Sissel is a Norwegian female given name, a variant of Cecilia.

Notable people called Sissel include:

Real people

  • Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn (1947–2011), a Norwegian poet and children's writer
  • Sissel Birgitte Breie (born 1953), a Norwegian diplomat
  • Sissel Buchholdt, née Brenne (born 1951), a Norwegian handball player
  • Sissel Grottenberg (born 1956), a retired Norwegian long-distance runner
  • Sissel Knutsen Hegdal (born 1965), a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
  • Sissel Kyrkjebø (born 1969), also known as Sissel, Norwegian singer
  • Sissel Lange-Nielsen, née Herlofson (born 1931), a Norwegian writer, literary critic, and journalist
  • Sissel Lie (born 1942), a Norwegian novelist, translator, playwright and professor in Romance languages and literature at the University of Trondheim
  • Sissel Benneche Osvold (born 1945), a Norwegian journalist
  • Sissel Vera Pettersen (born 1977), a Norwegian jazz vocalist, saxophonist and composer
  • Sissel Rønbeck (born 1950), a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  • Sissel Sellæg (1928–2014), a Norwegian actress
  • Sissel Tolaas, a contemporary Norwegian installation artist most widely known for her work with odours

Fictional characters

  • Sissel, the male main character in the video game Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Food

  • Jewish rye bread, also called sissel bread

See also

  • Sissel (album), the 1986 debut album from Sissel Kyrkjebø
  • Sissel (2002 album), an album by Sissel Kyrkjebø
  • Sandi Sissel (born 1949), an American cinematographer, director and producer
  • Sissel v. United States Department of Health & Human Services, a 2014 lawsuit challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • Sissela, a Swedish given name
  • Cissel (disambiguation)

References