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Lasse is the nickname of the Scandinavian male given name Lars , but is also used as an independent name. Lars is again the Scandinavian or Finnish short form of the Latin first name Laurentius ; for the original meaning of the name see there . A similar Swedish nickname also exists for the given name Bo (nickname: Bosse ).

Well-known namesake

First name

• Lasse Åberg (* 1940), Swedish actor, director and musician
• Lasse Berghagen (* 1945), Swedish musician
• Lasse Boesen (* 1979), Danish handball player
• Lasse Braun (1936–2015), Italian film director
• Lasse Gjertsen (* 1984), Norwegian animator and musician
• Lasse Hallström (* 1946), Swedish film director
• Lasse Kjus (* 1971), Norwegian ski racer
• Lasse Kopitz (* 1980), German ice hockey player
• Lasse Kolstad (1922–2012), Norwegian film and stage actor and singer
• Lasse Kukkonen (* 1981), Finnish ice hockey player
• Lasse Lehtinen (* 1947), Finnish politician, journalist and writer
• Lasse Lindh (* 1974), Swedish indie pop musician
• Lasse Lunderskov (* 1947), Danish actor, musician and singer
• Lasse-Maja ( Lars Larsson Molin; 1785-1845), Swedish trick thief
• Lasse Münstermann (* 1979), German snooker player
• Lars "Lasse" Nilsson (* 1982), Swedish football player
• Lasse Nolte (* 1980), German film director
• Lasse Ottesen (* 1974), Norwegian ski jumper and ski jumping coach
• Lasse Paulsen (* 1974), Norwegian ski racer
• Lasse Petersdotter (* 1990), German politician
• Lasse Petry (* 1992), Danish football player
• Lasse Pirjetä (* 1974), Finnish ice hockey player
• Lasse Samström (* 1969), German poetry slam poet
• Lasse Schöne (* 1986), Danish football player
• Lasse Sobiech (* 1991), German soccer player
• Lasse Spang Olsen (* 1965), Danish stuntman, film director, screenwriter
• Lasse Svan (* 1983), Danish handball player
• Lasse Virén (* 1949), Finnish athlete
• Lasse Werner (1934–1992), Swedish jazz pianist and film composer

family name

• Erich Lasse (1887–1948), German painter
• Julius Lasse (1819–1898), member of the Saxon state parliament

Fictional characters

• Lasse, from the children's book series We Children from Bullerbü by Astrid Lindgren

additional

• Lasse (stand) , also Late, Lite, early medieval historical name for a lower-free / semi-free interest-paying farmer
• Lasse Oksanen Trophy , Finnish ice hockey award
• Lasse Stefanz , Swedish dansband
• Lasse (Maine-et-Loire) , commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in France
• Lasse (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) , commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in France

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Read on www.behindthename.com (English)