Look up Olov in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Look up olov in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Olov or Olof is a Swedish form of the Norwegian Olav/Olaf, meaning "ancestor's descendent".^[1] Olov may refer to:

• Per-Olov Ahrén (1926–2004), a Swedish clergyman, bishop of Lund from 1980 to 1992
• Per-Olov Brasar (born 1950), a retired professional ice hockey forward
• Olov Englund (born 1983), a Swedish Bandy player
• Per Olov Enquist (born 1934), one of Sweden's internationally best known authors
• Karl Olov Hedberg (1923–2007), botanist, taxonomist, author, professor at Uppsala University
• Per Olov Jansson (born 1920), a Finnish photographer
• Per-Olov Kindgren (born 1956), a Swedish musician, composer, guitarist and music teacher
• Olov Lambatunga, archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1198–1206
• Sven-Olov Lawesson (1926–1988), a Swedish chemist known for his popularization of Lawesson's reagent within the chemical community
• Sven Olov Lindholm (1903–1998), a Swedish Nazi leader, active in Swedish fascist organizations from the 1920s to the 1950s
• Per-Olov Löwdin (1916–2000), a Swedish physicist, professor at the University of Uppsala from 1960 to 1983
• Sven-Olov Sjödelius (born 1933), a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s
• Olov Svebilius, Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1681–1700
• Zhaleh Olov (born 1927), an actress and dubbing artist

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• Olaus

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