Mads is a male given name, a Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Scandinavian form of the English name Matthew. Notable people with the name include:

Business

Mads Clausen Mads Clausen (21 October 1905 – 27 August 1966) born in Elsmark, parish of Havnbjerg, municipality of Nordborg in Denmark, was a Danish industrialist and founder of Danfoss in 1933. He died in transit from Elsmark to Sønderborg. He married ...

(1905–1966), Danish industrialist and founder of Danfoss * Mads Langaard (1815–1891), Norwegian brewery owner and industrialist * Mads Johansen Lange (1807–1856), Danish trader, entrepreneur and peacemaker on Bali

Music

Mads Arp Miro is a Danish electronic music duo consisting of Steen Thottrup and Mads Arp. Active since 1990, the group is known for producing trance, progressive house, and chill-out music. They gained international recognition with the release of Pure ...

, Danish composer, producer and electronic music pioneer * Mads Christian (born 2000), Danish singer * Mads Eriksen (born 1962), Norwegian guitarist and composer *

Mads Langer Mads Lillelund Langer ( né Langer Clausen; born 14 January 1984) is a Danish singer-songwriter, who became internationally known for his cover of " You're Not Alone" by the British band Olive. He is a multi platinum artist in his home country ...

(born 1984), Danish composer, singer-songwriter and pop musician born Langer Clausen *

Mads Tolling Mads Tolling (born July 5, 1980) is a Danish-American violinist, violist, composer and two-time Grammy Award-Winner. As a former member of the Turtle Island Quartet and bassist Stanley Clarke’s band, Tolling is today leading his own projects ...

(born 1980), Danish-American violinist and composer * Mads Tunebjerg, Danish bass player in the Danish rock band

Kashmir Kashmir ( or ) is the Northwestern Indian subcontinent, northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term ''Kashmir'' denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir P ...

Mads Vinding Mads Vinding (born 7 December 1948, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish jazz double-bassist. Music career Vinding began his professional career when he was 16 as the house bassist for Jazzhus Montmartre, a jazz club in Copenhagen. He has played ...

, Danish jazz

double-bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched chordophone in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass). It has ...

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Politics

* Mads Fuglede (born 1971), Danish politician *

Mads Gilbert Mads Fredrik Gilbert (born 2 June 1947) is a Norwegian physician, humanitarian, activist, and politician for the Red Party. He is a specialist in anesthesiology and head of the emergency medicine department at the University Hospital of North ...

(born 1947), Norwegian doctor, activist and politician * Mads Lauritz Madsen (1782–1840), Norwegian politician * Mads Rørvig, Danish politician

Sports

* Mads Albæk (born 1990), Danish footballer * Mads Andersen (rower) (born 1978), Danish rower *

Mads Burnell Mads Burnell (born March 6, 1994) is a Danish mixed martial artist who competes in featherweight division of Bellator MMA. Professional mixed martial artist since 2013, Burnell has also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Cag ...

(born 1994), Danish mixed martial artist * Mads Hermansen (born 2000), Danish footballer * Mads Juel Andersen (born 1997), Danish footballer *

Mads Glæsner Mads Glæsner (born 18 October 1988 in Tårnby) is a Danish swimmer. He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400 metre freestyle and the 1500 metre freestyle disciplines. His swimming club is Vallensbæk-VAT but he trains at the Na ...

(born 1988), Danish swimmer * Mads Jørgensen (born 1979), Danish retired footballer * Mads Jørgensen (footballer, born 1998), Danish footballer * Mads Junker (born 1981), Danish pundit and retired footballer * Mads Kaggestad (born 1977), Norwegian retired road racing cyclist * Mads Laudrup (born 1989), Danish professional football player who currently plays for

HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It ...

Mads Østberg Mads Østberg (born 11 October 1987) is a Norway, Norwegian Rallying, rally driver. His co-driver is Torstein Eriksen. Career Østberg competed in his first rally in 2004. His first World Rally Championship event was the 2006 Swedish Rally, in ...

(born 1987), Norwegian rally car driver * Mads Pedersen (badminton) (born 1990), Danish badminton player * Mads Pedersen (cyclist) (born 1995), Danish road racing cyclist, 2019 Road Race World Champion * Mads Pedersen (footballer, born 1993), Danish footballer * Mads Rasmussen (born 1981), Danish rower * Mads Roerslev (born 1999), Danish footballer *

Mads Timm Mads Timm (born 31 October 1984) is a retired Danish footballer who last played as a forward for Lyngby Boldklub. Playing career Spending his youth years at Odense, Timm joined English club Manchester United in the Premier League in 2000. He m ...

(born 1984), Danish footballer * Mads Valentin (born 1996), Danish footballer

Other fields

* Mads Alstrup (1808–1876), Danish portrait photographer * Mads Andersen (chess player) (born 1995), Danish chess grandmaster * Mads Andersen (poker player) (born 1970), Danish poker and backgammon player *

Mads Brügger Mads Brügger (; born 24 June 1972) is a Danish people, Danish filmmaker and TV host. Career Film Brügger's first two projects, the documentary series ''Danes for Bush'' and the feature ''The Red Chapel'', filmed in the United States and North ...

(born 1972), Danish filmmaker and TV host * Mads Eriksen (born 1977), Norwegian cartoonist * Mads Gram (1875–1929), Norwegian physician *

Mads Mikkelsen Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (; born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. He rose to fame in Denmark as an actor for his roles such as Tonny in the first two films of the Pusher (film series), ''Pusher'' film trilogy (1996, 2004), Detective Sergea ...

(born 1965), Danish actor * Mads Nissen (born 1979), Danish photojournalist *

Mads Sjøgård Pettersen Mads Sjøgård Pettersen (born 21 January 1984) is a Norwegian actor known for his role of Fredrik Kayser on mini-series ''The Heavy Water War ''The Heavy Water War'' (original title ' and alternative title ''The Saboteurs'' (United Kingdom ...

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Fictional characters

* Mads Nielsen, a character from a German

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