Aksel

See Kusaila for the 7th-century Beber leader.
Aksel is a Scandinavian masculine given name, a variant of Axel.
People with the name include:
Aksel Agerby (1889–1942), Danish composer, organist, and music administrator
Aksel Airo (1898–1985), Finnish lieutenant general and main strategic planner
Aksel Andersen (1912–1977), Danish-American organist and composer and organ professor and examinist
Aksel Berg (1893–1979), Soviet scientist and Navy Admiral (in Engineering)
Aksel Berget Skjølsvik (born 1987), Norwegian professional football player
Aksel Bonde Hansen (born 1918), Danish rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen (1924–2010), Danish professor of meteorology at University of Copenhagen
Aksel Duun (1921–1987), Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s
Aksel Fossen (born 1919), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
Aksel Gresvig (1876–1958), Norwegian track cyclist, sports administrator and businessman
Aksel Hagen, Norwegian politician and member of the Storting
Aksel Hennie (born 1975), Norwegian actor, director and writer
Aksel Larsen (1897–1972), Danish politician who was chairman of the Communist Party of Denmark
Aksel Lund Svindal (born 1982), Norwegian alpine skier from Kjeller
Aksel Magdahl (born 1979, Tönsberg), Norwegian navigator
Aksel Nielsen (1901–1984), philanthropist, founder of the Mortgage Banking Association’s School of Mortgage Banking
Aksel Sørensen (1891–1955), Danish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
Aksel Sandemose (1899–1965), novelist, born in Nykøbing, Mors Island, Denmark
Aksel Schiøtz (1906–1975), Danish tenor and Lieder singer
Aksel Zachariassen (1898–1987), Norwegian politician, newspaper editor, secretary and writer
Kaj Aksel Hansen (1917–1987), Danish football (soccer) player and manager

---

Cognate of the Biblical Absalom: the father is peace.

Ásketill, Absalom, Axel, Askel, Absolon

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Aksel Hennie	1975	Norwegian actor and director
2	Aksel Lund Svindal	1982	Norwegian alpine skier
3	Aksel V. Johannesen	1972	Faroese politician
4	Aksel Sandemose	1899	Norwegian author
5	Aksel Støren Aschjem	1989	Norwegian actor
6	Aksel Airo	1898	Finish Army general
7	Aksel Larsen	1897	Danish politician
8	Aksel Berg	1893	Soviet scientist and admiral
9	Gürsel Aksel	1938	Turkish association football player
10	Cem Aksel	1963
11	Aksel Schiøtz	1906	Danish opera singer
12	Malik Aksel		Turkish author
13	Aksel Fugelli	1968	Norwegian author
14	Aksel Hagen	1953	Norwegian politician
15	Aksel Braanen Sterri	1987
16	Aksel Berget Skjølsvik	1987	Footballer
17	Aksel Morisse	1972	Swedish actor
18	Nuri Aksel	1953	German engineer
19	Aksel Andersen	1912	Danish organist and composer
20	Aksel Nikanor Aarre-Davidsson
21	İhsan Şükrü Aksel		Turkish physician and psychiatrist
22	Aksel Tjora	1967
23	Aksel Bender Madsen	1916	Furniture designer
24	Aksel Agerby	1889	Danish composer
25	Aksel Jørgensen	1883	Danish painter
26	Aksel Zachariassen	1898	Norwegian politician
27	Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen	1924	Danish meteorologist
28	Aksel Vartanyan	1938	Journalist
29	Aksel Leth	1988	Danish actor
30	Aksel Refstad	1873	Norwegian Nordic combined skier
31	Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff	1922	Norwegian resistance fighter
32	Aksel Nielsen	1901	American banker, Eisenhower friend and advisor
33	Aksel Lydersen	1919	Professor in chemical engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology
34	Aksel Bonde Hansen	1918	Danish rower
35	Aksel Frederik Andersen	1891
36	Aksel Gürcan Demirtaş	1973	Turkish athlete
37	Aksel E. Christensen	1906	Danish historian
38	Aksel Waldemar Johannessen	1880	Norwegian painter and sculptor
39	Aksel Magdahl	1979	Norwegian sailor
40	Aksel Torvik Knutsen	1993	Norwegian actor
41	Aksel Quintus Bosz	1915	Belgian politician
42	Aksel Fossen	1919	Norwegian politician
43	Aksel Törnudd	1874
44	Aksel Nærstad	1952	Norwegian politician
45	Aksel Rasmussen	1924	Danish actor
46	Aksel Fronth	1925	Norwegian architect
47	Aksel Smith	1880	Norwegian author and publisher
48	Aksel Rykkvin	2003
49	Aksel Einola	1894	Finnish painter
50	Aksel Vuokko	1897
51	Aksel Duun	1921	Danish canoeist
52	Aksel Johan Smith	1910
53	Aksel Mikkelsen	1849	Danish educator
54	Aksel Telgmaa	1932
55	Aksel Falkenberg	1890
56	Aksel Pedersen	1912
57	Uğurtan Aksel	1936
58	Aksel M. Horsens	1898
59	Aksel Aarre
60	Aksel Olufsen	1901
61	Aksel Kristian Andersen Arstal	1855	Norwegian geographer and lecturer
62	Aksel Hansen	1907	Badminton player
63	Aksel Petersen	1897	Danish architect
64	Aksel Eng	1960	Norwegian politician
65	Aksel Poulsen	1983	Badminton player
66	Aksel Rafael Kurki	1880
67	Aksel Stevnsborg	1896	Danish actor
68	Aksel Gresvig	1941
69	Aksel Konrad Mikkola	1891	Norwegian politician
70	Aksel Haav
71	Aksel Selmer	1958	Norwegian writer
72	Aksel Emil Brander		Finnish politician
73	Aksel Heidemann	1955
74	Aksel Aarhaug	1921	Norwegian writer and missionary
75	Aksel Kjær Vidnes	1981	Norwegian contributing editor
76	Aksel Bjerke	1900	Norwegian politician
77	Aksel Andersson	1851	Swedish librarian
78	Aksel Thorsager	1933
79	Aksel Steen	1849	Norwegian meteorologist
80	Aksel Niska	1926	Norwegian musician
81	Aksel Rosenlund	1966
82	Aksel Jaanisoo	1924
83	Aksel Werner Ruusuvaara	1867	Finnish politician
84	Aksel Midtkandal	1910
85	Aksel Olsen	1868	Norwegian contributing editor
86	Aksel Sørensen	1910
87	Aksel Tiideberg	1930
88	Aksel Jensen	1895
89	Aksel Nikolajsen	1901
90	Aksel Miinala	1902	Finnish journalist
91	Aksel Lihr	1887	Finnish speed skater
92	Aksel Møller	1906	Danish politician
93	Aksel Erhardsen	1927	Danish actor
94	Aksel Saltvik	1888
95	Aksel Josephson	1860	Swedish librarian
96	Aksel Madsen	1899
97	Aksel Irgens	1863
98	Aksel Kloster	1948	Norwegian politician
99	Aksel Asmussen
100	Aksel Nõmmela	1994	Cyclist