Olov

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Olov (or Olof) is a Swedish form of Olav/Olaf, meaning "ancestor's descendant".^[1] A common short form of the name is Olle. The name may refer to:

• Per-Olov Ahrén (1926–2004), Swedish clergyman, bishop of Lund from 1980 to 1992
• Per-Olov Brasar (born 1950), retired professional ice hockey forward
• Olov Englund (born 1983), Swedish bandy player
• Per Olov Enquist (born 1934), one of Sweden's internationally best known authors
• Olle Hagnell (1924-2011), Swedish psychiatrist
• Karl Olov Hedberg (1923–2007), botanist, taxonomist, author, professor at Uppsala University
• Olle Hellbom (1925–1982), Swedish film director
• Per Olov Jansson (born 1920), Finnish photographer
• Olof Johansson (born 1937), Swedish politician
• Per-Olov Kindgren (born 1956), Swedish musician, composer, guitarist and music teacher
• Olov Lambatunga, Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1198–1206
• Sven-Olov Lawesson (1926–1988), Swedish chemist known for his popularization of Lawesson's reagent within the chemical community
• Sven Olov Lindholm (1903–1998), Swedish Nazi leader, active in Swedish fascist organizations from the 1920s to the 1950s
• Per-Olov Löwdin (1916–2000), Swedish physicist, professor at the University of Uppsala from 1960 to 1983
• Olof Mellberg (born 1977), Swedish footballer
• Olof Mörck (born 1981), Swedish guitarist and songwriter, member of Amaranthe
• Olof Palme (1927–1986), Swedish Prime Minister 1969–1976 and 1982–1986
• Olle Romo, musician
• Olof Rudbeck (1630–1702), internationally known as Olaus Rudbeck (as he wrote his name like that in Latin), Swedish scientist
• Sven-Olov Sjödelius (born 1933), Swedish sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s
• Olof Skötkonung (c. 980–1022), king of Sweden 995–1022
• Olov Svebilius, Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1681–1700
• Olof Swartz (1760–1818), Swedish scientist
• Carl Olof Tallgren (born 1927), Finnish politician
• Olof Thorin (1912-2004), Swedish mathematician
• Zhaleh Olov (born 1927), actress and dubbing artist
• Olle Åhlund (1920–1996), Swedish footballer

Fictional characters[]

• Olof Koskela, a main character of the novel The Song of the Blood-Red Flower by Johannes Linnankoski

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