Per is a Scandinavian masculine given name. It is derived from the Greek word πετρος (petros) meaning "stone" or "rock". The name is a variant of

Peter Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

, a common masculine name of the same origin. Other Scandinavian variants of Per are Pehr, Peer and Pär.

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Per Aabel Per Pavels Aabel (25 April 1902 – 22 December 1999) was a Norwegian actor, artist, dancer, choreographer and instructor.

(1902–1999), Norwegian comic actor *

Per Almar Aas Per Almar Aas (11 June 1929 – 18 May 2014) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. Life and career Aas was born in Ballangen. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 1973, and was re-elected on three occ ...

(1929–2014), Norwegian politician *

Per Ahlmark Per Axel Ahlmark (15 January 1939 – 8 June 2018) was a Swedish politician and writer. He was the leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1975 to 1978, and Minister for Employment and Deputy Prime Minister in the Swedish government from 1976 ...

(1939–2018), Swedish writer and former politician * Per Egil Ahlsen (born 1958), retired Norwegian footballer *

Per Aldeheim Per Henrik Aldeheim (born 17 January 1966), is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter and producer.Per Almaas Per Almaas (8 March 1898 – 25 July 1991) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. He was born in Selbu. He was elected to the Storting, Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1950, but was not re-electe ...

(1898–1991), Norwegian politician * Per Almqvist (born 1978), Swedish singer-songwriter *

Per Andersen Per Oskar Andersen (12 January 1930 – 17 February 2020) was a Norwegian brain researcher at the University of Oslo. Research by his lab, specifically by Terje Lømo (and Timothy Bliss, who helped characterize the phenomenon years later), led t ...

(1930–2020), Norwegian brain researcher *

Per Anger Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita. Per or PER may also refer to: Places * IOC country code for Peru * Pér, a village in Hungary * Chapman code for Perthshire, historic county in Scotland Mat ...

(1913–2002), Swedish diplomat *

Per Ankersjö Per Ankersjö (born 1971) is 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 create laws that govern the la ...

(born 1971), Swedish politician * Per Ankre (born 1948), Norwegian handball player *

Per Arneberg Per Arneberg (4 January 1901 – 9 October 1981) was a Norwegian poet, prosaist and translator, born in Tønsberg. Among his books are ''Dagen og natten'' (1939), ''Oslostreif'' (1949) and ''Oktobernetter'' (1971). He edited the poetry anth ...

(1901–1981), Norwegian poet and translator * Per Arnoldi (born 1941), Danish artist *

Per Asplin Per Asplin (10 August 1928, in Tønsberg – 9 October 1996, in Oslo) was a Norwegian pianist, singer, composer and actor. He co-starred in a handful of films as well as participating in Melodi Grand Prix five times in the 1960s. Still he is prob ...

(1928–1996), Norwegian singer, composer, and actor *

Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (19 January 1790 in Åsbo, Östergötland – 21 July 1855) was a Swedish romantic poet, and a member of the Swedish Academy. Life He was son of a country parson, was born in the province of Ostergotland on 19 Ja ...

(1790–1855), Swedish poet * Per Aunet (born 1940), Norwegian politician and former athlete *

Per Bak Per Bak (8 December 1948 – 16 October 2002) was a Danish theoretical physicist who coauthored the 1987 academic paper that coined the term "self-organized criticality." Life and work After receiving his Ph.D. from the Technical University of ...

(1948–2002), Danish theoretical physicist * Per Bakken (1882–1958), Norwegian Nordic skier * Per Bang (1922–2010), Norwegian journalist * Per Bauhn (born 1960), Swedish philosopher and author * Per Bengtsson (born 1967), Swedish speedskater * Per Aage Brandt (1944–2021), Danish writer, poet, and linguist * Per Bergersen (1960–1990), Swedish musician and songwriter *

Per Bergerud Per Bergerud (born 28 June 1956) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career At the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo, he won a gold medal in the team large hill event. Bergerud reached the peak of his career at the 1985 FIS Nordic Wo ...

(born 1956), Norwegian ski jumper *

Per Bergman Per H. Bergman (May 15, 1886 – October 18, 1950) was a Swedish 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 fields that ar ...

(1886–1950), Swedish competitive sailor *

Per Bergsland Sgt Per Bergsland (17 January 1918 – 9 June 1992) was a Norwegian fighter pilot and POW in the German POW camp Stalag Luft III and one of only three men to escape to freedom in the " Great Escape". Sports career During the 1930s Bergsland c ...

(1918–1992), Norwegian pilot, prisoner of war, and escapee from Stalag Luft III * Per Bertilsson (1892–1972), Swedish gymnast *

Per Bill Per Anders Otto Bill (born 13 February 1958) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party who has been Governor of Gävleborg County since 1 August 2015. He was a member of the Riksdag from 1994 to 2015. Eisenhower Fellowships selected Per Bi ...

