# Åke

Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name Anicho, derived from ano meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/Norwegian Åge or Aage. Åke is uncommon as a surname. People with the name Åke include:
* Åke Åkerström (1902–1991), Swedish archaeologist and classical scholar
* Åke Andersson (1906–1982), Swedish footballer
* Åke Andersson (1917–1983), Swedish footballer
* Åke Andersson (1918–1982), Swedish ice hockey player, footballer, bandy player, and coach
* Åke Andersson (1925–2005), Swedish long-distance runner
* Åke Andersson (born 1936), Swedish speedway rider
* Åke Backström (1919–2005), Finnish diplomat
* Åke Bergman (1896–1941), Swedish swimmer
* Åke Bergqvist (1900–1975), Swedish Olympic sailor
* Åke Berntsson (1934–2016), Swedish rower
* Åke Bonnier (born 1957), Swedish Bishop
* Åke Borg (1901–1973), Swedish swimmer
* Åke Call (born 1942), Swedish sports shooter
* Åke Carlsson (1936–2007), Swedish wrestler
* Åke Claesson (1889–1967), Swedish actor
* Åke Dahlqvist (1901–1991), Swedish cinematographer
* Åke Edwardson (born 1953), Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University
* Åke Ekman (1912–1965), Finnish speed skater
* Åke Gerhard Ekstrand (1846–1933), Swedish chemist and public servant
* Åke Eliaeson (1923–2015), Swedish tennis player
* Åke Ericson (born 1962), Swedish photojournalist and documentary photographer
* Åke Ericson (1913–1986), Swedish ice hockey player
* Åke Falck (1925–1974), Swedish film director
* Åke Fiskerstrand (born 1948), Norwegian rower
* Åke Fjästad (1887–1956), Swedish footballer
* Åke Fridell (1919–1985), Swedish film actor
* Åke Gartz (1888–1974), Finnish politician
* Åke Gerhard (1921–2009), Swedish songwriter
* Åke Green (born 1941), Swedish Pentecostal Christian pastor
* Åke Grönberg (1914–1969), Swedish actor
* Åke Grönhagen (1885–1974), Swedish pentathlete and fencer
* Åke Grönlund, Swedish table tennis player
* Åke Gustafsson (1908–1988), Swedish botanist and geneticist
* Åke Häger (1897–1968), Swedish Olympic gymnast
* Åke Hallgren (1918–2005), Swedish triple jumper
* Åke Hallman (1912–1973), Swedish footballer
* Åke Hammarskjöld (1893–1937), Swedish lawyer and diplomat
* Åke Hansson (1903–1981), Swedish footballer
* Åke Hansson (1927–2015), Swedish footballer
* Åke Hedberg (1929–1971), Swedish weightlifter
* Åke Hedvall (1910–1969), Swedish discus thrower
* Åke Hellman (1915–2017), Finnish centenarian, art professor and painter
* Åke Hodell (1919–2000), Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, text-sound composer, and artist
* Åke Hök (1889–1963), Swedish Army officer and horse rider
* Åke Holmberg (1907–1991), Swedish writer and translator
* Åke Hultberg (born 1949), Swedish equestrian
* Åke Jansson (1916–1998), Swedish long-distance runner
* Åke Jensen (1912–1993), Swedish actor and singer
* Åke Jönsson (1925–1998), Swedish footballer
* Åke Jonsson (1919–2007), Swedish diplomat
* Åke Jonsson (born 1942), Swedish motocross racer
* Åke Johansson (1928–2014), Swedish footballer
* Åke Julin (1919–2008), Swedish water polo player
* Åke Karlsson (1911–1958), Finnish boxer
* Åke Kastlund (1916–1999), Swedish prelate
* Åke Kromnow (1914–1986), Swedish archivist
* Åke Larsson (born 1931), Swedish footballer
* Åke Lassas (1924–2009), Swedish ice hockey player
* Åke Lindblom (1919–1992), Swedish sports shooter
