Mats is a given name, a Scandinavian and Estonian form of
Matthew
Matthew may refer to:
* Matthew (given name)
* Matthew (surname)
* ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497
* ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith
* Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Chi ...
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Matthias Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew.
People
Notable people named Matthias include the following:
In religion:
* Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot ...
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Mats Berglind
Mats Berglind (195223 September 2016) was a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Uppsala County
Uppsala County ( sv, Uppsala län) is a county or '' l ...
(1952–2016), Swedish politician
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Mats Bergman
Mats Bergman (born 5 May 1948) is a Swedish actor.
He is the son of director Ingmar Bergman and Ellen Lundström, twin brother of actress Anna Bergman, and a half-brother of Swedish- Norwegian author Linn Ullmann.
Biography
Bergman graduated f ...
(born 1948), Swedish actor
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Mats Eilertsen
Mats Eilertsen (born 4 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He is known for recording with numerous bands, including the Maria Kannegaard Trio, Ola Kvernberg, Nils Økland, Eldbjørg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, Sv ...
(born 1975), Norwegian jazz musician and composer
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Mats Ekman
Mats Ekman (12 March 1865 – 13 March 1934) was an Estonian-Swedish poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinke ...
(1865–1934), Estonian poet
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Mats Engman
Major General Mats Erik Engman (born 13 April 1954) is a retired officer in the Swedish Air Force. Engman has served as Deputy Director of Military Intelligence & Security, as Deputy Chief of Policy and Plans Department and as head of the Swedi ...
(born 1954), Swedish Air Force major general
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Mats Frøshaug
Mats Frøshaug (born 31 July 1988, in Manglerud, Norway) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player who is currently with Västervik of HockeyAllsvenskan.
Club career
Early career
Frøshaug grew up playing for Manglerud Star. At the age ...
(born 1988), Norwegian ice hockey player
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Mats Grorud
Mats Grorud (born 1 August 1976) is a Norwegian director and animator. He is best known for his work on the films '' The Tower'', ''Min Bestemor Beijing'' and more.
Life and career
Mats was born and raised in Tønsberg, Norway. He studied an ...
(born 1976), Norwegian director and animator
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Mats Gren
Mats Åke Gren (born 20 December 1963) is a Swedish football coach and former player who played as a defender. He played for IFK Göteborg and Grasshopper during a professional career that spanned between 1978 and 2000. A full international bet ...
(born 1963), Swedish footballer and coach
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Mats Gustafsson
Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player.
Career
Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986), as member of Gunter Chri ...
(born 1964), Swedish saxophone player
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Mats Haakenstad (born 1993), Norwegian footballer
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Mats Hellström
Mats Hellström (born 12 January 1942 in Stockholm) is a Sweden, Swedish Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democratic politician. He was Minister of Commerce and Industry (Sweden), Minister of Foreign Trade from 1983 to 1986, Minister for Ag ...
(born 1942), Swedish politician
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Mats Hinze
Mats Michael Hinze (born 22 September 1970), also known as The Olympic bomber ( sv, OS-bombaren), is a Swedish Right-wing anarchist who was caught carrying a backpack containing explosives by Millesgården in 1997.
Political career
Hinze was b ...
(born 1970), Swedish far right-wing anarchist and attempted bomber
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Mats Hummels (born 1988), German footballer
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Mats Johansson (1951–2017), Swedish journalist and politician
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Mats Jonsson (born 1957), Swedish rally driver
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Mats André Kaland (born 1989), Norwegian footballer
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Mats Kettilmundsson
Mats Kettilmundsson (also Mattias) (ca. 1280 - died 11 May 1326) was a Swedish knight, riksdrots and statesman.
Biography
In 1302, Mats Kettilmundsson was one of the knights and confidants of Duke Eric Magnusson (c. 1282–1318).
He presided ...
(ca. 1280–1326), Swedish knight, riksdrots and statesman
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Mats Kirkebirkeland
Mats Kirkebirkeland (born 8 May 1989) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the term 2017–2021. In total he met during 175 days of parliamentary ...
(born 1989), Norwegian politician
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Mats Laarmann (1873–1964), Estonian politician
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Mats Lanner
Mats Åke Lanner (born 5 March 1961) is a Swedish professional golfer, who formerly played on the European Tour. In 1987, he became the second Swedish player to win a European Tour tournament.
Early life and amateur career
Lanner was born in Go ...
(born 1961), Swedish golfer
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Mats Lidström
Mats Lidström (born 1959) is a Swedish solo cellist, recording artist, chamber musician, composer, teacher and publisher.
His first teacher was Maja Vogl, of the music conservatory in Gothenburg. He then went on to study at the Juilliard Schoo ...
(born 1959), Swedish cellist, chamber musician, composer, teacher and publisher
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Mats Lillebo
Mats Størseth Lillebo (born 29 July 1994) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Stjørdals-Blink.
Hailing from Skatval
Skatval is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the Skatval peni ...
(born 1994), Norwegian footballer
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Mats Magnusson
Mats Tuve Magnusson (born 10 July 1963) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Starting off his career with Malmö FF, he is best remembered for his time with Benfica with which he won two league titles, reached two ...
(born 1963), Swedish footballer
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Mats Møller Dæhli
Mats Møller Dæhli (born 2 March 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg and the Norway national team.
Born in Oslo, he was previously contracted to English club Manchester ...
(born 1995), Norwegian footballer
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Mats Moraing
Mats Hans Moraing (born 20 June 1992) is a German professional tennis player. He achieved his career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 115 on 23 May 2022.