(born 1958), Swedish politician *

Per Bjerregaard Per Anders Bjerregaard (; born 23 January 1946) is a Danish educated physician (cand.med.) and former footballer, executive director and chairman of Danish football club Brøndby IF. Career Born in Randers, Bjerregaard moved to Copenhagen where ...

(born 1946), executive director of Danish football club Brøndby IF *

Per Bjørang Per Andris Bjørang (born 31 January 1948) is a former Norwegian speed skater and Sprint World Champion. At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo he finished 4th in the 500 metres. He became World Champion in sprint in 1974. His highest placemen ...

(born 1948), Norwegian speed skater * Per Blom (canoeist) (born 1949), Norwegian sprint canoer *

Per Blom (director) Per Blom (5 May 1946 – 13 February 2013) was a Norwegian film director. He was born in Søndre Land. Among his films are ''Anton'' from 1973, and ''Mors hus'' from 1974, based on a novel by Knut Faldbakken. Further ''Kvinner'' from 1979, '' S� ...

(1946–2013), Norwegian film director *

Per Borten (3 April 1913 – 20 January 2005) was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party and the 25th prime minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971. Per Borten is credited for leading the modernization of what was then named Bondepartiet (the Agrarian ...

(1913–2005), Prime Minister of Norway, 1965–1971 *

Per Brahe the Elder Per Brahe the Elder (1520–1590) was a Swedish statesman. Brahe was the son of Joakim Brahe (died 1520 in the Stockholm Bloodbath) and Margareta Eriksdotter Vasa, the sister of Gustav Eriksson Vasa, who became King of Sweden in 1523. Brahe wa ...

(1520–1590), Swedish statesman *

Per Brahe the Younger Count Per Brahe the Younger (18 February 1602 – 12 September 1680) was a Swedish soldier, statesman, and author. He served as Privy Councillor from 1630, Lord High Steward from 1640, as well as Governor-General of Finland in 1637–1640 and 1 ...

(1602–1680), Swedish soldier and statesman *

Per Brandtzæg Per Brandtzæg (9 June 1936 – 11 September 2016) was a Norwegian dentist. He was a professor of medicine at the University of Oslo. In November 2006 he was proclaimed Commander of the Order of St. Olav in recognition of his work. He was a member ...

(1936–2016), Norwegian physician and professor * Per Bratland (1907–1988), Norwegian newspaper editor and author * Per Bredesen (1930–2022), Norwegian footballer *

Per Brinch Hansen Per Brinch Hansen (13 November 1938 – 31 July 2007) was a Danish-American computer scientist known for his work in operating systems, concurrent programming and parallel and distributed computing. Biography Early life and education Per B ...

(1938–2007), Danish-American computer scientist and pioneer of concurrent programming * Per Brogeland (born 1953), Norwegian football coach *

Per Bronken Per Bronken (13 March 1935 – 4 October 2002) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, actor, film director and stage producer. Career Bronken made his literary debut in 1955 with the poetry collection ''Kom drikk også mitt blod''. He made his stag ...

(1935–2002), Norwegian poet, novelist, actor, and stage producer * Per Brunvand (1937–2015), Norwegian newspaper editor *

Per Buckhøj Per Buckhøj (10 February 1902 – 21 October 1964) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 36 films between 1942 and 1958. Partial filmography * ''Flådens blå matroser'' (1937) – Mand, der trues * ' (1942) – Landsretssagfører Berggre ...

(1902–1964), Danish film actor * Per Bäckman (born 1950), Swedish ice hockey player

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Per Carlén Per Carlén (born 19 November 1960, in Karlstad) is a former handball player and current coach. He is the father of Swedish national handball player Oscar Carlén and Swedish national football player Hilda Carlén. His most recent coachi ...

(born 1960), Swedish handball player *

Per Carleson Senior Colonel Per Hjalmar Ludvig Carleson (11 July 1917 – 8 June 2004) was a Swedish officer and épée fencer. Carleson was one of the founders of the Swedish Coastal Rangers. Early life Carleson was born on 11 July 1917 in Stockholm ...

(1917–2004), Swedish officer and fencer * Per Carlqvist (born 1938), Swedish plasma physicist * Per Carlsen (diplomat) (1948–2020), Swedish diplomat *

Per Carlsén Per Carlsén (born 24 June 1960, in Sundsvall) is 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 primarily in Sw ...

(born 1960), Swedish curler * Per Cederblom (1901–1987), Swedish breaststroke swimmer *

Per Christensen Per Christensen (18 July 1934 – 26 August 2009) was a Norwegian actor. His film credits include ''Elling'', '' Hotel Cæsar'', '' The Warrior's Heart'', and '' The Passionate Demons''. Selected filmography * 1957: '' Slalåm under himmelen'' * ...

