List of Famous people named Per

Per Nils Welinder is a Swedish entrepreneur and former professional skateboarder. During the 1980s he achieved international fame as a freestyle skater and was a leading member of the Powell-Peralta skate team known as the "Bones Brigade". He had a number of influential video parts with Powell during the 1980s, a series of signature models, and roles in several Hollywood movies. Welinder also has the unique distinction of being the only person to have ever beaten Rodney Mullen in a professional skate contest.

Per "Pelle" Olsson is a Swedish football manager in charge of Sandvikens IF. He started out playing for his hometown club Skutskärs IF. During his injury-filled playing career he also represented Gefle IF, Malmö FF, Halmstads BK and the Sweden national under-21 football team. In his managerial career he is influenced by the managers who he previously played for like Roy Hodgson, Stuart Baxter and Benny Lennartsson. Before the start of the 2012 Allsvenskan season he was named the best manager in the league by newspaper Aftonbladet due to his ability to build a low-budget team that is greater than its individual parts.

Per Andris Bjørang is a former Norwegian speed skater and Sprint World Champion. At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo he finished 4th in the 500 metres. He became World Champion in sprint in 1974.

Per Ottar Sefland is a previous Governor of Svalbard. He served from 1 October 2005 to 16 September 2009.

Per Willy Guttormsen is a former Norwegian speed skater and cyclist. He was among the world's best long distance skaters in the 1960s.

Per Pedersen is a retired road bicycle racer from Denmark, who was a professional rider from 1986 to 1993. He competed in four Tours de France. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Per Christian Ellefsen is a Norwegian actor, mostly known from his roles in Elling and Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale.

Per Naroskin, is a Swedish psychologist, pscychotherapist, author and stand-up comedian. Naroskin participated in different shoew at Sveriges Radio, such as Studio Ett, Spanarna, and Jonas Val, and in 2006 he presented an episode of the SR show Sommar i P1 where he spoke about his life. He has also participated in the SVT show Fråga Doktorn.