Lennart or Lennarth is a Germanic variant of the name

Leonard Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin '' L ...

, most common in

Scandinavia Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Swe ...

and German-speaking countries as a surname or masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

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Camilla Lennarth Camilla Lennarth (born 16 June 1988) is a Swedish professional golfer who has played on the Ladies European Tour and U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She won the 2014 Ladies Slovak Open and held the first round lead at the 2013 Women's British Open. Early ...

(born 1988), Swedish golfer *

Isobel Lennart Isobel Lennart (May 18, 1915 – January 25, 1971) was an award-winning American screenwriter and playwright. She is best known for writing the book for the Broadway musical '' Funny Girl'' which premiered in 1964, although she also wrote scripts ...

(1915–1971), American screenwriter and playwright *

Sonja de Lennart Sonja de Lennart (born 21 May 1920) is a German fashion designer. In 1948, she invented Capri pants.Der Grosse Brockhaus Lexikon/The Great Brockhaus (Bertelsmann Group) 2002-2007

(born 1920), German fashion designer

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Lennart Alexandersson Lennart Alexandersson (born 31 March 1947) is a Swedish former footballer who played for Halmstads BK in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the father of football players, Niclas and Daniel Alexandersson. In 1965, Halmstads was demoted to Division 3. ...

(born 1947), Swedish footballer, father of football players Niclas and Daniel Alexandersson * Lennart Åqvist (born 1932), Swedish logician * Lennart Askinger (1922–1995), Swedish football defender *

Lennart Atterwall Lennart Folke Alfons Atterwall (born ''Ohlsson'', 26 March 1911 – 23 April 2001) was a Swedish javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains mom ...

(1911–2001), Swedish javelin thrower and European champion *

Lennart Augustsson Lennart Augustsson is a Swedish computer scientist. He was previously a lecturer at the Computing Science Department at Chalmers University of Technology. His research field is functional programming and implementations of functional languages. ...

, Swedish computer scientist * Lennart Axelsson (musician) (born 1941), Swedish trumpet player *

Lennart Axelsson (politician) Lennart Axelsson (born 1953) is a Swedish politician who is a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in the Riksdag. Axelssonwas first elected to the Riksdag in 2000 and has represented Örebro County Örebro County ( sv, Örebro län) ...

(born 1953), Swedish politician, member of the Riksdag * Lennart Beijer (born 1947), Swedish Left Party politician, member of the Riksdag 1994–2006 *

Lennart Bengtsson Lennart Bengtsson (born ) is a Swedish meteorologist. His research interests include climate sensitivity, extreme events, climate variability and climate predictability. Career He was head of research at the European Centre for Medium-Range Wea ...

, Swedish meteorologist currently interested in global climate modelling * Lennart Bergelin (1925–2008), Swedish tennis player and coach *

Lennart Bernadotte Lennart, Prince Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (born Prince Lennart, Duke of Småland; 8 May 1909 – 21 December 2004) was a Swedish-German landscaper, filmmaker, photographer and was a grandson of King Gustaf V of Sweden. He was also the eldest gr ...

, 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 Lennart A. Bohman (May 27, 1909 – October 11, 1979) was a Swedish boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen ...

(1909–1979), Swedish boxer *

Lennart Bunke Lennart Bunke (3 April 1912 – 17 August 1988) was a Swedish football forward who played for Sweden. He also played for Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs IF (full name Helsingborgs Idrottsförening), commonly referred to as HIF (), is a Swedish ...

(1912–1988), Swedish football forward *

Lennart Carleson Lennart Axel Edvard Carleson (born 18 March 1928) is a Swedish mathematician, known as a leader in the field of harmonic analysis. One of his most noted accomplishments is his proof of Lusin's conjecture. He was awarded the Abel Prize in 2006 fo ...

(born 1928), Swedish mathematician * Lennart Carlström (born 1943), Swedish orienteering competitor *

Lennart Daléus Lennart Daléus (born 25 June 1946) is a Swedish politician, who was the leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1998 to 2001. Born in Stockholm, Daléus was the leader of the Option 3 campaign for the 1980 referendum on nuclear power in Swede ...

(born 1946), Swedish politician, leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1998 to 2001 *

Lennart Dozzi Oreste Lennart Valentino Dozzi (May 3, 1910 – July 2, 1987) was a Swedish canoeist who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Stockholm and died in Bromma Bromma () is a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in the western part of ...

(1910–1987), Swedish canoeist *

Lennarth Ebbinge Lennarth Ebbinge (; born 9 May 1956) is a Swedish former handball player and coach, who played as a right wingman. He made his senior debut at second-tier team Näsby IF. In 1976 he signed for cross-town rivals IFK Kristianstad. In his first s ...

