Lennart
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Lennart is a variant of Leonard
most common in Sweden
. Notable people named Lennart are:
As a surname:
As a given name:
Leonard (name)
Leonard is a common English language masculine given name and a surname.The given name and surname originate from the Old High German Leonhard containing the prefix levon and the suffix hardu . The name has come to mean "lion strength", "lion-strong", or "lion-hearted". It may also be from the ...
most common in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. Notable people named Lennart are:
As a surname:
- Isobel LennartIsobel LennartIsobel Lennart was an American screenwriter and playwright.A native of Brooklyn, New York, Lennart moved to Hollywood, where she was hired to work in the MGM mail room, a job she lost when she attempted to organize a union...
(1915–1971), an American screenwriter and playwright - Sonja de LennartSonja de LennartSonja de Lennart is a European fashion designer. In 1948, she invented Capri pants.-Early life:Sonja de Lennart was born in 1920 into a multicultural family and is the daughter of an industrialist and syndicus. In her youth, she was a keen athlete in swimming and track and field. By the age of...
(born 1920), a European fashion designer
As a given name:
- Karl Lennart OeschKarl Lennart OeschKarl Lennart Oesch was one of the leading Finnish generals during World War II. He held a string of high staff assignments and front commands, and at the end of the Continuation War fully two-thirds of the Finnish ground forces were under his command...
(1892–1978), one of the leading Finnish generals during World War II - Lennart ÅqvistLennart ÅqvistLennart Åqvist is a Swedish logician. He was a founding member of the editorial board of the Journal of Philosophical Logic....
(born 1932), a Swedish logician - Lennart AlexanderssonLennart AlexanderssonLennart Alexandersson is best known being football players Niclas and Daniel Alexandersson's father. Alexandersson was also a football player who played for Halmstads BK in the 1960s....
, father of football players Niclas and Daniel Alexandersson - Lennart AugustssonLennart AugustssonLennart Augustsson is a Swedish computer scientist. He was previously a lecturer at the Computing Science Department at Chalmers University of Technology...
, a Swedish computer scientist - Lennart AxelssonLennart AxelssonLennart Axelsson is a Swedish trumpet player who has spent a good part of his career in Germany. Born and raised in Sweden, he began his career in a Swedish armed forces band. Disillusioned with military life, he quit to become a full-time musician, playing with various jazz bands in Sweden...
(born 1941), a Swedish trumpet player - Lennart BeijerLennart BeijerLennart Beijer, born 1947, is a Swedish Left Party politician, member of the Riksdag 1994–2006.-References:...
(born 1947), a Swedish Left Party politician, member of the Riksdag 1994–2006 - Lennart BengtssonLennart BengtssonLennart Bengtsson, born 1935, is a meteorologist currently interested in global climate modelling, global water vapour distribution and measurement of atmospheric water using GPS....
, a meteorologist currently interested in global climate modelling - Lennart BergelinLennart BergelinLennart Bergelin was a Swedish tennis player and coach. As a player, for AIK, Bergelin won nine Swedish championship singles titles between 1945 and 1955, and the French Open doubles title in 1948. Bergelin is best known for his work with Björn Borg, whom he trained between 1971 and 1983, helping...
(1925–2008), a Swedish tennis player and coach - Lennart Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (1909–2004), Prince of Sweden and Duke of Småland from 1909 to 1932
- Lennart BodströmLennart BodströmTure Lennart Bodström is a Swedish politician born in Gothenburg, serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs in Olof Palme's Social Democratic cabinet from 1982 to 1985...
(born 1928), a Swedish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1985 - Lennart BohmanLennart BohmanLennart A. Bohman was a Swedish boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he was eliminated in the second round of the flyweight class after losing his fight to Hubert Ausböck.-External links:*...
(1909–1979), a Swedish boxer - Lennart CarlesonLennart CarlesonLennart Axel Edvard Carleson is a Swedish mathematician, known as a leader in the field of harmonic analysis.-Life:He was a student of Arne Beurling and received his Ph.D. from Uppsala University in 1950...
(born 1928), a Swedish mathematician - Lennart CarlströmLennart CarlströmLennart Carlström is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He is Relay World Champion from 1972, as a member of the Swedish winning team in the World Orienteering Championships in Jicin, Czechoslovakia.-References:...
, a Swedish orienteering competitor - Lennart DaléusLennart DaléusLennart Daléus is a Swedish politician, who was the leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1998 to 2001.More recently, Lennart Daléus works as the general secretary of the Swedish Greenpeace.-References:...
(born 1946), a Swedish politician, leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1998 to 2001 - Lennart DozziLennart DozziOreste Lennart Valentino Dozzi was a Swedish canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Stockholm and died in Bromma.In 1936 he finished fourth in the folding K-1 10000 m event.-References:*...
