# Petter (given name)

Petter is a predominantly Scandinavian masculine given name, found mostly in Norway and Sweden and to a much lesser extent in Denmark. It is a cognate of the name Peter.
Individuals bearing the name Petter include:
* Petter (rapper) (born 1974), Swedish rapper
* Petter Andersen (born 1974), Norwegian speed skater
* Petter Andersson (born 1985), Swedish footballer
* Petter Augustsson (born 1980), Swedish footballer
* Petter Belsvik (born 1967), Norwegian footballer and coach
* Petter Jakob Bjerve (1913–2004), Norwegian economist, statistician and politician
* Petter Bjørheim (born 1965), Norwegian politician
* Petter Bruer Hanssen (born 1986), Norwegian footballer
* Petter Dass (c. 1647–1707), Norwegian Lutheran priest and poet
* Petter Eide (born 1959), Norwegian politician
* Petter Eldh (born 1983), Swedish jazz bass player and composer
* Petter Eliassen (born 1985), Norwegian cross-country skier
* Petter Emanuelsson (born 1991), Swedish ice hockey player
* Petter Johnsen Ertzgaard (1784–1848), Norwegian politician and military officer
* Petter Fagerhaug (born 1997), Norwegian cyclist
* Petter Fauchald (1930–2013), Norwegian footballer
* Petter Fladeby (born 1961), Danish film sound designer and mixer
* Petter Røste Fossen (born 1991), Norwegian ice hockey player
* Petter Furberg (1923–1999), Norwegian politician
* Petter Furuseth (born 1978), Norwegian footballer
* Petter Gottschalk (born 1950), Norwegian business theorist and professor
* Petter Granberg (born 1992), Swedish ice hockey player
* Petter Graver (1920–1995), Norwegian jurist and diplomat
* Petter Gustafsson (born 1985), Swedish footballer
* Petter Hagberg (alias of Brita Hagberg; 1756– 1825), Swedish woman who disguised herself as a man served as a soldier in the Swedish Army during the Russo-Swedish War
* Petter Hansen, Norwegian ten-pin bowler
* Petter Hansson (born 1976), Swedish footballer
* Petter Hansson (born 1996), Swedish ice hockey player
* Petter Hemming (born 1999), Finnish footballer
* Petter Henriksen (born 1949), Norwegian musician and publisher
* Petter Hol (1883–1981), Norwegian gymnast
* Petter Hugsted (1921–2000), Norwegian ski jumper
* Petter Jamvold (1899–1961), Norwegian sport sailor
* Petter Jansen (born 1955), Norwegian businessman
* Petter Karlsson (born 1977), Swedish rock instrumentalist and singer (Therion, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Snowy Shaw)
* Petter Adolf Karsten (1834–1917), Finnish mycologist
* Petter Kristiansen (alias Katastrofe; born 1989), Norwegian singer-songwriter
* Petter Larsen (1890–1946), Norwegian sport sailor
* Petter Lennartsson (born 1988), Swedish footballer
* Petter Lie (1835–1917), Norwegian sailor and fisherman
* Petter Lindström (1907–2000), Swedish-American neurosurgeon and former husband of actress Ingrid Bergman
* Petter Løvik (1949–2007), Norwegian politician
* Petter Martinsen (1887–1972), Norwegian gymnast
* Petter Mejlænder (born 1952), Norwegian journalist, author and translator
* Petter Menning (born 1987), Swedish sprint canoer
* Petter Meyer (born 1985), Finnish footballer
* Petter Moe-Johansen (also known as P. Petter Moe-Johansen; 1882–1952), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician
* Petter Moen (1901–1944), Norwegian Resistance member during WWII
* Petter Vaagan Moen (born 1984), Norwegian footballer
* Petter Morottaja (born 1982), Finnish Inari Sámi language author
* Petter Myhre (born 1972), Norwegian footballer
* Petter Næss (born 1960), Norwegian actor and film director
* Petter Nilssen (1869–1939), Norwegian master watchmaker and politician
* Petter Nome (born 1954), Norwegian journalist and television presenter
* Petter Northug (born 1986), Norwegian cross-country skier
* Petter Øgar (born 1953), Norwegian physician and civil servant
* Petter Olsen (born 1948), Norwegian businessman
* Petter Mathias Olsen (born 1998), Norwegian footballer
* Petter Olson (born 1991), Swedish decathlete
* Petter Øverby (born 1992), Norwegian handball player
* Petter Mørland Pedersen (born 1984), Norwegian sport sailor
* Petter Pettersson (born 1939), Norwegian writer journalist
* Petter Pettersson Jr. (1911–1984), Norwegian politician
* Petter Pilgaard (born 1980), Norwegian television personality
* Petter Planke (born 1937), Norwegian businessman
* Petter Carl Reinsnes (1904–1976), Norwegian politician
* Petter Rönnquist (born 1973), Swedish ice hockey player
* Petter Rudi (born 1973), Norwegian footballer
* Petter Salsten (born 1965), Norwegian ice hockey player, coach and sports official
* Petter Schjerven (born 1967), Norwegian television host
* Petter Schramm (1946–2014), Norwegian poet
* Petter Sevel (born 1974), Norwegian footballer
* Petter Christian Singsaas (born 1972), Norwegian footballer
* Petter Skarheim (born 1962), Norwegian civil servant
* Petter Solberg (born 1974), Norwegian rally and rallycross driver
* Petter Solli (born 1966), Norwegian footballer
* Petter Steen Jr. (born 1962), Norwegian politician
* Petter Stenborg (1719–1781), Swedish actor and theater director
* Petter Stordalen (born 1962), Norwegian businessman
* Petter Strand (born 1994), Norwegian footballer
* Petter Stymne (born 1983), Swedish swimmer
* Petter C. G. Sundt (1945–2007), Norwegian shipping magnate and businessman
* Petter Tande (born 1985), Norwegian Nordic combined skier
* Petter Thoresen (born 1961), Norwegian ice hockey player and coach
* Petter Thoresen (born 1966), Norwegian orienteer
* Petter Thomassen (1941–2003), Norwegian politician
* Petter Vågan (born 1982), Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Petter Vennerød (1948–2021), Norwegian film director
* Petter Villegas (born 1975), Ecuadorian-American footballer