Bertil is a first name of Germanic origin most commonly found among

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

men. The oldest recorded use is from the year 1396, but the name did not come into widespread use until the 19th century. People called Bertil include: *

Carl Bertil Agnestig Carl Bertil Agnestig (né Andersson; 7 March 1924 – 14 July 2019) was a Swedish music teacher and composer. He was son to engineer Anders Ruben (Andersson) Agnestig (1897–1982) and Karin, ''née'' Grahn (1904–1990). The family came to Byar ...

(born 1924), Swedish music teacher and composer * Bertil Ahlin (1927–2008), Swedish bantamweight boxer *

Bertil Albertsson Bertil Ebbe Gustaf Albertsson (1 September 1921 – 3 March 2008) was a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken ...

(1921–2008), Swedish runner *

Bertil Almgren Bertil Almgren (27 September 1918 – 4 March 2011) was a Swedish archaeologist and the son of Oscar Almgren, the country's first archaeology professor. Following Sune Lindqvist, he was a professor at Uppsala University from 1965 to 1984. Early ...

(1918–2011), Swedish archaeologist * Bertil Almqvist (1902–1972), nicknamed Bertila and Trallgöken, Swedish author and illustrator * Bertil Anderberg (1913–1991), Swedish film actor * Bertil Andersson FAA FIC, third President of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) * Bertil Antonsson (1921–2006), Swedish heavyweight wrestler *

Bertil Bäckvall Bertil Bäckvall (22 February 1923 – 28 October 2012) was a Swedish footballer and manager. He mostly represented Hammarby IF and AIK, and won two caps for the Sweden national team. Playing career Hammarby IF Born and raised in Stockholm ...

(1923–2012), Swedish footballer and football manager * Bertil W. Benson (1843–1907), Norwegian-born American politician *

Bertil Berg Bertil Berg (19 December 1910 - 25 January 1989) was a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( ...

(1910–1989), Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics *

Bertil Berthelsson Vice Admiral Alfred Erik Bertil Berthelsson (11 April 1902 – 11 February 1977) was a senior naval officer in the Swedish Navy. Berthelsson served as Captain of the Coastal Fleet (1951–1953), as Chief of the Naval Staff (1953–1957), as Chi ...

(1902–1977), Swedish Navy vice admiral *

Bertil H. van Boer Bertil H. van Boer (born October 2, 1952) is an American musicologist, composer, conductor and violist."Bertil van Boer ...

, American musicologist * Bertil Boo (1914–1996), Swedish singer * Bertil Bothén (1892–1966), Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics *

Bertil Carlsson (skier) Ragnar Alfred Bertil Carlsson (25 August 1903 – 26 November 1953) was a Swedish ski jumper who won a bronze medal in the individual large hill at the 1927 World Championships. Next year he finished tenth in the normal hill at the 1928 Winter O ...

(1903–1953), Swedish ski jumper *

Bertil Carlsson (weightlifter) Sven Bertil Uno Carlsson (5 March 1901 – 23 February 1959) was a Swedish weightlifter. He competed in the middleweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the ...

(1901–1959), Swedish weightlifter *

Bertil R. Carlsson Bertil Robert Carlsson (18 March 1901 – 23 February 1959) was a Swedish weightlifter. He competed in the light-heavyweight division at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially t ...

(1901–1959), Swedish weightlifter *

Bertil Elmstedt Bertil Elmstedt (born 2 May 1937) is a Swedish former footballer who played his entire career at Malmö FF as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role ...

(born 1937), Swedish footballer * Bertil Envall (1909–2011), Swedish Lutheran missionary, bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia * Bertil Fastén (1900–1928), Swedish athlete * Bertil Fiskesjö (1928–2019), Swedish politician, member of the Centre Party * Bertil Fox (born 1951), British former IFBB professional bodybuilder and convicted murderer * Bertil von Friesen (1901–1990), Swedish physician * Bertil Gärtner (1924–2009), Swedish Lutheran bishop, and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, United States * Bertil Göransson (1919–2004), Swedish rowing coxswain who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics * Bertil Martinus Grov (born 1974), retired archer from Norway * Bertil Gustafsson (born 1939), Swedish applied mathematician and numerical analyst *

Bertil Haase Bertil Robert Herman Haase Vidarsson (5 June 1923 – 7 July 2014) was a Swedish pentathlete who competed at both Winter and Summer Olympics.Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912–1997), third son of King Gustaf VI Adolf and his first wife *

Bertil Hallin Bertil Hallin (born 30 December 1931) is a Swedish church musician and music teacher, active in Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, ...

(born 1931), Swedish church musician and music teacher *

Bertil Hille Bertil Hille (born October 10, 1940) is an Emeritus Professor, and the Wayne E. Crill Endowed Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington. He is particularly well known for his pioneering research on ce ...