* Åke Lindemalm (1910–2004), Swedish Navy officer
* Åke Lindman (formerly Åke Järvinen) (1928–2009), Finnish director and actor
* Åke Lindström (1928–2002), Swedish actor and film director
* Åke Lundeberg (1888–1939), Swedish sport shooter
* Åke Lundqvist (1936–2021), Swedish actor
* Åke Mangård (1917–1998), Swedish Air Force major general
* Åke Nauman (1908–1995), Swedish Olympic water polo player
* Åke Nilsson (1927–1991), Swedish alpine skier
* Åke Nilsson (1937–2005), Swedish sprint canoeist
* Åke Nilsson (born 1945), Swedish javelin thrower
* Åke Nilsson (born 1982), Swedish golfer
* Åke Nordin (1936–2013), Swedish entrepreneur
* Åke Öberg (born 1937), Swedish professor
* Åke Ödmark (1916–1994), Swedish high jumper
* Åke Ohberg (1905–1975), Swedish actor and film director
* Åke Ohlmarks (1911–1984), Swedish author, translator, and scholar
* Åke Olivestedt (1924–1998), Swedish cyclist
* Åke Olsson (1934–2009), Swedish chess player
* Åke Olsson, Swedish footballer
* Åke Ortmark (1929–2018), Swedish journalist, author and radio and television presenter
* Åke Parmerud (born 1953), Swedish electroacoustic music composer
* Åke Persson (1932–1975), Swedish jazz trombonist
* Åke Pettersson (1926–2000), Finnish footballer
* Åke Pettersson, Swedish footballer
* Åke Pleijel (1913–1989), Swedish mathematician
* Åke Pousette (born 1949), Swedish andrologist
* Åke Rakell (born 1935), Swedish table tennis player
* Åke Rusck (1912–1977), Swedish businessman
* Åke Rydberg (born 1938), Swedish ice hockey player and footballer
* Åke Sagrén (1935–2022), Swedish Army officer
* Åke Samuelsson (1913–1995), Swedish footballer
* Åke Sandgren (born 1955), Swedish-Danish film director and screenwriter
* Åke Sandin (born 1944), Swedish sprint canoer
* Åke Sellström (born 1948), Swedish academic and arms specialist
* Åke Senning (1915–2000), Swedish cardiac surgeon
* Åke Seyffarth (1919–1998), Swedish speed skater
* Åke W. Sjöberg (1924–2014), Swedish Assyriologist
* Åke Sjölin (1910–1999), Swedish diplomat
* Åke Skyttevall (born 1956), Swedish basketball player
* Åke Söderblom (1910–1965), Swedish actor, screenwriter, and songwriter
* Åke Söderlund (1925–2002), Swedish racewalking athlete
* Åke Stenborg (1926–2010), Swedish chess player
* Åke Stenqvist (1914–2006), Swedish sprinter and long jumper
* Åke V. Ström (1909–1994), Swedish theologian
* Åke Strömmer (1936–2005), Swedish sports journalist, radio presenter, and television host
* Åke Sundborg (1921–2007), Swedish geomorphologist and hydrologist
* Åke Svenson (born 1953), Swedish middle-distance runner
* Åke Thelning (1892–1979), Swedish Olympic horse rider
* Åke Henriksson Tott (1598–1640), Swedish soldier and politician
* Åke Uddén (1903–1987), Swedish violist, composer, conductor, and music educator
* Åke Wallenquist (1904–1994), Swedish astronomer
* Åke Wärnström (1925–2018), Swedish boxer
* Åke Wihtol (1924–2002), Finnish lawyer and politician
* Karl-Åke Asph (born 1939), Swedish Olympic cross country skier
* Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 1958), retired Swedish ice hockey player, now head coach of the Swedish national ice hockey team
* Lars-Åke Lagrell (1940–2020), Swedish sports personality; President of the Swedish Football Association
* Sven-Åke Lundbäck (born 1948), Swedish Olympic cross-country skier