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