(1934–2009), Norwegian actor * Per Eberhard Cogell (1734–1812), Swedish artist *

Per Collinder Per Collinder (22 May 1890 – 6 December 1975) was a Swedish astronomer. Born at Sundsvall, he is known for a catalog of open clusters that he published in 1931, which is today known as the Collinder catalogue. He has written the books ''His ...

(1890–1974), Swedish astronomer * Per Dalin (1936–2010), Norwegian educationalist *

Per Ditlev-Simonsen Per Ditlev-Simonsen (born 12 June 1932) is a Norwegian politician. He was the mayor of Oslo, representing the Conservative Party, from 1995 to 2007. He stepped down on 23 August 2007 following the Swiss bank-account scandal. Ditlev-Simonsen wa ...

(born 1932), Norwegian politician and former mayor of Oslo * Per Drageset (born 1944), Norwegian civil servant *

Per Eggers Per Mikael Gustaf Eggers (born 3 February 1951) is a Swedish actor and has starred in ''Hocus Pocus Alfie Atkins ''Hocus Pocus Alfie Atkins'' ( sv, Hokus Pokus Alfons Åberg) is a 2013 Danish-Norwegian-Swedish animated feature film directed b ...

(born 1951), Swedish actor *

Per Egil Flo Per-Egil Hough Flo (born 18 January 1989) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for Sogndal. He is the nephew of Håvard Flo and cousin-nephew of Jostein Flo, Jarle Flo and Tore André Flo. Career Club After progressing through Sogn ...

(born 1989), Norwegian footballer * Per Erik Granström (1942–2011), Swedish politician *

Per Egil Hegge Per Egil Hegge (born 6 March 1940) is a Norwegian journalist. Hegge was born in Trondheim as a son of two teachers from Skatval. The family moved to Inderøy in 1941. He served his military service at the elite Russian language program of the N ...

(born 1940), Norwegian journalist * Per Einarsson (born 1984), Swedish bandy player *

Per Enflo Per H. Enflo (; born 20 May 1944) is a Swedish mathematician working primarily in functional analysis, a field in which he solved mathematical problems, problems that had been considered fundamental. Three of these problems had been open problem, ...

(born 1944), Swedish mathematician and concert pianist * Per Gedda (1914–2005), Swedish sailor *

Per Gessle Per Håkan Gessle (; born 12 January 1959) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the male half and primary songwriter of the Swedish pop rock duo Roxette, which he formed with Marie Fredriksson in 1986 and which was ...

(born 1959), Swedish musician, member of Roxette *

Per Günther Per Günther (born 5 February 1988) is a retired German basketball player. He saw action in 500 games of the Basketball Bundesliga for Ratiopharm Ulm. He also competed with the German national basketball team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship ...

(born 1988), German basketball player * Per-Arne Håkansson (born 1963), Swedish politician * Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946), Swedish politician

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* Per Kellin (1903–1973), Swedish Army major general *

Per Krøldrup Per Billeskov Krøldrup (born 31 July 1979) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He has played 33 games for the Denmark national football team, and was part of their squad for the 2004 European Championship. Cl ...

(born 1979), retired Danish footballer * Per Kirkeby (1938–2018), Danish artist * Per Botolf Maurseth (born 1969), Norwegian economist and politician *

Per Mertesacker Per Mertesacker (; born 29 September 1984) is a German football coach and former professional player who played as a centre back. He is the current manager of the Arsenal Academy. Mertesacker began his senior career after being promoted from th ...

(born 1984), retired German footballer * Per Edmund Mordt (born 1965), retired Norwegian footballer *

Per Nørgård Per Nørgård (; born 13 July 1932) is a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style has varied considerably throughout his career, his music has often included repeatedly evolving melodies—such as the infinity series—in the vein o ...

(born 1932), Danish writer and composer *

Per Yngve Ohlin Per Yngve "Pelle" Ohlin (16 January 1969 – 8 April 1991), better known by his stage name Dead, was a Swedish metal musician who was best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem from 1988 until his death ...

(1969–1991), Swedish singer *

Per Welinder Per Nils Welinder (born April 17, 1962) is a Swedish entrepreneur and former professional skateboarder. During the 1980s he achieved international fame as a freestyle skater and was a leading member of the Powell-Peralta skate team known as the " ...

(born 1962), Swedish professional skateboarder *

Per Martin-Löf Per Erik Rutger Martin-Löf (; ; born 8 May 1942) is a Swedish logician, philosopher, and mathematical statistician. He is internationally renowned for his work on the foundations of probability, statistics, mathematical logic, and computer scie ...

(born 1942), Swedish logician, philosopher, and mathematical statistician * Per T. Ohlsson (1958–2022), Swedish journalist * Erik Per Sullivan (born 1991), American-Swedish actor

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