List of Famous people named Nils

Friherre Nils Ericson was a Swedish mechanical engineer. He became a prominent Swedish canal and railway builder.

Nils Malmros, a Danish film director and screenwriter, is considered a leading auteur of realism in Danish cinema. Malmros is noted for his detailed focus on the common growing pains of adolescence and the loss of innocence, which he draws from his childhood experiences growing up in Århus, Denmark. His most notable films form a trilogy about schoolchildren in 1950s Århus: Lars-Ole 5c, Boys and Tree of Knowledge. The latter film, 1981's Tree of Knowledge, is one of ten films listed in Denmark's cultural canon by the Danish Ministry of Culture.

Nils August Domingo Adlercreutz was a Swedish Army officer and horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Nils Kristoffer Handal was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Nils Christoffer Dunér was a Swedish astronomer. His parents were Nils Dunér and Petronella.

Nils Jørgen "Jøgge" Kaalstad is a Norwegian actor and musician who performs under the stage name Sideshow Jøgge. He is best known to international audiences as Dag Solstad from Lilyhammer and Arvid from Norsemen, both shown on Netflix.

Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld was a mineralogist and a traveller. He was the father of mineralogist and polar explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld.

Nils Jakob Olsson Blommér was a Swedish painter.