Lasse
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Lasse is a common given name in the Nordic countries
. It is also often a nickname for people named Lars
.
Notable people named Lasse include:
In places:
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
. It is also often a nickname for people named Lars
Lars
Lars is a common male name in Nordic and German-speaking countries. In Sweden, people named Lars are commonly nicknamed Lasse.-Origin:Lars is derived from the Roman name "Laurentius", which means ”from Laurentum” or "crowned with laurel." Lawrence and Laurence are of the same origin.Lars was also...
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Notable people named Lasse include:
- Lasse ÅbergLasse ÅbergLars Gunnar Åberg , better known as Lasse Åberg, is a Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist. He was born in the small town Hofors, but grew up in Stockholm...
, Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist - Lasse GjertsenLasse GjertsenLasse Gjertsen is a Norwegian animator, musician, and videographer known on YouTube as lassegg. He is best known for his short pieces "Hyperactive" and "Amateur", which string together short clips of video to create a unique form of video akin to stop-motion animation...
, a Norwegian animator. - Lasse HallströmLasse HallströmLars Sven "Lasse" Hallström is a Swedish film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for My Life as a Dog and later for The Cider House Rules .-Life and career:...
, Swedish film director - Lasse HolmLasse HolmLars-Eric Gustav "Lasse" Holm, born 9 December 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden, is known as a composer, lyricist and singer.Since childhood, he was interested in music and was a member of a lot of pop music and rock music groups in the 1960s: Doug and the Millsmen, The Spacemen and The Moonlighters...
, Swedish musician, composer, ESC partipicant - Lasse KjusLasse KjusLasse Kjus is a retired Norwegian alpine skier who has won the overall World Cup twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships...
, Norwegian former Alpine skier - Lasse Mårtén, Swedish mixer, engineer and producer
- Lasse MårtensonLasse MårtensonLars Anders Fredrik "Lasse" Mårtenson is a Finnish singer who performed at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964 with the song "Laiskotellen" . He placed 7th with 9 points. He is best known in his home country as the composer of "Maija from the Storm Skerries", a lyrical tune arranged primarily for...
, Finnish singer - Lasse PöystiLasse PöystiLasse Pöysti is a Finnish actor , director, theatre manager and writer....
, Finnish actor - Lasse QvistLasse QvistLasse Qvist is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a striker for Nordvest FC. He is the son of former Denmark international goalkeeper Ole Qvist.-Biography:...
, Danish football player - Lasse ThoresenLasse ThoresenLasse Thoresen is a Norwegian composer whose works concentrate on a contemporary transformation of the folk-music traditions of many peoples, especially those of Scandinavia.-Biography:...
, Norwegian composer and writerhttp://www.bahai-library.com/bafa/t/thoresen.htm - Lasse VirenLasse VirénLasse Artturi Virén is a former Finnish long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics...
Finnish Olympic Champion Distance Runner - Lasse WiklöfLasse WiklöfLars-Åke "Lasse" Wiklöf was a politician in the Åland Islands, an autonomous and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland.*Minister for finance *Member of the lagting...
, politician in the Åland Islands
In places:
- Lasse, Maine-et-LoireLasse, Maine-et-LoireLasse is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France....
, a commune of the Maine-et-Loire department in France - Lasse, Pyrénées-AtlantiquesLasse, Pyrénées-AtlantiquesLasse is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-External links:*...
, a commune of France