Sissel is a Norwegian female given name, a variant of
Cecilia
Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
History
The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for g ...
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Notable people called Sissel include:
Real people
* Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn (1947–2011), a Norwegian poet and children's writer
* Sissel Birgitte Breie (born 1953), a Norwegian diplomat
* Sissel Buchholdt, née Brenne (born 1951), a Norwegian handball player
* Sissel Grottenberg (born 1956), a retired Norwegian long-distance runner
* Sissel Knutsen Hegdal (born 1965), a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
* Sissel Kyrkjebø (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 (born 1942), a Norwegian novelist, translator, playwright and professor in Romance languages and literature at the University of Trondheim
* Sissel Benneche Osvold (born 1945), a Norwegian journalist
* Sissel Vera Pettersen (born 1977, a Norwegian jazz vocalist, saxophonist and composer
* Sissel Rønbeck (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, 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, also called sissel bread
See also
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* ''Sissel'' (album), the 1986 debut album from Sissel Kyrkjebø
* ''Sissel'' (2002 album), an album by Sissel Kyrkjebø
* Sandi Sissel (born 1949), an American cinematographer, director and producer
* ''Sissel'' v. ''United States Department of Health & Human Services'', a 2014 lawsuit challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
* Sissela Sissela is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Sissela Bok
Sissela Bok (born Myrdal; 2 December 1934) is a Swedish-born American philosopher and ethicist, the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners: Gunnar Myrdal who won the Econo ...
, a Swedish given name
* Cissel (disambiguation) Cissel may refer to:
* Jewish rye bread, also called cissel bread
* Chuck Cissel (born 1948), American entertainer
* Lee Cissel (1932–1977), American football coach
See also
* Dickcissel
*Sisal
Sisal (, ; ''Agave sisalana'') is a species of ...
References
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Norwegian feminine given names
Feminine given names