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 (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