Claes Given name
Claes is a common first name in Sweden . It was also a common name in the Low Countries until the 18th century, after which the spelling Klaas was largely adopted. People with the given name Claes include:
Claes Adelsköld (1824–1907), Swedish engineer, military officer and politicianClaes Andersson (1937–2019), Finnish psychiatrist and politicianClaes Bang (born 1967), Danish actor and musicianClaes van Beresteyn (1627–1684), Dutch landscape painterClaes Berglund (born c.1960), Swedish ski-orienteering competitorClaes Björklund (born 1971), Swedish musician, producer and songwriterClaes Michielsz Bontenbal (1575–1623), Dutch civil servant involved in a conspiracy against Maurice of OrangeClaes Borgström (1944–2020), Swedish lawyer and politicianClaes Compaen (1587–1660), Dutch privateer, pirate, and merchantClaes Cronqvist (born 1944), Swedish former footballerClaes Cronstedt , Swedish lawyerClaes Dahlbäck (born 1948), Swedish businessmanClaes Duyst van Voorhout (fl. 1638), Dutch brewer painted by Frans HalsClaes Egnell (1916–2012), Swedish sport shooterClaes Eklundh (born 1944), Swedish artistClaes Elefalk (born 1959), Swedish sports agentClaes Elfsberg (born 1948), Swedish television journalistClaes Elmstedt (1928–2018), Swedish politicianClaes Eriksson (born 1950), Swedish director, actor, comedian and composerClaes Fellbom (1943–2024), Swedish director, writer and composerClaes Fornell , Swedish-born American entrepreneurClaes af Geijerstam (born 1946), Swedish musician, radio personality and DJClaes Gill (1910–1973), Norwegian author, poet and actorClaes Hake (1945–2025), Swedish sculptorClaes Dirksz van der Heck (1595–1649), Dutch painterClaes Jacobsz van der Heck (1575–1652), Dutch painterClaes Hellgren (born 1955), Swedish handball playerClaes van Heussen (1598–1633), Dutch still life painterClaes Hylinger (born 1943), Swedish novelist, essayist, poet and literary criticClaes Johanson (1884–1949), Swedish wrestlerClaes Kronberg (born 1987), Danish footballerClaes Lang (1690–1761), Finnish painterClaes Loberg (born 1970), Swedish-born Australian technology entrepreneurClaes Malmberg (born 1952), Swedish former footballerClaes Malmberg (born 1961), Swedish actor and stand-up comedianClaes Pietersz van der Meulen (1642–1693), Dutch glass painterClaes Corneliszoon Moeyaert (1592–1655), Dutch painterClaes Nordén (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey playerClaes Nordin (born 1955), Swedish badminton playerClaes Oldenburg (1929–2022), Swedish-born American pop art sculptorClaes Pieterszoon (1593–1674), Dutch surgeon and mayor of AmsterdamClaes Rålamb (1622–1698), Swedish statesmanClaes Roxbergh (born 1945), Swedish politicianClaes G. Ryn (born 1943), Swedish-born American political scientistClaes Isaacsz Swanenburg (1572–1652), Dutch painterClaes Tholin (1860–1927), Swedish politicianClaes Tornberg (born 1936), Swedish rear admiralClaes Uggla (1614–1676), Swedish military officerClaes Västerteg (born 1972), Swedish politicianClaes Jansz Visscher (1587–1652), Dutch draughtsman, engraver, mapmaker and publisherClaes Wersäll (1888–1951), Swedish gymnastClaes Westring (1893–1975), Swedish diplomatClaës Ivar Wollin (1918–1999), Swedish diplomatSurname
Claes is the 7th most common surname in Belgium (16,840 people in 1998) and the most common surname in Belgian Limburg .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
