Peer (first name)
Peer , also Pehr , Per or Pär , is a male given name from the Scandinavian region.
Origin and variants
It is the Nordic version of Peter . The name Peter comes from the Greek and means ( petros ' stone or rock ').
Peer is mainly Norwegian, Pär is Swedish, Per is common.
variants
The common diminutive of the name in Sweden is Pelle .
name day
The name day is August 1st in Scandinavia .
Name bearer
peer
- Peer Augustinski (1940–2014), German actor and speaker
- Peer Baierlein (* 1972), German musician and composer
- Peer Frenzke (* 1964), German guitarist, music producer, teacher and author
- Peer Gessing (* 1967), German painter
- Peer Hultberg (1935-2007), Danish writer
- Peer Jäger (* 1943), German actor
- Peer Kusmagk (* 1975), German presenter and actor
- Peer Meter (* 1956), German writer
- Peer Oppenheimer (* 1920), German-American film producer and screenwriter
- Peer Posipal (* 1962), German soccer player
- Peer Raben (1940–2007), German composer of film music
- Peer Schmidt (1926-2010), German actor and voice actor
- Peer Steinbrück (* 1947), German politician (SPD)
- Peer Teuwsen (* 1967), German-Swiss journalist
Pehr
- Pehr Edman (1916–1977), Swedish biochemist ( Edman degradation )
- Pehr Henrik Ling (1776–1839), Swedish sports educator ( Lingsche gymnastics )
- Pehr Kalm (1716–1779), Swedish naturalist and agricultural economist
- Pehr Löfling (1729–1756), Swedish botanist
- Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944–2008), Finnish composer
- Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861–1944), Finnish politician and statesman
- Pehr Osbeck (1723–1805), Swedish pastor, world traveler and naturalist
- Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin (1717–1783), Swedish astronomer
By
- Per Ahlmark (1939–2018), Swedish writer and politician
- Per-Willy Amundsen (* 1971), Norwegian politician
- Per Anda (* 1965), Swedish pool player
- Per Egil Ahlsen (* 1958), Norwegian football player
- Per Anger (1913–2002), Swedish diplomat
- Per Atterbom (1790–1855), Swedish poet and literary historian
- Per Johan Axelsson (* 1975), Swedish ice hockey player
- Per Bergerud (* 1956), Norwegian ski jumper
- Per Berlin (1921–2011), Swedish wrestler
- Per Brahe the Younger (1602–1680), Swedish Reichsdrost
- Per Braxenholm (* 1983), Swedish ice hockey player
- Per Carlén (* 1960), Swedish handball player and coach
- Per Anders Daun (* 1963), Swedish ski jumper
- Per Ditlev-Simonsen (* 1932), Norwegian politician
- Per Olov Enquist (1934-2020), Swedish writer
- Per Anders Fogelström (1917–1998), Swedish writer
- Per Frandsen (* 1970), Danish football player
- Per Frimann (* 1962), Danish football player
- Per Gessle (* 1959), Swedish pop singer ( Roxette )
- Per Goldschmidt (1943–2013), Danish jazz saxophonist and actor
- Per Grundén (1922–2011), Swedish opera singer and actor
- Per Gustafsson (* 1970), Swedish ice hockey player
- Per Hækkerup (1915–1979), Danish social democratic politician
- Per Hållberg (* 1978), Swedish ice hockey player
- Per Albin Hansson (1885-1946), Swedish Social Democratic politician
- Per-Mathias Høgmo (* 1959), Norwegian football player and coach
- Per Højholt (1928–2004), Danish poet
- Per Holm (1899–1974), Norwegian football player
- Per Husby (* 1949), Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
- Per Jacobsson (1894–1963), Swedish economist
- Per Karlsson (* 1986), Swedish football player
- Per Kirkeby (1938–2018), Danish painter, sculptor and architect
- Per Krafft the Elder (1724–1793), Swedish painter
- Per Krafft the Younger (1777–1863), Swedish painter, draftsman and lithographer
- Per Krohg (1889–1965), Norwegian artist
- Per Krøldrup (* 1979), Danish football player
- Per Lillo-Stenberg (1928–2014), Norwegian actor
- Per Lindström (1936–2009), Swedish logician
- Per Lønning (1928–2016), Norwegian bishop and politician
- Per Olaf Lundteigen (* 1953), Norwegian farmer and politician
- Per Mertesacker (* 1984), German national soccer player
- Per Stig Møller (* 1942), Danish politician
- Per Nilsson (writer) (* 1954), Swedish writer
- Per Nilsson (soccer player) (* 1982), Swedish soccer player
- Per Nørgård (* 1932), Danish composer
- Per Yngve Ohlin (1969–1991), Swedish musician Dead
- Per Olsson (* 1963), Swedish football player and coach
- Per Oscarsson (1927-2010), Swedish actor
- Per Pedersen (* 1969), Danish football player
- Per Petterson (* 1952), Norwegian writer
- Per Røntved (* 1949), Danish national soccer player
- Per Sandström (* 1981), Swedish handball goalkeeper
- Per Svensson (* 1943), Swedish wrestler
- Per Thöresson (* 1962), Swedish diplomat, ambassador to Switzerland
- Per Thorén (1885–1962), Swedish figure skater
- Per Ung (1933–2013), Norwegian sculptor
- Per Wahlöö (1926–1975), Swedish detective writer
- Per Walsøe (* 1943), Danish badminton player
Pair
- Pär Arvidsson (* 1960), Swedish swimmer
- Pär Cederqvist (* 1980), Swedish football player
- Pär Djoos (* 1968), Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- Pär Ericsson (* 1988), Swedish football player
- Pär Gerell (* 1982), Swedish table tennis player
- Pär Hansson (soccer player) (* 1986), Swedish soccer player
- Pär Holmgren (* 1964), Swedish meteorologist, moderator and politician
- Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974), Swedish Nobel Prize-winning writer
- Pär Lammers (* 1982), German jazz musician, composer and producer
- Pär Mårts (* 1953), Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- Pär Millqvist (* 1967), Swedish football player and coach
- Pär Nuder (* 1963), Swedish politician
- Pär Silje ( Lars Gyllensten; 1921–2006), Swedish author and doctor
- Pär Ström (* 1959), Swedish information technologist
- Pär Sundberg (born 1957), Swedish child actor
- Pär Zetterberg (* 1970), Swedish football player
Fictional persons (all variants)
- Peer Gynt , main character in Henrik Ibsen's 1867 dramatic poem