Sissel is a Norwegian female given name, a variant of

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Notable people called Sissel include:

Real people

Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn (28 October 1947 – 14 July 2011) was a Norwegian poet and children's writer. She was born in Bardu Municipality. She made her literary début in 1978 with the book ''Den første avisa på Lofotveggen'', for which she was a ...

(1947–2011), a Norwegian poet and children's writer *

Sissel Birgitte Breie Sissel Birgitte Breie (born 9 September 1953) is a Norwegian diplomat. She was born in Oslo and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.polit. degree in 1981. She started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the sa ...

(born 1953), a Norwegian diplomat *

Sissel Buchholdt Sissel Karin Buchholdt, (born 17 June 1951) is a Norwegian handball player. Handball career Buchholdt played for the clubs Ronglan IL, SK Freidig and Skogn IL. She played 186 matches for the Norway women's national handball team, scoring 415 ...

, née Brenne (born 1951), a Norwegian handball player * Sissel Grottenberg (born 1956), a retired Norwegian long-distance runner *

Sissel Knutsen Hegdal Sissel Knutsen Hegdal (born 20 November 1965) is a Norwegian politician and lawyer formerly for the Conservative Party. She served as the mayor of Stavanger between 2023 and 2024, and was previously a deputy member of parliament for Rogaland betw ...

(born 1965), a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party *

Sissel Kyrkjebø Sissel Kyrkjebø (; born 24 June 1969), also known abroad as Sissel, is a Norwegian soprano. She is considered one of the world's top crossover sopranos. Her musical style ranges from pop recordings and folk songs to classical vocals and operati ...

(born 1969), also known as Sissel, Norwegian singer *

Sissel Lange-Nielsen Sissel Aabel Lange-Nielsen, née Herlofson (27 January 1931 – 28 September 2023) was a Norwegian writer, literary critic, and journalist. Born in Kristiansund, she won the Riksmål Society Literature Prize The Riksmål Society Literature Prize ...

, née Herlofson (born 1931), a Norwegian writer, literary critic, and journalist *

Sissel Lie Sissel Lie (born 12 November 1942) is a Norwegian novelist, translator, playwright and professor in Romance languages and literature at the University of Trondheim since 1992. Biography Sissel Lie was born in Kristiansand, in Vest-Agder county, ...

(born 1942), a Norwegian novelist, translator, playwright and professor in Romance languages and literature at the University of Trondheim *

Sissel Benneche Osvold Sissel Benneche Osvold (born 4 April 1945) is a Norwegian journalist. She was assigned to the newspaper ''Dagbladet'' for nearly 35 years, and received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 2007. Personal life Born in Stavanger on 4 April 1945, Bennec ...

(born 1945), a Norwegian journalist * Sissel Vera Pettersen (born 1977, a Norwegian jazz vocalist, saxophonist and composer *

Sissel Rønbeck Sissel Marie Rønbeck (born 24 May 1950 in Hammerfest, Finnmark) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Biography She was Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs 1979–1981, Minister of Environmental Affairs 1986–1989, a ...

(born 1950), a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party *

Sissel Sellæg Sissel Sellæg (10 February 1928 – 5 January 2014) was a Norwegian actress. She debuted in 1950 at the Studioteatret. She worked at Folketeatret in the years 1951–56, at Den Nationale Scene from 1959 to 1964 and at Oslo Nye Teater ...

(1928–2014), a Norwegian actress *

Sissel Tolaas Sissel Tolaas is a Norwegian artist and researcher known for her work with smell. Early life Sissel Tolaas was born in 1961 in Stavanger, Norway and is now based in Berlin. Tolaas has a background in chemistry, mathematics, linguistics, lan ...

, a contemporary Norwegian installation artist most widely known for her work with odours

Fictional characters

* Sissel, the male main character in the video game '' Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective''

Food

Jewish rye bread Jewish rye bread is a type of rye bread commonly made in Jewish communities. Due to the diaspora of the Jews, there are several geographical variations of the bread. The bread is sometimes called sissel bread or cissel bread, as ''sissel'' mean ...

, also called sissel bread

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