Kjell
Kjell is a male name .
Origin and meaning
Kjell is a Swedish and Norwegian male given name, a variant of the Swedish given name Kettil, which in turn was derived from the Old Norse name Ketill with the original meaning “boiler”, later also “helmet”. The Danish form of the name is Kjeld .
Well-known namesake
First name
- Kjell Askildsen (* 1929), Norwegian writer
- Kjell Magne Bondevik (* 1947), Norwegian politician
- Kjell Borgen (1939–1996), Norwegian politician
- Kjell Arne Bratli (* 1948), Norwegian author and Defense Commissioner of the Norwegian Parliament
- Kjell Carlström (* 1976), Finnish cyclist
- Kjell Ola Dahl (* 1958), Norwegian writer
- Kjell Dahlin (* 1963), Swedish ice hockey player
- Kjell Eberhardt (* 1961), German political official
- Kjell Eriksson (* 1953), Swedish author, politician and gardener
- Kjell-Olof Feldt (* 1931), Swedish social democratic politician
- Kjell-Børge Freiberg (* 1971), Norwegian politician
- Kjell Isaksson (* 1948), Swedish athlete
- Kjell Johansson (writer) (born 1941), Swedish writer
- Kjell Johansson (table tennis player) (1946–2011), Swedish table tennis player
- Kjell Johansson (tennis player) (born 1951), Swedish tennis player
- Kjell Jonevret (* 1962), Swedish football player and coach
- Kjell Mørk Karlsen (* 1947), Norwegian composer and church musician
- Kjell Kleppe (1934–1988), Norwegian biochemist and molecular biologist
- Kjell Köpke (* 1987), German handball player
- Kjell Landsberg (* 1980), German handball player
- Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García (1930–2009), Guatemalan general and politician
- Kjell Lauri , Swedish orienteer
- Kjell-Rune Milton (* 1948), Swedish ice hockey player
- Kjell Nilsson (weightlifter) (born 1949), Swedish weightlifter and actor
- Kjell Nilsson (cyclist) (* 1962), Swedish cyclist
- Kjell-Åke Nilsson (* 1942), Swedish high jumper
- Kjell Opseth (1936-2017), Norwegian politician
- Kjell Arild Pollestad (* 1949), Norwegian writer and Catholic priest
- Kjell Rasmussen (* 1927), Norwegian diplomat
- Kjell Inge Røkke (* 1958), Norwegian entrepreneur
- Kjell Rosén (1921–1999), Swedish football player and official
- Kjell Erik Sagbakken (* 1970), Norwegian ski jumper
- Kjell Samuelsson (* 1958), Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- Kjell Bloch Sandved (1922–2015), Norwegian photographer and non-fiction author
- Kjell Schneider (* 1976), German national beach volleyball player
- Kjell Sjöberg (1937-2013), Swedish ski jumper
- Kjell Søbak (* 1957), Norwegian biathlete
- Kjell-Erik Ståhl (* 1946), Swedish marathon runner
- Kjell Sundvall (* 1953), Swedish director
- Kjell Westö (* 1961), Finnish writer
family name
- Bradley Kjell (* 19 **), American computer scientist
Fictional character
- Kjell Jensen , character in the Norwegian Olsen Gang
additional
- Kjell Roos Band , a Swedish dansband
See also
Web links
Wiktionary: Kjell - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
