Mikael is a masculine given name, a variant of the Hebrew name

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(מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God". It is used predominantly throughout

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and Finland.

Mikaela Michaela (Hebrew מיכאלה) is a female given name. It is a female form of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God". As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States, and 325th in Engla ...

is the feminine form of the name. In

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, the name is written Mikaël, a

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on the letter e, and is of

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origin. Notable people with the name Mikael or Mikaël include:

Entertainment

Mikael Birkkjær Mikael Birkkjær (born 14 September 1958) is a Danish actor. Raised in Copenhagen, Birkkjær trained at Skuespillerskolen at Odense Teater in 1985. He is best known internationally for his roles as Phillip Christensen in the Danish TV political d ...

(born 1958), Danish actor *

Mikael Håfström Jan Mikael Håfström is a Sweden, Swedish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the 2003 film ''Evil (2003 film), Evil'', and the movie adaptation of Stephen King's short story ''1408 (short story), 1408''. Early life Born in Lun ...

(born 1960), Swedish director and screenwriter * Mikael Nyqvist (1960–2017), Swedish actor *

Mikael Persbrandt Mikael Åke Persbrandt (; born 25 September 1963) is a Swedish actor. In Swedish films, he is perhaps best known for playing Gunvald Larsson in the ''Beck'' series of movies. He is internationally known for his starring role in the Academy Awar ...

(born 1963), Swedish actor *

Mikael Salomon Mikael Salomon (born 24 February 1945) is a Danish cinematographer, director and producer of film and television. After a long cinematography career in Danish cinema, he transitioned to the Hollywood film industry in the late 1980s, earning tw ...

(born 1945), Danish cinematographer, director and producer

Music

Mikael Åkerfeldt Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt (; born 17 April 1974)Mikael Åkerfeldt
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(born 1974), Swedish musician *

Mikael Gabriel Mikael Kristian Gabriel Sohlman (born 25 February 1990), professionally known as Mikael Gabriel or MG, is a Finnish rapper. He has released six solo albums and appeared as a featured guest on songs by artists such as Cheek, Lord Est, Robin and ...

(born 1990), Finnish rapper *

Mikael Jorgensen Mikael Jorgensen (born June 4, 1972) is an American musician known as the pianist and keyboardist for the band Wilco as well as a member of the bands Pronto and Quindar. Career Prior to his days in Chicago and with Wilco, Mikael honed his musical ...

(born 1972), American musician *

Mikael Stanne Bengt Mikael Stanne (born 20 May 1974) is a Swedish musician, best known as the vocalist, primary lyricist and a former guitarist for the melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. Since the departure of original drummer Anders Jivarp in 2021, ...

(born 1974), Swedish musician

Politics

* Mikael Cederbratt (1955–2020), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party *

Mikael Eskilandersson Kent Johan Mikael Eskilandersson (born 1977) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats party representing the Skåne County North and East constituency. Eskilandersson worked in forestry Forestry is the s ...

(born 1977), Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats * Mikael Jansson (born 1965), Swedish politician of Alternative for Sweden * Mikael Jungner (born 1965), Finnish politician of the Social Democratic Party *

Mikael Odenberg Mikael Ingemarsson Odenberg (born 14 December 1953) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He was a Member of Parliament from 1991 to 2006 and Minister for Defence in the Swedish government from 2006 to 2007. From 1 March 2008 to 28 Fe ...

(born 1953), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party *

Mikael Oscarsson Carl Robert ''Mikael'' Oscarsson, (born April 22, 1967) in Ödeshög in Östergötland County, is a Swedish politician for the Christian Democratic party. He's been a member for the Swedish Riksdag since 1998, taking up the number 28 seat fo ...

(born 1967), Swedish politician for the Christian Democrats *

Mikael Strandman Mikael Strandman (born 1966) is a Swedish politician who is a member of the Riksdag representing the Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats ( , SD ) is a Nationalism, nationalist and Right-wing populism, right-wing populist political party in ...

(born 1966), Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats

Sports

Mikael Appelgren Kent Mikael Appelgren (born 15 October 1961 in Stockholm) is a Swedish former table tennis player. Table tennis career He was 4-times World Champion, 9-times European Champion, 2-times Europe Top-12 winner, and World Cup winner. He also won ...

(born 1961), Swedish table tennis player *

Mikael Egill Ellertsson Mikael Egill Ellertsson (born 11 March 2002) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for club Venezia, on loan from Genoa, and the Iceland national team. Club career Mikael made his professional debut for SPAL on the 14 August ...

(born 2002), Icelandic footballer * Mikael Filipe Viana de Sousa, Brazilian footballer *

Mikael Forssell Mikael Kaj Forssell (born 15 March 1981) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently working as an assistant coach of HJK Helsinki, having previously worked as a youth coach for the club. Forssell bega ...

(born 1981), Finnish footballer *

Mikaël Grenier Mikaël Grenier (born October 17, 1992) is a Canadian racing driver from Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury. Career After karting, Grenier moved to Formula BMW Americas in 2008 with Apex-HBR Racing Team, finishing fourth in points with a pole at Road Amer ...

(born 1992), Canadian racing driver *

Mikael Hellström Mikael "Hella" Hellström (born 11 March 1972) is a Swedish retired footballer. Throughout his whole professional career he represented Hammarby IF, as a one club man. Early life Mikael Hellström started playing football at the local club ...

(born 1972), Swedish footballer *

Mikaël Kingsbury Mikaël Kingsbury (born July 24, 1992) is a Canadian freestyle skier. He is the most accomplished moguls and freestyle skier of all time. He achieved eminence early in his career after earning the 2009–10 FIS World Cup Rookie of the Year award ...

(born 1992), Canadian freestyle skier *

Mikael Lustig Carl Mikael Lustig (; born 13 December 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a right-back or centre-back. Beginning his career with Umeå FC in 2004, he went on to represent GIF Sundsvall, Rosenborg BK, Celtic, and ...

(born 1986), Swedish footballer *

Mikael Örn Mikael Gustaf Örn (born 29 November 1961) is a Swedish freestyle and medley swimmer whose notability, during the 1980s, stems from winning a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles. A native of the southwestern coastal ci ...

(born 1961), Swedish swimmer *

Mikaël Silvestre Mikaël Samy Silvestre (born 9 August 1977) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He is best known for a nine-year spell at Manchester United F.C., Manchester U ...

(born 1977), French footballer *

Mikael Tillström Mikael Tillström (born 5 March 1972) is a former tennis player and coach from Sweden. Career He represented his native country as at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was defeated in the third round by Switzerland's Roger Federer. ...

(born 1972), Swedish tennis player * Mikael Wikstrand (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey player

Fictional characters

Mikael Blomkvist Mikael Blomkvist is a fictional character created by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson. He is a main character of Larsson's award-winning ''Millennium'' series, along with Lisbeth Salander. Profile Name Larsson stated in interviews ...

, from the ''Millennium'' series of Swedish crime novels, created by journalist Stieg Larsson * Mikael, from '' The Originals''

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