Lennart or Lennarth is a Germanic variant of the name Leonard, most common in Scandinavia and German-speaking countries as a surname or masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

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* Camilla Lennarth (born 1988), Swedish golfer * Isobel Lennart (1915–1971), American screenwriter and playwright * Sonja de Lennart (born 1920), German fashion designer

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* Lennart Alexandersson (born 1947), Swedish footballer, father of football players Niclas and Daniel Alexandersson *

Lennart Åqvist Lennart Åqvist (born 1932 in SwedenGerhard Schurz and Georg J. W. Dorn (Editors),Advances in scientific philosophy : essays in honour of Paul Weingartner on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his birthday.Amsterdam, Rodopi, 1991, ; p. 631) ...

(born 1932), Swedish logician *

Lennart Askinger Carl Johan Lennart Askinger (22 May 1922 – 13 April 1995) was a Swedish football defender who played for AIK Fotboll in Allsvenskan for seven seasons. Besides football Askinger also represented AIK in bandy and ice hockey Ice hockey ( ...

(1922–1995), Swedish football defender * Lennart Atterwall (1911–2001), Swedish javelin thrower and European champion * Lennart Augustsson, Swedish computer scientist *

Lennart Axelsson (musician) Lennart Axelsson (born 11 July 1941) is a Swedish trumpet player who has spent a good part of his career in Germany. Biography Born and raised in Sweden, he began his career in a Swedish armed forces band. Disillusioned with military life, he qui ...

(born 1941), Swedish trumpet player * Lennart Axelsson (politician) (born 1953), Swedish politician, member of the Riksdag *

Lennart Beijer Lennart Beijer (born 1947), is a Swedish Left Party politician, member of the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksda ...

(born 1947), Swedish Left Party politician, member of the Riksdag 1994–2006 * Lennart Bengtsson, Swedish meteorologist currently interested in global climate modelling *

Lennart Bergelin Sven Lennart Bergelin (10 June 1925 – 4 November 2008) was a Swedish tennis player and coach. As a player, for AIK, Bergelin won nine Swedish championship singles titles between 1945 and 1955, and the French Open doubles title in 1948. Bergelin ...

(1925–2008), Swedish tennis player and coach * Lennart Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (1909–2004), Prince of Sweden and Duke of Småland from 1909 to 1932 * Lennart Bodström (1928–2015), Swedish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1985 * Lennart Bohman (1909–1979), Swedish boxer * Lennart Bunke (1912–1988), Swedish football forward * Lennart Carleson (born 1928), Swedish mathematician *

Lennart Carlström Lennart Carlström (born 3 July 1943) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He is Relay World Champion from 1972, as a member of the Swedish winning team in the World Orienteering Championships in Jicin, Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськ ...

(born 1943), Swedish orienteering competitor * Lennart Daléus (born 1946), Swedish politician, leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1998 to 2001 * Lennart Dozzi (1910–1987), Swedish canoeist * Lennarth Ebbinge (born 1956), Swedish handball player * Lennart Ekdahl (1912–2005), Swedish sailor *

Lennart Eriksson (musician) Lennart Eriksson may refer to: *Lennart Eriksson (handballer) Lennart Eriksson (born 2 February 1944) is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of ...

(born 1956), the bass player in the Swedish punk rock band ''Ebba Grön'' * Lennart Eriksson (handballer) (born 1944), Swedish handball player

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* Lennart Fremling (1946–2013), Swedish Liberal People's Party politician * Lennart Geijer (1909–1999), Swedish politician and lawyer * Lennart Ginman (born 1960), Danish bassist, composer and music producer * Lennart Green (born 1941), Swedish magician, world champion close-up/card magician *

Lennart Gripenberg Lennart Gripenberg (15 September 1852 in Oulu - 14 September 1933) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland The Senate of Finland ( fi, Suomen senaatti, sv, Senaten för Finland) combined the functions of cabinet ...

(1852–1933), Finnish politician *

Lennart Gustavsson Lennart Gustavsson (born 1954), is a Swedish Left Party politician, member of the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Ri ...

(born 1954), Swedish Left Party politician * Lennart Hannelius (1893–1950), Finnish sport shooter *

Lennart Hartmann Lennart Hartmann (born 3 April 1991) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for BFC Preussen. Career Born in Berlin, Hartmann started his professional career with Hertha BSC, making his first appearance on 31 July 2008 in the 2008 ...

(born 1991), German footballer *

Lennart Hedmark Lennart Per-Olav Hedmark (born 18 May 1944) is a retired Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon. He represented his country at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics with the best result of eighth place in 1976.

