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of Germanic origin most commonly found among Swedish men. The oldest recorded use is from the year 1396, but the name did not come into widespread use until the 19th century. People called Bertil include: * Carl Bertil Agnestig (1924–2019), Swedish music teacher and composer * Bertil Ahlin (1927–2008), Swedish bantamweight boxer * Bertil Albertsson (1921–2008), Swedish runner * Bertil Almgren (1918–2011), Swedish archaeologist * Bertil Almqvist (1902–1972), nicknamed Bertila and Trallgöken, Swedish author and illustrator * Bertil Anderberg (1913–1991), Swedish film actor * Bertil Andersson FAA FIC, third President of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) * Bertil Antonsson (1921–2006), Swedish heavyweight wrestler * Bertil Bäckvall (1923–2012), Swedish footballer and football manager * Bertil W. Benson (1843–1907), Norwegian-born American politician * Bertil Berg (1910–1989), Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics *

Bertil Berthelsson Vice admiral (Sweden), Vice Admiral Alfred Erik Bertil Berthelsson (11 April 1902 – 11 February 1977) was a senior naval officer in the Swedish Navy. Berthelsson served as Flag captain (Sweden), flag captain (1951–1953), as Chief of the Naval ...

(1902–1977), Swedish Navy vice admiral * Bertil H. van Boer, American musicologist *

Bertil Boo John Bertil Boo (16 January 1914 in Askersund – 20 July 1996 in Sundbyberg) was a Swedish singer.'' Nationalencyclopedin'' biographical entry about Bertil Boo Bertil Boo grew up as the youngest of 15 siblings on a farm, which he took over af ...

(1914–1996), Swedish singer * Bertil Bothén (1892–1966), Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics * Bertil Carlsson (skier) (1903–1953), Swedish ski jumper * Bertil Carlsson (weightlifter) (1901–1959), Swedish weightlifter * Bertil R. Carlsson (1901–1959), Swedish weightlifter * Bertil Elmstedt (born 1937), Swedish footballer *

Bertil Envall Bertil Envall (29 October 1909, Annedal, Gothenburg - 23 November 2011, Backa, Gothenburg) was a Swedes, Swedish Lutheran missionary and bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia. He was the son of a business manager, Gustaf ...

(1909–2011), Swedish Lutheran missionary, bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia * Bertil Fastén (1900–1928), Swedish athlete * Bertil Fiskesjö (1928–2019), Swedish politician, member of the Centre Party * Bertil Fox (born 1951), British former IFBB professional bodybuilder and convicted murderer * Bertil von Friesen (1901–1990), Swedish physician * Bertil Gärtner (1924–2009), Swedish Lutheran bishop, and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, United States * Bertil Göransson (1919–2004), Swedish rowing coxswain who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics * Bertil Martinus Grov (born 1974), retired archer from Norway * Bertil Gustafsson (born 1939), Swedish applied mathematician and numerical analyst * Bertil Haase (1923–2014), Swedish pentathlete who competed at both Winter and Summer Olympics * Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912–1997), third son of King Gustaf VI Adolf and his first wife * Bertil Hallin (born 1931), Swedish church musician and music teacher *

Bertil Hille Bertil Hille (born October 10, 1940) is an Emeritus Professor, and the Wayne E. Crill Endowed Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington. He is particularly well known for his pioneering research on ce ...

(born 1940), professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington * Bertil Holmlund (born 1947), Swedish economist, Professor of Economics at Uppsala University *

Bertil Hult Bertil Eric Hult (born February 10, 1941) is a Swedish billionaire, known for founding educational and language school company EF Education First in 1965, and for being the patron and namesake of Hult International Business School. In 1971, he m ...

(born 1941), Swedish businessman, founded the educational and language school company, EF Education First * Bertil Jansson (1898–1981), Swedish athlete *

Bertil Palmar Johansen Bertil Palmar Johansen (born 18 February 1954) is a Norway, Norwegian contemporary composer and violinist. Johansen was born in Brattvåg. He studied violin at the Trøndelag Music Conservatory (today the Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Unive ...

Johansen (born 1954), Norwegian contemporary composer and violinist * Bertil Johansson (1935–2021), Swedish football striker and football manager * Bertil Johansson (politician) (1930–2018), Swedish politician * Bertil Johnsson (1915–2010), leading Swedish long and triple jumper * Bertil Jonasson (1918–2011), Swedish politician * Bertil Karlsson (1919–2012), Swedish athlete who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki * Bertil Kjellberg (born 1953), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party * Bertil Larsson (born 1954), Swedish sport sailor * Bertil Lindblad (1895–1965), Swedish astronomer * Bertil Linde (1907–1990), Swedish ice hockey player who won a silver medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics * Bertil Lintner (born 1953), Swedish journalist, author and strategic consultant and writer about Asia *

Bertil Lundman Bertil J. Lundman (28 September 1899, Malmö – 5 November 1993, Uppsala) was a Swedish anthropologist. Early life Lundman was born on 28 September 1899, in Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest c ...