(born 1940), professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington * Bertil Holmlund (born 1947), Swedish economist, Professor of Economics at Uppsala University *

Bertil Hult Bertil Eric Hult (born February 10, 1941) is a Swedish billionaire, known for founding educational and language school company EF Education First in 1965, and for being the patron and namesake of Hult International Business School. In 1971, he mo ...

(born 1941), Swedish businessman, founded the educational and language school company, EF Education First *

Bertil Jansson Oskar Bertil Petrus Jansson (29 June 1898 – 25 September 1981) was a Swedish athlete. He competed in the shot put at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and finished in ninth and eighth place, respectively. Jansson won the Swedish shot put title ...

(1898–1981), Swedish athlete *

Bertil Palmar Johansen Bertil Palmar Johansen (born 18 February 1954) is a Norway, Norwegian contemporary composer and violinist. Johansen was born in Brattvåg. He studied violin at the Trøndelag Music Conservatory (today the Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Univer ...

Johansen (born 1954), Norwegian contemporary composer and violinist * Bertil Johansson (1935–2021), Swedish football striker and football manager * Bertil Johansson (politician) (born 1930), Swedish politician *

Bertil Johnsson Bertil Johnsson (23 December 1915 – 2010) was a leading Swedish long and triple jumper of the 1940s. He had his best results in the triple jump, in which he won the national title in 1943 and a silver medal at the 1946 European Athletics Champi ...

(1915–2010), leading Swedish long and triple jumper *

Bertil Jonasson Bertil Jonasson (12 January 1918 – 15 June 2011) was a Swedish politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and creat ...

(1918–2011), Swedish politician *

Bertil Karlsson Karl Bertil Karlsson (19 September 1919 – 31 December 2012) was a Sweden, Swedish athletics (sport), athlete who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He finished 13th in the Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 m ...

(1919–2012), Swedish athlete who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki * Bertil Kjellberg (born 1953), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party * Bertil Larsson (born 1954), Swedish sport sailor *

Bertil Lindblad Bertil Lindblad (Örebro, 26 November 1895 – Saltsjöbaden, outside Stockholm, 25 June 1965) was a Swedish astronomer. After finishing his secondary education at Örebro högre allmänna läroverk, Lindblad matriculated at Uppsala Univer ...

(1895–1965), Swedish astronomer * Bertil Linde (1907–1990), Swedish ice hockey player who won a silver medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics * Bertil Lintner (born 1953), Swedish journalist, author and strategic consultant and writer about Asia * Bertil Lundman (1899–1993), Swedish anthropologist * Bertil Malmberg (1889–1958), Swedish author, poet, and actor *

Bertil Mårtensson Bertil Mårtensson (1945 in Malmö – November 4, 2018 in Helsingborg) was a Swedish author of science fiction, crime fiction and fantasy and also an academic philosopher. He was assistant professor at Umeå University, where he was also chair of ...

(born 1945), Swedish author of science fiction, crime fiction and fantasy and also an academic philosopher *

Bertil Näslund Bertil Näslund (4 April 1933 –15 February 2016) was a Swedish economist and emeritus professor at Handelshögskolan i Stockholm (Stockholm School of Economics). Näslund earned his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University where he was awarded the Ale ...

(1933–2016), Swedish economist and emeritus professor *

Bertil Nilsson Bertil "Klumpen" Nilsson (born 16 January 1936) is a former Swedish footballer. Career Nillson started his career at Malmö FF and made his Allsvenskan debut at seventeen years of age. In the middle of his career he moved to Gislaved because of ...

(born 1936), Swedish footballer *

Bertil Nordahl Karl Bertil Emanuel Nordahl (26 July 1917 – 1 December 1998) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder. He was also a football manager. Playing career He played for Degerfors IF and Atalanta B.C. He won the gold medal at the 1948 S ...

(1917–1998), Swedish football player and manager *

Bertil Nordenskjöld Bertil Fredrik Eugene "Nocke" Nordenskjöld (24 May 1891 – 17 March 1975) was a Swedish football midfielder who played at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Representing Djurgården from 1909 to 1920, Nordenskjöld played 11 Svenska Mästerskapet fina ...

(1891–1975), Swedish Olympic footballer * Bertil Nordenstam (born 1936), Swedish botanist and professor *

Bertil Nordqvist Bertil Nordqvist is a Swedish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. Ski orienteering He competed at the 1996 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Lillehammer, where he won a gold medal in the ''relay event'', together w ...

, Swedish ski-orienteering competitor * Bertil Norman (born 1929), Swedish orienteering competitor * Bertil Norström (1923–2012), Swedish actor * Bertil Nyström (born 1935), Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler * Bertil Ohlin (1899–1979), Swedish economist and politician *

Bertil Ohlson Bertil Ohlson (''Bertil Gustaf Emanuel Ohlson'' 22 January 1899 – 6 September 1970) was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the men's decathlon. He competed for Sweden in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium ...

(1899–1970), Swedish decathlete *

Bertil Persson (alpine skier) Bertil Persson (30 April 1914 – 19 November 1978) was a Swedish alpine skier. He competed in the men's combined event at the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. O ...

