Per (given name)

Per is a Scandinavian masculine given name. It is derived from Greek Πέτρος, Petros. The name is a variant of Peter, a common masculine name of the same origin. Other Scandinavian variants of Per are Pehr, Peer and Pär.

A–B

Per Aabel, Norwegian comic actor
Per Almar Aas, Norwegian politician
Per Ahlmark, Swedish writer and former politician
Per Egil Ahlsen, retired Norwegian footballer
Per Aldeheim, Swedish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Per Almaas, Norwegian politician
Per Almqvist, Swedish singer-songwriter
Per Andersen, Norwegian brain researcher
Per Anger, Swedish diplomat
Per Ankersjö, Swedish politician
Per Ankre, Norwegian handball player
Per Arneberg, Norwegian poet and translator
Per Arnoldi, Danish artist
Per Asplin, Norwegian singer, composer, and actor
Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet
Per Aunet, Norwegian politician and former athlete
Per Bak, Danish theoretical physicist
Per Bakken, Norwegian Nordic skier
Per Bang, Norwegian journalist
Per Bauhn, Swedish philosopher and author
Per Bengtsson, Swedish speedskater
Per Aage Brandt, Danish writer, poet, and linguist
Per Bergersen, Swedish musician and songwriter
Per Bergerud, Norwegian ski jumper
Per Bergman, Swedish competitive sailor
Per Bergsland, Norwegian pilot, prisoner of war, and escapee from Stalag Luft III
Per Bertilsson, Swedish gymnast
Per Bill, Swedish politician
Per Bjerregaard, executive director of Danish football club Brøndby IF
Per Bjørang, Norwegian speed skater
Per Blom (canoeist), Norwegian sprint canoer
Per Blom (director), Norwegian film director
Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway, 1965–1971
Per Brahe the Elder, Swedish statesman
Per Brahe the Younger, Swedish soldier and statesman
Per Brandtzæg, Norwegian physician and professor
Per Bratland, Norwegian newspaper editor and author
Per Bredesen, Norwegian footballer
Per Brinch Hansen, Danish-American computer scientist and pioneer of concurrent programming
Per Brogeland, Norwegian football coach
Per Bronken, Norwegian poet, novelist, actor, and stage producer
Per Brunvand, Norwegian newspaper editor
Per Buckhøj, Danish film actor
Per Bäckman, Swedish ice hockey player

C–J

Per Carlén, Swedish handball player
Per Carleson, Swedish officer and fencer
Per Carlqvist, Swedish plasma physicist
Per Carlsen (diplomat), Swedish diplomat
Per Carlsén, Swedish curler
Per Cederblom, Swedish breaststroke swimmer
Per Christensen, Norwegian actor
Per Eberhard Cogell, Swedish artist
Per Collinder, Swedish astronomer
Per Dalin, Norwegian educationalist
Per Ditlev-Simonsen, Norwegian politician and former mayor of Oslo
Per Drageset, Norwegian civil servant
Per Eggers, Swedish actor
Per Egil Flo, Norwegian footballer
Per Arne Glorvigen, Norwegian musician and composer
Per Erik Granström, Swedish politician
Per Egil Hegge, Norwegian journalist
Per Einarsson, Swedish bandy player
Per Enflo, Swedish mathematician and concert pianist
Per Egil Evensen, Norwegian politician
Per Gedda, Swedish sailor
Per Gessle, Swedish musician, member of Roxette
Per Günther, German basketball player
Per-Arne Håkansson, Swedish politician
Per Albin Hansson, Swedish politician
Per Holst, Danish film producer and director
Per Husted, Danish politician

K–Z

Per Kellin, Swedish Army major general
Per Kirkeby, Danish artist
Per Krøldrup, retired Danish footballer
Per Martin-Löf, Swedish logician, philosopher, and mathematical statistician
Per Botolf Maurseth, Norwegian economist and politician
Per Mertesacker, retired German footballer
Per Mohn, Norwegian politician
Per Edmund Mordt, retired Norwegian footballer
Per Nørgård, Danish composer and music theorist
Per Yngve Ohlin, Swedish singer, better known as Dead
Per T. Ohlsson, Swedish journalist
Per Skjærvik, Norwegian politician
Erik Per Sullivan, American-Swedish actor
Per Welinder, Swedish professional skateboarder