People Called Axel
- The Danish archbishop Absalon (1128-1201) is also known as Axel of Lund.
- Axel Oxenstierna (1583–1654) Swedish statesman
- Prince Axel of Denmark (1888–1964)
- Axel Wilhelm Eriksson (1846–1901), Swedish trader and settler in south west Africa
- Axel Munthe (1857 – 1949), Swedish physician and psychiatrist
- Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), Norwegian skater
- Axel Springer (1912–1985), German publisher
- Aksel Hennie (1975-), Norwegian actor
- Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian alpine ski racer
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