Pétur

Pétur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpʰjɛːtʏr̥]) or Petur is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Petur Alberg (1885–1940), Faroese violin player and songwriter from Tórshavn
• Pétur Blöndal (1944–2015), Icelandic congressman in the Icelandic Independence Party
• Pétur Eyþórsson (born 1978), glima champion, having won the glima grettisbelt multiple times
• