:05Z Betacommand 509520 fix category caps '''Niels''' is a common [[Denmark|Danish]] man's name, equivalent to [[Nicholas]]. The Swedish variant is Nils. It may refer to: In '''science''': * [[Aage Niels Bohr]], Danish physicist and the son of Margrethe and Niels Bohr * [[Niels Bohr]], Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics * [[Niels Ferguson]], Dutch cryptographic engineer and consultant who currently works for Microsoft * [[Niels Kaj Jerne]], Danish immunologist * [[Niels Krabbe]], ornithologist * [[Niels Ryberg Finsen]], Faroese/Danish physician and scientist In '''Danish music''': * [[Niels Bonke]], Danish drummer, pianist and composer * [[Niels Viggo Bentzon]], Danish composer and pianist * [[Niels Wilhelm Gade]], Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher * [[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen]], Danish jazz bassist known for his impressive technique In '''politics''': * [[Niels Busk]], Danish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Venstre * [[Niels Helveg Petersen]], Danish politician * [[Niels Neergaard]], Danish historian and political figure * [[Niels Treschow]], Norwegian philosopher and politician In '''sports''': * [[Niels Christian Kaldau]], Daish male badminton player * [[Niels Feijen]], Dutch three-time European straight pool champion * [[Niels van Steenis]], Dutch rower * [[Niels van der Zwan]], Dutch rower In '''Danish royalty''': * [[Niels Ebbesen]], Danish squire and national hero * [[Niels of Denmark]], king of Denmark following his brother Eric I In '''Danish artistry''': * [[Niels Hansen Jacobsen]], Danish sculptor and ceramist * [[Niels Lauritz Høyen]], the first Danish art historian and critic In '''military''': * [[Niels Jonsson Stromberg af Clastorp]], Swedish soldier and Governor-General of Swedish Estonia from 1706 to 1709 * [[Niels Juel]], Danish admiral In '''other fields''': * [[Niels Aagaard]], professor at Sorø Academy * [[Niels Henrik Abel]], Norwegian mathematician * Niels Nielsen, official caretaker of the [[Old Man of the Mountain]] * [[Niels Hemmingsen]] (Nicolaus Hemmingius) 1513–1600, Danish theologian == See also == * [[Nicholas]] {{given name}}<!-- It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a given name --> [[Category:Danish masculine given names]] [[da:Niels]] [[de:Nils]] [[nl:Niels]] [[no:Nils]] [[nn:Nils]] [[sv:Nils]]