(born 1956), Swedish handball player *

Lennart Ekdahl Lennart Ekdahl (8 December 1912 – 15 September 2005) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( ...

(1912–2005), Swedish sailor * Lennart Eriksson (musician) (born 1956), the bass player in the Swedish punk rock band ''Ebba Grön'' *

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 the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: M ...

(born 1944), Swedish handball player

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Lennart Fremling Lennart Fremling (1946-2013) was a Swedish Liberal People's 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 1 ...

(1946–2013), Swedish Liberal People's Party politician *

Lennart Geijer Johan Lennart Geijer (14 September 1909 – 16 June 1999) was a Swedish politician and lawyer. He is mainly remembered for his role in the Geijer affair and for being the Minister for Justice who himself negotiated with the robbers and terroris ...

(1909–1999), Swedish politician and lawyer *

Lennart Ginman Lennart Ginman (born March 1960) is a Danish-Finnish bassist, composer and music producer. He has cooperated with artists like Steen Jørgensen, lead singer of Sort Sol in two joint albums, and Kirk Lightsey, an American jazz pianist with a joi ...

(born 1960), Danish bassist, composer and music producer *

Lennart Green Sven Lennart Green (born 25 December 1941) is a Swedish world champion close-up/card magician, a title which he won in 1991 at the FISM convention in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is known for his seemingly chaotic routines which, in spite of first ...

(born 1941), Swedish magician, world champion close-up/card magician * Lennart Gripenberg (1852–1933), Finnish politician * Lennart Gustavsson (born 1954), Swedish Left Party politician *

Lennart Hannelius Lennart Vilhelm Hannelius (8 November 1893 – 4 May 1950) was a Finnish sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad ...

(1893–1950), Finnish sport shooter * Lennart Hartmann (born 1991), German footballer * Lennart Hedmark (born 1944), Swedish track and field athlete *

Lennart Hedquist Lennart Hedquist (born 1943) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party The Moderate Party ( sv, Moderata samlingspartiet , ; M), commonly referred to as the Moderates ( ), is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party gen ...

(born 1943), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party * Lennart Heimer (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 Lennart Hjalmar Hjulström (18 July 1938 – 3 July 2022) was a Swedish actor and director. He was married to Gunilla Nyroos and father of Niklas and Carin Hjulström. His father was Filip Hjulström. Partial filmography *1983: '' Berget på ...

(1938–2022), Swedish actor and director *

Lennart Hyland Otto Lennart Hyland (24 September 1919 – 15 March 1993), was a Swedish TV-show host and journalist and one of the most popular and renowned TV personalities in the history of Swedish television. His biggest success as an entertainer was unquestio ...

(1919–1993), Swedish TV-show host and journalist *

Lennart Jähkel Carl Gustav Lennart Jähkel (born 27 September 1956) is a Swedish actor. He is active at the Stockholm City Theatre, where he participated in several plays. Filmography Films *1991 - '' Infödingen'' *1992 - '' Nordexpressen'' *1992 - '' ...

(born 1956), Swedish actor *

Lennart Johansson Nils Lennart Johansson (5 November 1929 – 4 June 2019) was a Swedish sports official who served as the fifth and, to date, longest-serving president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations. He served in the position from his elec ...

(1929–2019), Swedish football administrator, president of the Union of European Football Associations from 1990 to 2007 * Lennart Johansson (ice hockey) (1941–2010), Swedish professional ice hockey player * Lennart Johnsson (born 1944), Swedish computer scientist and engineer *

Lennart Klingström Lennart Klas Valdemar Klingström (18 April 1916 – 5 July 1994) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won the gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Klingström also won ...

(1916–1994), Swedish sprint canoeist * Lennart Klockare (born 1945), Swedish social democratic politician * Lennart Kollberg, fictional character in the books by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö *

Lennart Kollmats Lennart Kollmats (born 1943) is a Sweden, Swedish Liberal People's Party (Sweden), Liberal People's Party politician, List of members of the Swedish Riksdag, member of the Parliament of Sweden, Riksdag 1998–2006. References

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(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 Elijah Interfaith Institute is a nonprofit ...

(born 1944), clergyman in the Church of Sweden, serving as bishop in Visby * Lennart Larsson (cross-country skier) (1930–2021), Swedish cross-country skier * Lennart Larsson (footballer) (born 1953), Swedish footballer * Lennart Lindgren (1915–1952), Swedish Olympic sprinter * Lennart Lindgren (Swedish Navy officer) (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. He was born in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and ...

