Jens (given name)
Encyclopedia
Jens is a male given name and a Danish
and Frisian derivative of Johannes
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Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
and Frisian derivative of Johannes
Johannes
Johannes is the Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek name Ιωάννης , itself derived from the Hebrew name Yehochanan meaning "Yahweh is gracious". The name became popular in Northern Europe, especially in Germany...
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List of people with the given name Jens
- Jens BlauenfeldtJens BlauenfeldtJens Blauenfeldt is a television actor as well as a screenwriter and director for Denmark's national broadcasting channel Danmarks Radio . He currently hosts the program , which can be roughly translated into English as Recognize the type? It has run for four seasons with thirty-seven episodes,...
, television actor, screenwriter, and director for Danmarks Radio - Jens EriksenJens EriksenJens Dyrløv Eriksen is a male badminton player from Denmark.-2004 Olympics:He played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles and mixed doubles....
, Danish Olympic badminton player - Jens Fink-JensenJens Fink-JensenJens Fink-Jensen is a Danish poet, author, photographer, composer and architect.-Biography:Jens Fink-Jensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. From 1968 to 1972 Fink-Jensen attended school in Store Heddinge where he was a classmate with the Danish poet Søren Ulrik Thomsen...
, Danish author, composer and photographer - Jens GadJens GadJens Gad is a songwriter, producer and guitarist. He was previously the co-producer for the musical project, Enigma. Currently, he is releasing albums under the name of Jens Gad Presents for his new instrumental work, and also under the name of Achillea, for his new world-influenced music which...
, musician and composer - Jens Peter HansenJens Peter HansenJens Peter Hansen, alternatively spelled Jens Peder Hansen was a Danish amateur football player, who played 465 games and scored 150 goals for Esbjerg fB in Denmark. He was the top goalscorer of the 1951 Danish football championship, and played 38 games and scored 18 goals for the Denmark...
, Danish Olympic footballer - Jens JohanssonJens JohanssonJens Ola Johansson is a Swedish power metal keyboardist and pianist. He is notable for his high-speed neoclassical and fusion style.-Biography:...
, keyboardist and pianist - Jens LapidusJens LapidusJens Lapidus is a Swedish criminal defense lawyer and author, who made his writing debut in August 2006 with Snabba Cash, an account of the Stockholm underworld, and the first of The Stockholm Noir Trilogy. Two years later the second installment, Aldrig Fucka Upp was published by Wahlström &...
, Swedish author - Jens LarsenJens LarsenJens Larsen is a Danish former professional volleyball and beach volleyball player, and now the coach of the German club Wuppertal....
, Danish volleyball player and coach - Jens LehmannJens LehmannJens Gerhard Lehmann is a German former football goalkeeper. He was voted UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year for the 1996–97 and 2005–06 seasons, and he has been selected for three World Cup squads. He was a member of Arsenal's Invincibles, playing every match of their famous unbeaten title winning...
, German footballer - Jens LekmanJens LekmanJens Martin Lekman is a Swedish musician. His music is guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic, and melancholic. The English lyrics reflect an advanced knowledge of the language and its idioms...
, Swedish pop musician - Jens LiebleinJens LiebleinJens Daniel Carolus Lieblein was a Norwegian Egyptologist and magazine editor. He was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1876, the first professor of Egyptology in Norway.-Personal life:...
, a Norwegian egyptologist - Jens Otto KragJens Otto KragJens Otto Krag was a Danish politician. He was Prime Minister from 1962 to 1968 and again from 1971 to 1972....
, former Prime Minister of Denmark - Jens Johnnie "Little Evil" PulverJens PulverJens Johnnie Pulver is an American mixed martial artist . He was the first Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion and was a coach on the The Ultimate Fighter 5 reality show, which aired on Spike TV. He was formerly signed as a featherweight with World Extreme Cagefighting , which is...
, first American Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion - Jens SalumäeJens SalumäeJens Salumäe is an Estonian retired ski jumper and nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2002. He finished 23rd in the individual large hill event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....
, Estonian Olympic ski jumper - Jens Christian SkouJens Christian SkouJens Christian Skou is a Danish chemist and Nobel laureate.Skou was born in Lemvig, Denmark to a wealthy family. His father Magnus Martinus Skou was a timber and coal merchant. His mother Ane-Margrethe Skou took over the company after the death of his father. At the age of 15 Skou entered a...
, Danish Nobel Prize winner (Chemistry 1997) - Jens StaubrandJens StaubrandJens Staubrand is a Danish freelance journalist, author and philosopher. Staubrand gained a degree in philosophy from the University of Copenhagen in 1987, with a thesis about Søren Kierkegaard and Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. He has written books and articles in the field of culture and art, and...
, Danish philosopher - Jens StoltenbergJens Stoltenbergis a Norwegian politician, leader of the Norwegian Labour Party and the current Prime Minister of Norway. Having assumed office on 17 October 2005, Stoltenberg previously served as Prime Minister from 2000 to 2001....
, Prime Minister of Norway - Jens Stryger Larsen, Danish footballer
- Jens VoigtJens VoigtJens Voigt is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . Voigt is known for his propensity to attack, and for his positive racing attitude. He is capable of repeated attacking, holding a high tempo, and breaking away from the peloton...
, German professional road bicycle racer - Jens JensenJens JensenJens August Jensen was an Australian politician and Minister for the Navy.Jensen was born in Ballarat, Victoria and educated at Ballarat, leaving school at 11. He became a rabbit-hawker and miner at Beaconsfield, Tasmania. In July 1885 he married Elizabeth Frances Broadhurst; she died in 1894...
, Australian politician and Minister for the Navy - Jens KidmanJens KidmanJens Kidman is the vocalist and former guitarist for the Swedish experimental metal band Meshuggah. He is famous for his very aggressive shouts and screams and for his "mean" stage presence.-Musical career and style:...
, Swedish vocalist of the band MeshuggahMeshuggahMeshuggah is an extreme metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 1987. Meshuggah's line-up has primarily consisted of founding members vocalist Jens Kidman and lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, drummer Tomas Haake, who joined in 1990, and rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, who joined in 1992... - Jens ArnstedYenz LeonhardtJens Arnsted is a heavy metal musician born 4 July in Vordingborg, Denmark...
, musician