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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), Sw ...
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Male (Planet symbols, symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or Egg cell, ovum, in the process of fertilisation. A male organism cannot sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and Asexual reproduction, asexually. Most male mammals, including male humans, have a Y chromosome, which codes for the production of larger amounts of testosterone to develop male reproductive organs. In humans, the word ''male'' can also be used to refer to gender, in the social sense of gender role or gender identity. Overview The existence of separate sexes has evolved independently at different times and in different lineage (evolution), lineages, an example of convergent evolution. The repeated pattern is sexual reproduction in isogamy, isogamous species with two or more mating types with gametes of identic ...
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Ã…ke Bergman
Åke Herman Gottfrid Bergman (26 May 1896 – 27 February 1941) was a Swedish swimmer. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in the 100 m backstroke event, but failed to reach the final. Bergman lived with his parents Anders and Berta near a public bath, where he started training in swimming. He later also played water polo but lost vision in one eye after an injury during a competition. He was a hatter Hat-making or millinery is the design, manufacture and sale of hats and other headwear. A person engaged in this trade is called a milliner or hatter. Historically, milliners made and sold a range of accessories for clothing and hairstyles. ... by profession, as his father owned a hat factory and had a daughter, Karin. References External links * 1896 births 1941 deaths Olympic swimmers for Sweden Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Swedish male backstroke swimmers Swimmers from Malmö 20th-century Swedish sportsmen Malmö SS swimmers {{Sweden-swi ...
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Ã…ke Ericson
Åke Ericson (born 29 November 1962) is a Swedish photojournalist and documentary photographer. Life and work Born in Västerås, Sweden. He had his first picture published when he 14 years old and started working as a photographer at the age of 16. After 12 years at various local newspapers in Sweden, he worked at Scandinavia's largest newspaper, ''Aftonbladet,'' where he worked for 10 years. Since 2000 he has been working as a freelance photojournalist. He has been working and travelling in many countries such as Russia, The Balkans, the Czech Republic, France, Slovakia and especially in the Kosovo region. He is affiliated with Redux Pictures in New York and his photography has been published in CNN, ''Newsweek,'' ''Paris Match,'' ''Le Figaro,'' ''Stern,'' ''Le Observatour'' and ''Le Monde.'' Beginning in 2009 Ericson photographed Romani people {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = R ...
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Ã…ke Eliaeson
Hans Ivar Åke Eliaeson (26 May 1923 – 24 January 2015) was a Swedish tennis player. Tennis career Eliaeson represented the Sweden Davis Cup team, Swedish Davis Cup team in the 1952 Davis Cup Europe Zone, 1952 Europe Zone second round tie against Chile Davis Cup team, Chile. He played the last singles rubber in Sweden's 5–0 victory. Eliaeson played in one Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament, the 1950 1950 U.S. National Championships (tennis), US Open, where he lost to Sam Match. Eliaeson won two amateur tournament titles, in 1951 at the Helsinki indoor event and in 1952 in Bad Schwartau, Germany. See also *List of Sweden Davis Cup team representatives References External links

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Ã…ke Gerhard Ekstrand
Åke Gerhard Ekstrand (28 December 1846 in Gränna – 9 April 1933), was a Swedish chemist and public servant. Ekstrand became a student in Uppsala in 1865, Bachelor of Arts in 1872, Docent in chemistry at Uppsala University in 1875 and the same year Doctor of Philosophy (Primus). As Byzantine scholar he studied chemistry 1877–1878 at the University of Zurich and the University of Munich. He was 1879-1889 the commercial chemist in Uppsala, was appointed in 1889 as a teacher at Chalmers educational institution in Gothenburg and was with beginning in 1890 the Technical Officer at the Ministry of Finance control and adjustment bureau, chief engineer 1907–1909 in the Inspection and Adjustment Board, and 1909–1913 in the Control Board. Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ekstrand, Ake Gerhard Swedish chemists 19th-century Swedish civil servants Academic staff of the Chalmers University of Technology Uppsala University alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science ...
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Ã…ke Ekman
Ã…ke Kay Ekman (14 November 1912 – 17 September 1965) was a Finnish speed skater. He competed in two events at the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Nazi Ger .... References 1912 births 1965 deaths Finnish male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Finland Speed skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Helsinki 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-speed-skating-bio-stub ...
