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The name Kalevi is often associated with Kalle as a more gentle, playful, relaxed easy going person.
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Kalle is a classical nickname for Karl in Sweden.
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Kalle Anka is the Swedish name for Donald Duck.
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Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes is called Kalle in Sweden (Hobbes is Hobbe).
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As the previous comment says, it's pronounced KAHL-leh. My little boy is named Kalle and many non-Scandinavian people mispronounce it "Kallie". I still love this name though.
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One famous Kalle in North America is Estonia-born Kalle Lasn, co-founder of Adbusters Media Foundation.
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Pronounced KAHL-leh.
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Kalle Blomkvist is the name of the boy detective in several children's books by Astrid Lindgren (of Pippi Longstocking fame). In the English translations he is called Bill Bergson.
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Very common pet name in Sweden. Donald Duck is called Kalle Anka.
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I know a girl named 'Kalle'. It's pronounced like 'Callie'.
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In Estonia, this name both a borrowing of the Swedish and Finnish name and a diminutive of Kalev. [noted -ed]