(born 1944), Swedish track and field athlete * Lennart Hedquist (born 1943), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party *

Lennart Heimer Lennart Heimer (11 March 1930 – 12 March 2007), was a Swedish-American neuroscientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Virginia. He was most noted for mapping circuits of the brain in the limbic lobe ...

(1930–2007), Swedish-American neuroscientist and educator *

Lennart Hellsing Paul Lennart Hellsing (5 June 1919 – 25 November 2015) was a Swedish writer and translator. For his lasting contribution as a children's writer, Hellsing was a finalist in 2010 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award. Biog ...

(1919–2015), son of the merchant Paul Hellsing and his wife Sigrid * Lennart Hjulström (1938–2022), Swedish actor and director * Lennart Hyland (1919–1993), Swedish TV-show host and journalist * Lennart Jähkel (born 1956), Swedish actor * Lennart Johansson (1929–2019), Swedish football administrator, president of the Union of European Football Associations from 1990 to 2007 *

Lennart Johansson (ice hockey) Rolf Lennart Johansson (7 June 1941 – 23 October 2010) was a Swedish ice hockey defender. He was a key figure in Brynäs IF, winning seven national titles as a player (1964, 1966–68 and 1970–72) and then one as a coach in 1980. Internation ...

(1941–2010), Swedish professional ice hockey player *

Lennart Johnsson Lennart Johnsson (born 1944) is a Swedish people, Swedish computer scientist and engineer. Johnsson started his career at ABB in Sweden and moved on to UCLA, Caltech, Yale University, Harvard University, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH in ...

(born 1944), Swedish computer scientist and engineer * Lennart Klingström (1916–1994), Swedish sprint canoeist *

Lennart Klockare Lennart Klockare (born 1945) is a Swedish social democratic politician, member of the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, th ...

(born 1945), Swedish social democratic politician *

Lennart Kollberg Martin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective and the main character in the ten novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, collectively titled ''The Story of a Crime''. Frequently referred to as the Martin Beck stories, all have been adap ...

, fictional character in the books by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö * Lennart Kollmats (born 1943), Swedish Liberal People's Party politician *

Lennart Koskinen Lennart Koskinen (born November 12, 1944 in Helsinki), is a clergyman in the Church of Sweden. He was Bishop of Visby between 2003 and 2011. Koskinen is a member of the Elijah Interfaith Institute Board of World Religious Leaders. References ...

(born 1944), clergyman in the Church of Sweden, serving as bishop in Visby *

Lennart Larsson (cross-country skier) Nils Olov Lennart ”Lill-Järven" Larsson (7 February 1930 – 26 March 2021) was a Swedish cross-country skier and coach. He competed in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1956, finishing four ...

(1930–2021), Swedish cross-country skier *

Lennart Larsson (footballer) Lennart Larsson (born 9 July 1953) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Stockholm, Larsson began his career in Hässleholms IF in 1976 when he went to play with Halmstads BK and won Allsvenskan the same ye ...

(born 1953), Swedish footballer *

Lennart Lindgren Erik Lennart Henry Lindgren (14 April 1915 – 26 April 1952) was a Swedish sprinter who won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1938 European Championships. He competed in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m events at the 1936 Summer Olympics ...

(1915–1952), Swedish Olympic sprinter *

Lennart Lindgren (Swedish Navy officer) Captain Nils Lennart Lindgren (1 September 1919 – 25 February 2013) was a Swedish Navy officer. He commanded the minelayer and the destroyer , and served as head of the Swedish Auxiliary Naval Corps. Lindgren also served at the Swedish embassie ...

(1919–2013) *

Lennart Lindroos Karl Gustaf Lennart Lindroos (December 2, 1886 – July 26, 1921) was a Finnish breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V ...

(1886–1921), Finnish breaststroke swimmer * Lennart Ljung (engineer) (born 1946), Swedish Professor in the Chair of Control Theory at Linköping University since 1976 * Lennart Ljung (general) (1921–1990), Swedish Army general

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* Lennart Magnusson (1924–2011), Swedish fencer *

Lennart Mathiasen Lennart Mathiasen (born 11 April 1948) is a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the C-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Ga ...

(born 1948), Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s *

Lennart Meri Lennart Georg Meri (; 29 March 1929 – 14 March 2006) was an Estonian politician, writer, and film director. He served as the second president of Estonia from 1992 to 2001. Meri was among the leaders of the movement to restore Estonian independ ...

(1928–2006), Estonian writer, film director and statesman, President of Estonia from 1992 to 2001 * Lennart Nilsson (1922–2017), Swedish photographer and scientist * Lennart Nilsson (born 1944), Swedish politician *

Lennart Nylander Karl Lennart Hjalmar Nylander (4 September 1901 – 15 July 1966) was a Swedish diplomat. Early life Nylander was born on 4 September 1901 in Edefors, Sweden, the son of Emil Nyland, a physician, and his wife Hedvig von Post. He passed ''student ...