Personal life
Mats is the son of former German tennis player Heiner Moraing and is co ...
(born 1992), German tennis player
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Mats Mõtslane
Mart Kiirats (6 January 1884 – 16 November 1956), also known by his pseudonym Mats Mõtslane, was an Estonian writer and politician.
Kiirats was born on 6 January 1884 in Tõstamaa in Pärnu County and became a writer. He was elected to the E ...
(1884–1956), Estonian writer and politician
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Mats Nilsson
Mats Nilsson (born December 5, 1983) is a Swedish grappler and retired mixed martial artist. Nilsson formerly competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the three time FILA Grappling world cham ...
(born 1983), Swedish grappler and mixed martial artist
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Mats Nilsson
Mats Nilsson (born December 5, 1983) is a Swedish grappler and retired mixed martial artist. Nilsson formerly competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the three time FILA Grappling world cham ...
(born 1956), Swedish Air Force officer
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Mats Nõges (1879–1973), Estonian physician, editor and politician
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Mats Odell (born 1947), Swedish politician
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Mats Rosseli Olsen
Mats Rosseli Olsen (born April 29, 1991) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for Frölunda HC in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Playing career
Mats Rosseli Olsen started his professional career in 2008 in the Norw ...
(born 1991), Norwegian ice hockey player
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Mats Paulson
Mats Paulson (born Maths Paul Ingemar Paulsson; 28 January 1938 – 19 September 2021) was a Swedish singer, poet, songwriter, and painter.''Nationalencyklopedin'' biographical entry about Mats Paulsson He released his first disc in 1964; ''Tango ...
(born 1938), Swedish singer and songwriter
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Mats Persson
Mats Persson (Bankeryd, 1978) is a Swedish consultant resident in the United Kingdom and former advisor of UK prime minister David Cameron on EU affairs.
Early life and education
Mats grew up in Bankeryd, Sweden. He moved at early age to the ...
, (born 1978), Swedish consultant and journalist
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Mats Persson, (born 1980), Swedish politician
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Mats Pertoft
Mats Olof Pertoft (born 1954) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Green Party, he represented Stockholm County between October 2006 and October 2010 and between September 2011 and ...
(born 1954), Swedish politician
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Mats Ronander
Mats Ronander (born 1 April 1954 in Sundsvall, Sweden) is a Swedish rock musician, guitar player, producer and composer.
Biography
Ronander was born in Sundsvall, but grew up in Örebro. At the age of sixteen he succeeded Peps Persson as singer i ...
(born 1954), Swedish rock musician
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Mats Rondin Mats Rondin (21 September 1960 – 11 October 2014) was a Swedish cellist and conductor.
Rondin studied with Gunnar Norrby at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and Erling Bengtsson Blöndal and Frans Helmerson at the Swedish Radio Music Sc ...
(1960–2014), Swedish cellist and conductor
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Mats Söderlund (born 1967), Swedish singer
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Mats Solheim (born 1987), Norwegian footballer
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Mats Sundin
Mats Johan Sundin (; born 13 February 1971) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL), retiring in 2009. Originally drafted first overall in 1989, Sundin played ...
(born 1971), Swedish ice hockey player
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Mats Traat
Mats Traat (23 November 1936 – 27 June 2022) was an Estonian poet, poetry translator, and author.
Career
Traat was born in Arula, Otepää Parish. He debuted in 1962 with a collection of poetry. He published over 20 anthologies of poetry. ...
(born 1936), Estonian poet and author
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Mats Wahl
Mats Wahl (born May 10, 1945 in Malmö, Sweden) is a Swedish author. He has published 43 books but also written several plays for the theatre, TV programs, novels and movies. ''Vinterviken'' (in English: the Winter bay) is one of his most famous ...
(born 1945), Swedish author
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Mats Wallberg
Mats Wallberg (born February 21, 1949, in Gunnarskog) is a former ice speed skater from Sweden, who represented his native country in two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan
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(born 1949), Swedish ice speed skater
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Mats Waltin
Mats Stefan Waltin (born 7 October 1953) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and former player. During his career he played 236 international matches and won Olympic bronze medals in 1980 and 1984, world championship silvers in 1977 and 1981, and wor ...
(born 1953), Swedish ice hockey player
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Mats Wiking
Mats Wiking (born 1961) is a Swedish politician. he serves as Member of the Riksdag representing the constituency of Västra Götaland County North. He was also elected as Member of the Riksdag in September 2022. He is affiliated with the Socia ...
(born 1961), Swedish politician
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Mats Wilander
Mats Arne Olof Wilander (; born 22 August 1964) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. From 1982 to 1988, he won seven major singles titles (three at the French Open, three at the Australian Open, and one at the US Open), and one majo ...
(born 1964), Swedish tennis player
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Mats Zuccarello
Mats André Zuccarello Aasen (born 1 September 1987) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey winger for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the New York Rangers and Dallas Stars. Prior to joining the NHL ...
(born 1987), Norwegian ice hockey player
See also
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Matthew (given name)
Matthew is an English language male given name. It ultimately derives from the Hebrew name "" (''Matityahu'') which means "Gift of Yahweh".
Etymology
The Hebrew name "" (Matityahu) was transliterated into Greek to "Ματταθίας" (''Mattat ...
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MATS (disambiguation)
References
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Estonian masculine given names
Norwegian masculine given names
Scandinavian masculine given names
Swedish masculine given names