Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722 – 1765) was a Swedish chemist who discovered nickel in 1751. He described it as kupfernickel (the devil's copper). He was a pupil of Georg Brandt, the discoverer of cobalt. Nickel is also used in coins for the Canadian nickel.

Swedish chemists | 1722 births | 1765 deaths | Discoverers of chemical elements

Axel Frederic Cronstedt | Axel Frederik Cronstedt | アクセル・フレドリク・クローンステッド | Axel Fredrik Cronstedt | Axel Frederik Cronstedt