(1901–1966), Swedish diplomat *

Lennart Olsson Lennart Olsson, born 1961, is a Swedish zoologist and embryologist, professor of comparative zoology at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany. Olsson focuses his research primarily on the embryological development of the vertebrate h ...

(born 1961), Swedish zoologist & embryologist, professor of comparative zoology at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena * Lennart Petrell (born 1984), Finnish professional ice hockey player * Lennart Poettering (born 1980), German software engineer * Lennart Rodhe (1916–2005), Swedish artist, painter and printmaker *

Lennart Rönnback Lennart Rönnback (21 May 1905 – 4 November 2007) was a Finnish White Guard veteran of the Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War; . Other designations: Brethren War, Citizen War, Class War, Freedom War, Red Rebellion and Revolution, . ...

(1905–2007), Finnish White Guard veteran of the Finnish Civil War of 1918 * Lennart Rönnberg (born 1938), Swedish Army major general * Lennart Roslund (born 1946), Swedish sailor *

Lennart Samuelsson Torsten Lennart Samuelsson (7 July 1924 – 27 November 2012) was a Swedish association footballer who played as a defender and won bronze medals at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1952 Summer Olympics. Between 1950 and 1955 Samuelsson capped 3 ...

(1924–2012), football player from Sweden * Lennart Sandin (1919–1991), Swedish bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s *

Lennart Skoglund Karl Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund (; 24 December 1929 – 8 July 1975) was a Swedish footballer who played as left winger. He began his career in his home country with Hammarby IF, but later played for several Italian clubs, most notably Inter Mil ...

(1929–1975), Swedish football player *

Lennart Söderberg Kurt Lennart Söderberg (7 July 1941 – 13 October 2022) was a Swedish football player and manager. He won one cap for the Sweden national team in 1965 Playing career Söderberg was born in Torpshammar, but his family moved to Solna when ...

(born 1941), Swedish football manager and former football player *

Lennart Steffensen Lennart Steffensen (born 12 July 1977) is a retired Norway, Norwegian football midfielder. He was drafted into the senior squad of Skeid Fotball in late 1996. He played for the Norway national under-21 football team, Norwegian under-21 team, and ...

(born 1977), Norwegian football midfielder * Lennart Stekelenburg (born 1986), Dutch swimmer who is specialized in breaststroke * Lennart Stenberg, Swedish author of ''Den nya nordiska floran'' *

Lennart Strand Lennart Strand (13 June 1921—23 January 2004) was a Swedish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m. In this event he won the national title in 1945–47, 1949 and 1950 and the European title in 1946, beating his compatriot Henry E ...

(1921–2004), Swedish middle-distance runner, 1500 m silver medallist at the 1948 London Summer Olympics *

Lennart Strandberg Hans Lennart Olofsson Strandberg (26 March 1915 – 23 December 1989) was a Swedish sprinter. He specialized in the 100 metres event, in which he won a bronze medal at the 1938 European Championships and finished sixth at the 1936 Summer Olympic ...

(1915–1989), Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin * Lennart Svedberg (1944–1972), Swedish ice hockey defenceman *

Lennart Swahn Olof Algot Lennart Svahn, later Olof Lennart Swahn (8 April 1927 – 27 August 2008) was a Swedish journalist and radio and television personality. Early life Swahn was born on 8 April 1927 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Karl Algot Swahn (190 ...

(1927–2008), Swedish journalist and radio and television personality *

Lennart Thy Lennart Thy (born 25 February 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eerste Divisie club PEC Zwolle. Club career On 18 January 2016, Werder Bremen announced Thy would be returning to the club for the 2016–17 seas ...

(born 1992), German footballer * Lennart Torstenson (1603–1651), Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (1603–1651), Swedish Field Marshal and military engineer *

Lennart Viitala Vilho Lennart "Lenni" Viitala (8 November 1921 – 24 February 1966) was a Finnish flyweight wrestler who won gold medals in freestyle wrestling at the 1946 European Athletics Championships and 1948 Olympics. Domestically Viitala won five frees ...

(1921–1966), Finnish freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion * Lennart von Post (1884–1951), Swedish naturalist and geologist * Lennart Wass (born 1953), Swedish football manager *

Lennart Wing Lennart Wing (born 7 August 1935) is a Swedish former footballer and manager who played as a wing half. He began his senior career with Örgryte IS before moving to play professionally in Scotland, joining Dundee United in 1965. He returned to � ...

(born 1935), Swedish international footballer who played in defence

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