Olov
Olov 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:
- Per-Olov Ahrén, Swedish clergyman, bishop of Lund from 1980 to 1992
- Per-Olov Brasar, retired professional ice hockey forward
- Olov Englund, Swedish bandy player
- Per Olov Enquist, one of Sweden's internationally best known authors
- Olle Hagnell, Swedish psychiatrist
- Karl Olov Hedberg, botanist, taxonomist, author, professor at Uppsala University
- Olle Hellbom, Swedish film director
- Per Olov Jansson, Finnish photographer
- Olof Johansson, Swedish politician
- Per-Olov Kindgren, Swedish musician, composer, guitarist and music teacher
- Olov Lambatunga, Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1198–1206
- Sven-Olov Lawesson, Swedish chemist known for his popularization of Lawesson's reagent within the chemical community
- Sven Olov Lindholm, Swedish Nazi leader, active in Swedish fascist organizations from the 1920s to the 1950s
- Per-Olov Löwdin, Swedish physicist, professor at the University of Uppsala from 1960 to 1983
- Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer
- Olof Palme, Swedish Prime Minister 1969–1976 and 1982–1986
- Olle Romo, musician
- Olof Rudbeck, internationally known as Olaus Rudbeck, Swedish scientist
- Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Swedish sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s
- Olof Skötkonung, king of Sweden 995–1022
- Olov Svebilius, Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1681–1700
- Olof Swartz, Swedish scientist
- Olof Thorin, Swedish mathematician
- Zhaleh Olov, actress and dubbing artist
- Olle Åhlund, Swedish footballer
Fictional characters
- Olof Koskela, a main character of the novel The Song of the Blood-Red Flower by Johannes Linnankoski
