Pär is a given name, a Scandinavian form of Peter. Notable people with the name include: * Pär Arlbrandt (born 1982), Swedish former professional ice hockey forward * Pär Arvidsson (born 1960), former butterfly swimmer from Sweden * Pär Asp (born 1982), retired Swedish footballer * Pär Bäcker (born 1982), Swedish professional ice hockey player * Pär Aron Borg (1776–1839), Swedish pedagogue and a pioneer in the education for the blind and deaf * Pär Boström * Pär Cederqvist (born 1980), Swedish footballer * Pär Djoos (born 1968), former ice hockey defenceman * Pär Edblom (born 1985), Swedish former ice hockey player * Pär Edlund (born 1967), retired Swedish ice hockey player * Pär Edwardson (born 1963), Swedish musician, songwriter and producer * Pär Ericsson (born 1988), Swedish footballer * Pär Gerell (born 1982), Swedish table tennis player * Pär Granstedt (born 1945), Swedish politician * Pär Götrek * Pär Hallström (born 1947), Swedish legal writer and professor emeritus of Law * Pär Hansson (born 1986), Swedish football goalkeeper * Pär Hurtig (born 1957), Swedish rower * Pär Hållberg * Pär Jilsén (born 1960), Swedish former handball player * Pär Johansson (born 1970), Swedish screenwriter, lecturer, theatre producer and theatre director * Pär-Gunnar Jönsson (born 1963), retired badminton player from Sweden * Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974), Swedish author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951 * Pär Lernström (born 1980), Swedish television presenter * Pär Lindgren (born 1952), Swedish composer and composition teacher * Pär Lindh, founding member of the Swedish symphonic rock group Pär Lindh Project * Pär Lindholm (born 1991), Swedish professional ice hockey centre * Pär Lindström (born 1970), Swedish freestyle swimmer * Pär Lindén (born 1966), Swedish sprint canoer * Pär Lund (born 1972), Swedish pianist and composer * Pär Mikaelsson (born 1970), retired ice hockey player * Pär Millqvist * Pär Mårts (born 1953), retired Swedish ice hockey player, retired coach of Swedish National team * Pär Öberg * Pär Rådström (1925–1963), Swedish writer and journalist * Pär Axel Sahlberg (born 1954), Swedish politician * Pär Olof Sandå (born 1965), Swedish entrepreneur, developer and stock trader * Pär Stenbäck (born 1941), Finnish politician and debater * Pär Styf (born 1979), retired ice hockey defenceman * Pär Sundström (born 1981), Swedish bassist of power metal band Sabaton * Pär Wiksten * Pär Zetterberg (born 1970), Swedish former football midfielder

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