(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) General Karl Hilmer Lennart Ljung (13 March 1921 – 19 November 1990) was a Swedish Army officer who served as Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1978 to 1986. During Ljung's eight years as Supreme Commander many events of impor ...

(1921–1990), Swedish Army general

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Lennart Magnusson Lennart Carl Oscar Magnusson (1 January 1924 – 2 September 2011) was a Swedish fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska som ...

(1924–2011), Swedish fencer *

Lennart Mathiasen Lennart Mathiasen (born 11 April 1948) is a Denmark, Danish canoe racing, sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres, C-2 1000 m event a ...

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

(born 1961), Swedish zoologist & embryologist, professor of comparative zoology at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena *

Lennart Petrell Lennart Petrell (born 13 April 1984) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player, currently playing for HIFK of the Finnish Liiga. Playing career He was originally drafted in the 6th round (190th overall) on the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Colum ...

(born 1984), Finnish professional ice hockey player *

Lennart Poettering Lennart Poettering (born 15 October 1980) is a German software engineer working for Microsoft and the original author of PulseAudio, Avahi and systemd. Life and career Poettering was born in Guatemala City but grew up in Rio de Janeiro, B ...

(born 1980), German software engineer *

Lennart Rodhe Lennart Rodhe (November 15, 1916 – January 17, 2005) was a Sweden, Swedish artist, painter and printmaker. Lennart Rodhe enrolled as a student in 1934 at Edward Berggrens studio at Konstfack, Tekniska skolan in Stockholm, and studied under Peter ...

(1916–2005), Swedish artist, painter and printmaker * Lennart Rönnback (1905–2007), Finnish White Guard veteran of the Finnish Civil War of 1918 *

Lennart Rönnberg Major General Erik Lennart Rönnberg (21 November 1938 – 25 December 2022) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include postings as Chief of the Army Staff and of the General Staff Corps (1990–1994) and Chief of Staff of the Midd ...

(born 1938), Swedish Army major general *

Lennart Roslund Lennart Roslund (born 15 February 1946) is a Swedish sailor. He won a silver medal in the '' Soling class'' at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known ...

(born 1946), Swedish sailor * Lennart Samuelsson (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 Milan ...

(1929–1975), Swedish football player * Lennart Söderberg (born 1941), Swedish football manager and former football player * Lennart Steffensen (born 1977), Norwegian football midfielder *

Lennart Stekelenburg Lennart Stekelenburg (born 22 October 1986) is a Dutch swimmer who specialises in breaststroke. He is the current national record holder in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at the long course and is part of the 4 × 100 m relay team who hold ...

(born 1986), Dutch swimmer who is specialized in breaststroke *

Lennart Stenberg ''Den nya nordiska floran'' ("The new Nordic flora") is a book of Swedish flora from 2003 by Bo Mossberg and Lennart Stenberg, with illustrations by Bo Mossberg. It contains descriptions, illustrations and distribution maps of all plants in Sweden ...

, 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 Er ...

(1921–2004), Swedish middle-distance runner, 1500 m silver medallist at the 1948 London Summer Olympics * Lennart Strandberg (1915–1989), Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin *

Lennart Svedberg Jan Lennart "Lill-Strimma" Svedberg (29 February 1944 – 29 July 1972) was a Swedish ice hockey defenceman. He played for Timrå IK and Brynäs IF. He also played on the Swedish national team during six IIHF World Championships and t ...

(1944–1972), Swedish ice hockey defenceman * Lennart Swahn (1927–2008), Swedish journalist and radio and television personality * Lennart Thy (born 1992), German footballer *

Lennart Torstenson Lennart Torstensson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (17 August 16037 April 1651), was a Swedish Field Marshal and military engineer. Early career He was born at Forstena manor in Västergötland. His parents were Märta Nilsdotter Posse a ...

(1603–1651), Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (1603–1651), Swedish Field Marshal and military engineer * Lennart Viitala (1921–1966), Finnish freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion *

Lennart von Post Ernst Jakob Lennart von Post (16June 188411January 1951) was a Swedish naturalist and geologist. He was the first to publish quantitative analysis of pollen and is counted as one of the founders of palynology. He was a professor at Stockholm Uni ...

(1884–1951), Swedish naturalist and geologist *

Lennart Wass Lennart Wass (born 4 January 1953) is a Swedish football manager and former player. He co-managed Swedish side Djurgårdens IF along with Carlos Banda during the 2010 Allsvenskan and the beginning of the 2011 Allsvenskan The 2011 Allsvenska ...

(born 1953), Swedish football manager * Lennart Wing (born 1935), Swedish international footballer who played in defence

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