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Axel may refer to:

People

• Axel (name), all persons with the name

Places

• Axel, Netherlands, a town
  • Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586

Arts, entertainment, media

• Axel, a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove
• Axel, a Cirque du Soleil show
• Axël, an 1890 drama play by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
• Axel (dance turn), a type of turn performed in dance
• Axel lift, a movement in pair skating
• Axel jump, a type of jump in figure skating
• "Axel F", the 1985 instrumental theme song of Beverly Hills Cop by Harold Faltermeyer

Companies, organizations

• Axel Hotels, hotel chain
• Axel Springer SE, largest digital publishing house in Europe

Other uses

• Axel Maersk, Danish container ship
• Citroën Axel, automobile made by Citroën
• Typhoon Axel (disambiguation), multiple storms named Axel
• Axel, a character in Pikwik Pack
• Axel, a coaxial two-wheeler, designed to investigate caves on the moon with the proposed mission Moon Diver (spacecraft)

See also

• Aksel
• Axl (disambiguation)
• Axle, a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear

• Disambiguation pages