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Ã…ke Edwardson
Åke Edwardson (born 10 March 1953 in Eksjö, Småland) is a Swedish author of detective fiction, and was previously a lecturer in journalism at University of Gothenburg, the city where many of his ''Inspector Winter'' novels are set. Edwardson has had many jobs, including as a journalist and press officer for the United Nations and his crime novels have made him a three-time winner of the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Award for Best Swedish Crime Novel Award, best crime novel. His first novel to be translated into English, in 2005, was ''Sun and Shadow''. The second, ''Never End'', followed in 2006. In a Spiegel Online interview on 21 June 2008, Edwardson declared that he would not write any more crime novels after 10 episodes about his protagonist Winter. Bibliography * ''Till allt som varit dött'' (1995) * ''Gå ut min själ'' (1996) * ''Genomresa'' (1999) * ''Jukebox'' (2003) * ''Winterland'' (2004) * ''Samurajsommar'' (2005) (young adult fiction) * ''Rum nummer 10'' (200 ...
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Ã…ke Dahlqvist
Åke Dahlqvist (1901–1991) was a Swedish cinematographer who worked on around a hundred films during his career.Chandler p.308 Selected filmography * ''Ingmar's Inheritance'' (1925) * '' The Red Day'' (1931) * '' Skipper's Love'' (1931) * '' Colourful Pages'' (1931) * '' Tired Theodore'' (1931) * '' Dante's Mysteries'' (1931) * '' Servant's Entrance'' (1932) * '' His Life's Match'' (1932) * '' Black Roses'' (1932) * '' Lucky Devils'' (1932) * '' Dear Relatives'' (1933) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1934) * ''The Marriage Game'' (1935) * '' The Family Secret'' (1936) * ''Intermezzo'' (1936) * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) * ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) * ''Dollar'' (1938) * '' A Woman's Face'' (1938) * '' June Nights'' (1940) * '' We're All Errand Boys'' (1941) * '' The Fight Continues'' (1941) * '' Tonight or Never'' (1941) * '' Ride Tonight!'' (1942) * '' There's a Fire Burning'' (1943) * '' Dolly Takes a Chance'' (1944) * '' The Invisible Wall'' (1944) * '' The Gall ...
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Ã…ke Claesson
Ã…ke Claesson (2 July 1889 – 29 May 1967) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1925 and 1962. Selected filmography * ''TvÃ¥ konungar'' (1925) - Carl Michael Bellman * '' Ulla, My Ulla'' (1930) - Carl Michael Bellman * '' The Bjorck Family'' (1940) - Karl (uncredited) * '' A Crime'' (1940) - Dr. Forenius * '' Life Goes On'' (1941) - Librarian (uncredited) * '' The Ghost Reporter'' (1941) - Opera Director Fridell (uncredited) * '' Dunungen'' (1941) - Borgström * ''VÃ¥rat gäng'' (1942) - Lindgren (uncredited) * ''En sjöman i frack'' (1942) - Captain * '' Flames in the Dark'' (1942) - Dr. Lundvall (uncredited) * '' The Case of Ingegerd Bremssen'' (1942) - Procecutor (uncredited) * '' Sun Over Klara'' (1942) - Carl Michael Bellman * '' Adventurer'' (1942) - Dr. Schonæus * '' General von Döbeln'' (1942) - Prästen * ''Ta hand om Ulla'' (1942) - Dr. Hjalmar Brander (uncredited) * ''Ungdom i bojor'' (1942) - Senior Lecturer * '' Nothing Is Forgo ...
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Ã…ke Carlsson
Ã…ke Evert Carlsson (24 October 1936 – 21 April 2007) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle welterweight at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar .... References External links * 1936 births 2007 deaths Swedish male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Sweden Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Västmanland County 20th-century Swedish sportsmen People from Arboga Municipality {{Sweden-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Ã…ke Call
Ã…ke Call (born 17 January 1942) is a Swedish sports shooter. He competed in the mixed skeet event at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal .... References External links * 1942 births Living people Swedish male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Sweden Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Motala 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-sportshooting-bio-stub ...
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Ã…ke Borg
Ã…ke Borg (18 August 1901 – 6 June 1973) was a Swedish swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic .... Teaming with his twin brother Arne he won a bronze medal at the 1924 Olympics and two European championship medals in the 4×200 m freestyle relay. References 1901 births 1973 deaths Swimmers from Stockholm Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Swedish twins Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Swedish male freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Stockholms KK swimmers Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub ...
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