Olov

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title: "Olov" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["swedish-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/sweden" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olov" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::callout[type=note] the given name ::

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

• Olle Åberg (1925–2013), Swedish middle-distance runner
• Olle Åhlund (1920–1996), Swedish footballer
• Olle Anderberg (1919–2003), Swedish wrestler in the Olympic Games
• Olle Andersson (speedway rider) (1932–2017), Swedish speedway rider
• Olle Andersson (tennis) (1895–1974), Swedish tennis player
• Olov Englund (born 1983), Swedish bandy player
• Olof Forssberg (1938–2023), Swedish jurist and civil servant
• Olle Hagnell (1924–2011), Swedish psychiatrist
• Olle Hellbom (1925–1982), Swedish film director
• Olof Johansson (born 1937), Swedish politician
• Olov Lambatunga, Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1198–1206
• Olle Larsson (1928–1960), Swedish rower
• Olof Mellberg (born 1977), Swedish footballer
• Olof Mörck (born 1981), Swedish guitarist and songwriter, member of Amaranthe
• Olle Nordemar (1914–1999), Swedish film director, editor, producer, cinematographer and screenwriter
• Olof Palme (1927–1986), Swedish Prime Minister 1969–1976 and 1982–1986
• Olof Ripa (1909–1992), Swedish diplomat
• Olle Romo, musician
• Olof Rudbeck (1630–1702), internationally known as Olaus Rudbeck (as he wrote his name like that in Latin), Swedish scientist
• Olof Skötkonung (c. 980–1022), king of Sweden 995–1022
• Olov Svebilius, Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1681–1700
• Olof Swartz (1760–1818), Swedish scientist
• Olle Tandberg (1918–1996), Swedish heavyweight boxer, European champion
• Olof Thorin (1912–2004), Swedish mathematician
• Olle Thorell (born 1967), Swedish politician
• Olle Wästberg (born 1945), Swedish journalist, politician and diplomat

Fictional characters

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

References

References

1. Mike Campbell. "Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Olov". Behind the Name.

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