(1910–1987), a Swedish canoer - Lennart EbbingeLennart EbbingeLennart Ebbinge is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1984 he finished fifth with the Swedish team in the Olympic tournament. He played three matches and scored six goals.-References:...
(born 1956), a former Swedish handball player - Lennart EkdahlLennart EkdahlLennart Ekdahl was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was a crew member of the Swedish boat May Be which won the bronze medal in the 6 metre class.-External links:*...
(1912–2005), a Swedish sailor - Lennart Eriksson (musician) (born 1956), the bass player in the rebellious Swedish punk rock band Ebba Grön
- Lennart Eriksson (handballer)Lennart Eriksson (handballer)Lennart Eriksson is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the Swedish team which finished seventh in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 25 goals....
(born 1944), a former Swedish handball player - Lennart FremlingLennart FremlingLennart Fremling is a Swedish Liberal People's Party politician, member of the Riksdag 1991–1998 and again 2002–2006.-References:...
(born 1946), a Swedish Liberal People's Party politician - Lennart GinmanLennart GinmanLennart Ginman is a Danish bassist, composer and music producer.-References:*...
(born 1960), a Danish bassist, composer and music producer - Lennart GreenLennart GreenLennart Green is a world champion close-up/card magician, a title which he won in 1991 at the FISM convention in Lausanne, Switzerland...
(born 1941), a world champion close-up/card magician - Lennart GripenbergLennart GripenbergLennart Gripenberg was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland....
(1852–1933), a Finnish politician - Lennart GustavssonLennart GustavssonLennart Gustavsson, , is a Swedish Left Party politician, member of the Riksdag 1998–2006.-References:...
, (born 1954), a Swedish Left Party politician - Lennart HanneliusLennart HanneliusLennart Vilhelm Hannelius was a Finnish sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he won the bronze medal in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol competition.-External links:*...
(1893–1950), a Finnish sport shooter - Lennart HartmannLennart HartmannLennart Hartmann is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alemannia Aachen.-Club career:Hartmann started his professional career with Hertha BSC, making his first appearance on 31 July 2008 in the UEFA Cup 2008–09 first qualifying round 2nd leg against Nistru Otaci...
(born 1991), a German footballer - Lennart HedquistLennart HedquistLennart Hedquist is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has been a member of the Riksdag since 1994 and a replacement member of the Riksdag between 1991-1994.- External links :*...
(born 1943) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party - Lennart HylandLennart HylandLennart Hyland , was a Swedish TV-show host and journalist and one of the most popular and renowned TV personalities in the history of Swedish television...
(1919–1993), a Swedish TV-show host and journalist - Lennart JohanssonLennart JohanssonLennart Johansson was the president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations from 1990 until 2007. Johansson is probably most famous for starting the UEFA Champions League and for bringing the UEFA European Football Championship to his native Sweden.He started as a bandy leader in AIK...
(born 1929), the president of the Union of European Football Associations from 1990 to 2007 - Lennart JohnssonLennart JohnssonLennart Johnsson is a Swedish computer scientist and engineer.Johnsson started his career at ABB in Sweden and moved on to UCLA, Caltech, Yale University, Harvard University, the Royal Institute of Technology , Thinking Machines Corporation and the University of Houston, where he holds the Hugh...
(born 1944), a Swedish computer scientist and engineer - Lennart KlingströmLennart KlingströmLennart Klingström was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won the gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London....
(1916–1994), a Swedish sprint canoer - Lennart KlockareLennart KlockareLennart Klockare is a Swedish social democratic politician, member of the Riksdag 1994–2006.-References:...
(born 1945) a Swedish social democratic politician - Lennart KollmatsLennart KollmatsLennart Kollmats, born 1943, is a Swedish Liberal People's Party politician, member of the Riksdag 1998–2006.-References:...
(born 1943), is a Swedish Liberal People's Party politician - Lennart Larsson (cross country skier) (born 1930), a Swedish cross-country skier
- Lennart Larsson (footballer)Lennart Larsson (footballer)Lennart Larsson is a former Swedish footballer.- Career :Larsson began his career in Hässleholms IF in 1976 when he went to play with Halmstads BK and won Allsvenskan the same year. In 1977 he was sold to FC Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga...
(born 1953), a former Swedish footballer - Lennart LindroosLennart LindroosKarl Gustaf Lennart Lindroos was a Finnish breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Helsinki....
(born 1886), a Finnish breaststroke swimmer - Lennart LjungLennart LjungLennart Ljung is a Swedish Professor in the Chair of Control Theory at Linköping University since 1976. He is known for his pioneering research in system identification, and is regarded as a leading researcher in control theory.- Education :...
