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DeutschJens (given name)
| Pronunciation | German: [ˈjɛns] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Danish, Dutch, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Johannes |
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Jens is a male given name and a Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Faroese and Frisian derivative of Johannes. It was the top given name for boys in Denmark in 2008.[1]
People with the name include:
- Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game developer
- Jens Blauenfeldt, television actor, screenwriter, and director for Danmarks Radio
- Jens Cajuste, Swedish football player
- Jens Eriksen, Danish Olympic badminton player
- Jens Fink-Jensen, Danish author, composer and photographer
- Jens Gad, musician and composer
- Jens Geier, German politician
- Jens Peter Hansen, Danish Olympic footballer
- Jens Jensen (landscape architect), Danish-American landscape architect
- Jens Jensen (politician), Australian politician and Minister for the Navy
- Jens Jensen (trade unionist), Danish trade unionist and politician
- Jens Kristian Jensen, Danish gymnast
- Jens Jeremies, German footballer
- Jens Johansson, Swedish keyboardist and pianist
- Jens Kidman, Swedish vocalist of the band Meshuggah
- Jens Lapidus, Swedish author
- Jens Larsen, Danish volleyball player and coach
- Jens Peter Larsen, Danish musicologist and conductor
- Jens Lehmann, German footballer
- Jens Lekman, Swedish pop musician
- Jens Lieblein, Norwegian egyptologist
- Jens Lindhard, Danish physicist
- Jens Lindhardt, Danish rower
- Jens Otto Krag, former Prime Minister of Denmark
- Jens Meilvang (born 1981), Danish politician
- Jens Johnnie "Little Evil" Pulver, first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion
- Jens Salumäe, Estonian Olympic ski jumper
- Jens Christian Skou, Danish Nobel Prize winner (Chemistry 1997)
- Jens Spahn, German politician
- Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO and former Prime Minister of Norway
- Jens Stryger Larsen, Danish footballer
- Jens Toornstra, Dutch footballer
- Jens Voigt, German professional road bicycle racer
- Jens Weißflog, German ski jumper
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References
[edit]- ^ Nancy L. Coleman; Olav Veka (2010). A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 141. ISBN 9780299248338.