(1914–1978), Swedish alpine skier *

Bertil Persson (bishop) The Order of Corporate Reunion (OCR), officially the Christian, Ecumenical, and Fraternal Order of Corporate Reunion, is an ecumenical association of clergy and laity of Anglican origin. The OCR was founded by Frederick George Lee, Thomas Wimberl ...

(born 1941), professor in religion and church arts, former Presiding Bishop of the Apostolic Episcopal Church *

Bertil Persson (potter) Bertil Persson ( ja, ベアティル・ペアソン; born 1940) is a Swedish Hagi ware potter based in Japan. Biography Persson graduated from Skånska målarskolan in Malmö in 1958 and was employed by Royal Copenhagen in Denmark the same ...

(born 1940), Swedish Hagi ware potter based in Japan * Bertil Rönnmark (1905–1967), Swedish rifle sports shooter who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics * Bertil Roos (1943–2016), Swedish racing driver from Gothenburg * Bertil Sandström (1887–1964), Swedish military officer and horse rider *

Bertil Schmüll Bertil H.W. Schmüll (born 8 June 1946) is a Dutch engraver, known professionally by his first name Bertil, who has been compared in a modern sense in form and style to Albrecht Dürer. He works with the techniques of engraving and drypoint. He ...

(born 1946), Dutch engraver *

Bertil Söderberg Bertil Lennart Söderberg (born 10 June 1947) is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Clubs Born in Gothenburg Bertil Söderberg played handboll in Västra Frölunda IF from 1965-1973. 1970 the club advanced t ...

(born 1947), Swedish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics *

Bertil Stålhane Johan Bertil Stålhane (1 July 1902 in Stockholm – 17 October 1992) was a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language sp ...

, (1902–1992), Swedish chemist, technical researcher and author * Bertil Stjernfelt (1917–2017), Swedish officer and military historian *

Bertil Ströberg Bertil Johan Olof Ströberg (30 March 1932 – 25 March 2012) was a Swedish Air Force officer convicted of spying for Poland during the Cold War. In 1983 he was sentenced to six years in prison for aggravated espionage by the Stockholm District ...

(1932–2012), Swedish Air Force officer convicted of spying for Poland during the Cold War *

Bertil Sundberg Bertil Sundberg (July 7, 1907, Stockholm – July 20, 1979, Stockholm) was a Swedish chess player. Biography In 1938 Bertil Sundberg won the first Swedish Correspondence Chess Championship. He repeated this success two more times (1943, 1947). H ...

(1907–1979), Sweden chess player * Bertil Svensson, Swedish footballer *

Bertil Tallberg Bertil Tallberg (September 17, 1883 – April 20, 1963) was a Finnish sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different field ...

(1883–1963), Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics *

Bertil Tunje Bertil Tunje (born 1941) from Borås Sweden, was the vice-chairman of the World Scout Committee, the main executive body of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. He joined as a member of the World Scout Committee 1985 and was elected as Vice ...

, Vice-Chairman of the World Scout Committee *

Bertil Uggla Bertil Gustafsson Uggla (19 August 1890 – 29 September 1945) was a Swedish officer, track and field athlete, modern pentathlete, and fencer. Early life Uggla was born on 19 August 1890 at Karlberg Palace, Stockholm, Sweden, the son of General ...

(1890–1945), Swedish track and field athlete, modern pentathlete and fencer *

Bertil af Ugglas Gustaf Samuel Bertil Oscarsson af Ugglas (3 July 1934 – 7 July 1977) was Party Secretary of the Swedish Moderate Party between 1969 and 1974 and a member of the Swedish Riksdag. Early life af Ugglas was born on 3 July 1934 in Stockholm, Sw ...

(1934–1977), Party Secretary of the Swedish Moderate Party, member of the Swedish Riksdag * Bertil von Wachenfeldt (1909–1995), Swedish sprinter who specialized in the 400 m distance * Bertil Wedin (born 1940), Swedish secret service agent *

Bertil Werkström Bertil Werkström (9 June 1928 – 10 July 2010) was Archbishop of Uppsala from 1983 to 1993. Early years and education Bertil Werkström was the son of the Gunnar Werkström (1904-1975) and Ingar Hedenskog (1908-1971). He grew up in Dalsland an ...

(1928–2010), Archbishop of Uppsala *

Bertil Zachrisson Bertil Josef Zachrisson (born 2 May 1926) is a Swedish politician. Zachrisson was editor of ''Svensk Veckotidning'' before serving as a Social Democrat MP from 1969 until 1983. He was Minister for Education from 1973 to 1976 and director general ...

(born 1926), Swedish politician *

Amadeus (Bertil) Hägg Amadeus may refer to: *Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), prolific and influential composer of classical music *Amadeus (name), a given name and people with the name *Amadeus (play), ''Amadeus'' (play), 1979 stage play by Peter Shaffer *Amadeu ...

(born 1969) Swedish fotboll master

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