(1899–1993), Swedish anthropologist * Bertil Malmberg (1889–1958), Swedish author, poet, and actor * Bertil Mårtensson (1945–2018), Swedish author of science fiction, crime fiction and fantasy and also an academic philosopher * Bertil Näslund (1933–2016), Swedish economist and emeritus professor * Bertil Nilsson (born 1936), Swedish footballer *

Bertil Nordahl Karl Bertil Emanuel Nordahl (26 July 1917 – 1 December 1998) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder. He was also a football manager. Playing career He played for Degerfors IF and Atalanta B.C. He won the gold medal at the 1948 ...

(1917–1998), Swedish football player and manager * Bertil Nordenskjöld (1891–1975), Swedish Olympic footballer *

Bertil Nordenstam Rune Bertil Nordenstam (born 1936) is a Swedish botanist and professor emeritus at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in the Department of Phanerogamic Botany. He has worked with Colchicaceae, Senecioneae and Calenduleae, was the editor of ...

(born 1936), Swedish botanist and professor * Bertil Nordqvist, Swedish ski-orienteering competitor * Bertil Norman (born 1929), Swedish orienteering competitor *

Bertil Norström Per Bertil Norström (9 September 1923 – 6 September 2012) was a Swedish actor. Born in Sala Municipality, Sweden, Sala, he was married to the actress Margreth Weivers from 1947 until his death. Selected filmography *1956 - ''The Staffan Stolle ...

(1923–2012), Swedish actor * Bertil Nyström (born 1935), Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler *

Bertil Ohlin Bertil Gotthard Ohlin () (23 April 1899 – 3 August 1979) was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965. He was also leader of the People's Party, a social-liber ...

(1899–1979), Swedish economist and politician * Bertil Ohlson (1899–1970), Swedish decathlete * Bertil Persson (alpine skier) (1914–1978), Swedish alpine skier * Bertil Persson (bishop) (born 1941), professor in religion and church arts, former Presiding Bishop of the Apostolic Episcopal Church * Bertil Persson (potter) (born 1940), Swedish Hagi ware potter based in Japan * Bertil Rönnmark (1905–1967), Swedish rifle sports shooter who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics *

Bertil Roos Bertil Ingemar Roos (12 October 1943 – 31 March 2016) was a Swedish racing driver from Gothenburg. He participated in a single Formula One Grand Prix, his home race in 1974, from which he retired with transmission failure. Career Despite enjoy ...

(1943–2016), Swedish racing driver from Gothenburg * Bertil Sandström (1887–1964), Swedish military officer and horse rider * Bertil Schmüll (born 1946), Dutch engraver *

Bertil Söderberg Bertil Lennart Söderberg (born 10 June 1947) is a Swedish former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Clubs Born in Gothenburg, Bertil Söderberg played handboll in Västra Frölunda IF from 1965 to 1973. In 1970 the club a ...

(born 1947), Swedish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics *

Bertil Stålhane Johan Bertil Stålhane (1 July 1902 in Stockholm – 17 October 1992) was a Swedish chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a graduated scientist trained in the stud ...

, (1902–1992), Swedish chemist, technical researcher and author * Bertil Stjernfelt (1917–2017), Swedish officer and military historian * Bertil Ströberg (1932–2012), Swedish Air Force officer convicted of spying for Poland during the Cold War * Bertil Sundberg (1907–1979), Sweden chess player * Bertil Svensson, Swedish footballer * Bertil Tallberg (1883–1963), Finnish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics * Bertil Tunje, Vice-Chairman of the World Scout Committee * Bertil Uggla (1890–1945), Swedish track and field athlete, modern pentathlete and fencer *

Bertil af Ugglas Gustaf Samuel Bertil Oscarsson af Ugglas (3 July 1934 – 7 July 1977) was Party Secretary of the Swedish Moderate Party between 1969 and 1974 and a member of the Swedish Riksdag. Early life af Ugglas was born on 3 July 1934 in Stockholm, S ...

(1934–1977), Party Secretary of the Swedish Moderate Party, member of the Swedish Riksdag * Bertil von Wachenfeldt (1909–1995), Swedish sprinter who specialized in the 400 m distance * Bertil Wedin (born 1940), Swedish secret service agent * Bertil Werkström (1928–2010), Archbishop of Uppsala * Bertil Zachrisson (1926–2023), Swedish politician * Amadeus (Bertil) Hägg (born 1969) Swedish fotboll master

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