Åke

Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name Anicho, derived from ano meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/Norwegian Åge or Aage. Åke is uncommon as a surname. People with the name Åke include: Åke Åkerström (1902–1991), Swedish archaeologist and classical scholar Åke Andersson (1906–1982), Swedish footballer Åke Andersson (1917–1983), Swedish footballer Åke Andersson (1918–1982), Swedish ice hockey player, footballer, bandy player, and coach Åke Andersson (1925–2005), Swedish long-distance runner Åke Andersson (born 1936), Swedish speedway rider Åke Backström (1919–2005), Finnish diplomat Åke Bergman (1896–1941), Swedish swimmer Åke Bergqvist (1900–1975), Swedish Olympic sailor Åke Berntsson (1934–2016), Swedish rower Åke Bonnier (born 1957), Swedish Bishop Åke Borg (1901–1973), Swedish swimmer Åke Call (born 1942), Swedish sports shooter Åke Carlsson (1936–2007), Swedish wrestler Åke Claesson (1889–1967), Swedish actor Åke Dahlqvist (1901–1991), Swedish cinematographer Åke Edwardson (born 1953), Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University Åke Ekman (1912–1965), Finnish speed skater Åke Gerhard Ekstrand (1846–1933), Swedish chemist and public servant Åke Eliaeson (1923–2015), Swedish tennis player Åke Ericson (born 1962), Swedish photojournalist and documentary photographer Åke Ericson (1913–1986), Swedish ice hockey player Åke Falck (1925–1974), Swedish film director Åke Fiskerstrand (born 1948), Norwegian rower Åke Fjästad (1887–1956), Swedish footballer Åke Fridell (1919–1985), Swedish film actor Åke Gartz (1888–1974), Finnish politician Åke Gerhard (1921–2009), Swedish songwriter Åke Green (born 1941), Swedish Pentecostal Christian pastor Åke Grönberg (1914–1969), Swedish actor Åke Grönhagen (1885–1974), Swedish pentathlete and fencer Åke Grönlund, Swedish table tennis player Åke Gustafsson (1908–1988), Swedish botanist and geneticist Åke Häger (1897–1968), Swedish Olympic gymnast Åke Hallgren (1918–2005), Swedish triple jumper Åke Hallman (1912–1973), Swedish footballer Åke Hammarskjöld (1893–1937), Swedish lawyer and diplomat Åke Hansson (1903–1981), Swedish footballer Åke Hansson (1927–2015), Swedish footballer Åke Hedberg (1929–1971), Swedish weightlifter Åke Hedvall (1910–1969), Swedish discus thrower Åke Hellman (1915–2017), Finnish centenarian, art professor and painter Åke Hodell (1919–2000), Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, text-sound composer, and artist Åke Hök (1889–1963), Swedish Army officer and horse rider Åke Holmberg (1907–1991), Swedish writer and translator Åke Hultberg (born 1949), Swedish equestrian Åke Jansson (1916–1998), Swedish long-distance runner Åke Jensen (1912–1993), Swedish actor and singer Åke Jönsson (1925–1998), Swedish footballer Åke Jonsson (1919–2007), Swedish diplomat Åke Jonsson (born 1942), Swedish motocross racer Åke Johansson (1928–2014), Swedish footballer Åke Julin (1919–2008), Swedish water polo player Åke Karlsson (1911–1958), Finnish boxer Åke Kastlund (1916–1999), Swedish prelate Åke Kromnow (1914–1986), Swedish archivist Åke Larsson (1931–2017), Swedish footballer Åke Lassas (1924–2009), Swedish ice hockey player Åke Lindblom (1919–1992), Swedish sports shooter Åke Lindemalm (1910–2004), Swedish Navy officer Åke Lindman (formerly Åke Järvinen) (1928–2009), Finnish director and actor Åke Lindström (1928–2002), Swedish actor and film director Åke Lundeberg (1888–1939), Swedish sport shooter Åke Lundqvist (1936–2021), Swedish actor Åke Mangård (1917–1998), Swedish Air Force major general Åke Nauman (1908–1995), Swedish Olympic water polo player Åke Nilsson (1927–1991), Swedish alpine skier Åke Nilsson (1937–2005), Swedish sprint canoeist Åke Nilsson (born 1945), Swedish javelin thrower Åke Nilsson (born 1982), Swedish golfer Åke Nordin (1936–2013), Swedish entrepreneur Åke Öberg (born 1937), Swedish professor Åke Ödmark (1916–1994), Swedish high jumper Åke Ohberg (1905–1975), Swedish actor and film director Åke Ohlmarks (1911–1984), Swedish author, translator, and scholar Åke Olivestedt (1924–1998), Swedish cyclist Åke Olsson (1934–2009), Swedish chess player Åke Olsson, Swedish footballer Åke Ortmark (1929–2018), Swedish journalist, author and radio and television presenter Åke Parmerud (born 1953), Swedish electroacoustic music composer Åke Persson (1932–1975), Swedish jazz trombonist Åke Pettersson (1926–2000), Finnish footballer Åke Pettersson, Swedish footballer Åke Pleijel (1913–1989), Swedish mathematician Åke Pousette (born 1949), Swedish andrologist Åke Rakell (1935–2012), Swedish table tennis player Åke Rusck (1912–1977), Swedish businessman Åke Rydberg (born 1938), Swedish ice hockey player and footballer Åke Sagrén (1935–2022), Swedish Army officer Åke Samuelsson (1913–1995), Swedish footballer Åke Sandgren (born 1955), Swedish-Danish film director and screenwriter Åke Sandin (born 1944), Swedish sprint canoer Åke Sellström (born 1948), Swedish academic and arms specialist Åke Senning (1915–2000), Swedish cardiac surgeon Åke Seyffarth (1919–1998), Swedish speed skater Åke W. Sjöberg (1924–2014), Swedish Assyriologist Åke Sjölin (1910–1999), Swedish diplomat Åke Skyttevall (born 1956), Swedish basketball player Åke Söderblom (1910–1965), Swedish actor, screenwriter, and songwriter Åke Söderlund (1925–2002), Swedish racewalking athlete Åke Stenborg (1926–2010), Swedish chess player Åke Stenqvist (1914–2006), Swedish sprinter and long jumper Åke V. Ström (1909–1994), Swedish theologian Åke Strömmer (1936–2005), Swedish sports journalist, radio presenter, and television host Åke Sundborg (1921–2007), Swedish geomorphologist and hydrologist Åke Svenson (born 1953), Swedish middle-distance runner Åke Thelning (1892–1979), Swedish Olympic horse rider Åke Henriksson Tott (1598–1640), Swedish soldier and politician Åke Uddén (1903–1987), Swedish violist, composer, conductor, and music educator Åke Wallenquist (1904–1994), Swedish astronomer Åke Wärnström (1925–2018), Swedish boxer Åke Wihtol (1924–2002), Finnish lawyer and politician Karl-Åke Asph (born 1939), Swedish Olympic cross country skier Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 1958), retired Swedish ice hockey player, now head coach of the Swedish national ice hockey team Lars-Åke Lagrell (1940–2020), Swedish sports personality; President of the Swedish Football Association Sven-Åke Lundbäck (born 1948), Swedish Olympic cross-country skier

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