, a Swedish Professor in the Chair of Control Theory at Linköping University since 1976 - Lennart MeriLennart MeriLennart Georg Meri was a writer, film director and statesman who served as the second President of Estonia from 1992 to 2001. Meri was a leader of the Estonian independence movement.-Early life:...
(1929–2006), a writer, film director and statesman, President of Estonia from 1992 to 2001 - Lennart NilssonLennart NilssonLennart Nilsson is a Swedish photographer and scientist. He is noted for his photographs of in vivo human embryos and other medical subjects once considered unphotographable, and more generally for his extreme macro photography...
(born 1922), a Swedish photographer and scientist - Lennart OlssonLennart OlssonLennart Olsson, born 1961, is a Swedish zoologist and embryologist, professor of comparative zoology at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany.Olsson focuses his research primarily on the embryological development of the vertebrate head...
, born 1961, a Swedish zoologist & embryologist, professor of comparative zoology at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena - Lennart RönnbackLennart RönnbackLennart Rönnback was a Finnish White Guard veteran of the Finnish Civil War of 1918. Rönnback died on 4 November 2007, at the age of 102. He was considered the last White Guard veteran of the Finnish Civil War at the time of his death, but later Lauri Nurminen was discovered. See Last Red Guard...
(1905–2007), a Finnish White Guard veteran of the Finnish Civil War of 1918 - Lennart RodheLennart RodheLennart Rodhe was a Swedish artist, painter and printmaker.Lennart Rodhe enrolled as a student in 1934 at Edward Berggrens studio at Tekniska skolan in Stockholm, and studied under Peter Rostrup-Boyesen i Köpenhamn and at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm 1938-44 with Sven...
(1916–2005), Swedish artist, painter and printmaker - Lennart SamuelssonLennart SamuelssonLennart Samuelsson is a former football player from Sweden.He played for the Sweden national football team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.He coached IFK Luleå, IK Brage and Örebro SK.-External links:...
(born 1924), a former football player from Sweden - Lennart SandinLennart SandinLennart Sandin was a Swedish bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. He finished seventh in the four-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-References:*...
(1919–1991), a Swedish bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s - Lennart SkoglundLennart SkoglundKarl Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund, , was a Swedish football player.-Biography:Nicknamed through-out his career as Nacka , Lennart Skoglund was a star of two Swedish World Cup sides in the 1950s. First as a young inside-left in 1950 and then as a mature left winger on home soil in 1958...
, (1929–1975), a Swedish football player - Lennart StekelenburgLennart StekelenburgLennart Stekelenburg is a Dutch swimmer who is specialized in breaststroke. He is the current national recordholder in the 50 m and 100 m breaststroke at the long course.-Swimming career:...
(born 1986), a Dutch swimmer who is specialized in breaststroke - Lennart StrandLennart StrandLennart Strand was a Swedish middle distance runner who won the silver medal over 1500 m at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. The race was won by his compatriot Henry Eriksson. Strand also equalised Gunder Hägg's 1500 m world record of 3:43.0 in Malmö in 1947...
(1921–2004), a Swedish middle distance runner who won the silver medal over 1500 m at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London - Lennart SvedbergLennart SvedbergJan Lennart "Lill-Strimma" Svedberg was a Swedish ice hockey defenceman. He played for Timrå IK and Brynäs IF. He also played on the Swedish national team for six IIHF World Championships and the 1968 Winter Olympics...
(1944–1972), a Swedish ice hockey defenceman - Lennart TorstensonLennart TorstensonLennart Torstenson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad , was a Swedish Field Marshal and military engineer.-Early career:He was born at Forstena in Västergötland - he always wrote his name Linnardt Torstenson...
, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (1603–1651), a Swedish Field Marshal and military engineer - Lennart ViitalaLennart ViitalaLennart "Lenni" Viitala was a Finnish freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion.He won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He is European champion from 1946.-References:...
(1921–1966), a Finnish freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion - Lennart von PostLennart von PostErnst Jakob Lennart von Post was a Swedish naturalist and geologist. He was the first to publish quantitative analysis of pollen and is counted as one of the founders of palynology. He was a professor at Stockholm University 1929-1950.-Early life:Lennart von Post was born in Johannesberg, near...
(1884–1951), a Swedish naturalist & geologist - Lennart WingLennart WingLennart Wing is a Swedish former international footballer who played in defence.-Career:Wing was an international with ÖIS when he moved to Dundee United in January 1965 with countryman Örjan Persson. Wing played nearly seventy league games for United before returning to ÖIS in April...
(born 1935), a Swedish former international footballer who played in defence
See also
- Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport or Ülemiste Airport (IATA: TLL, ICAO: EETN), the largest airport in Estonia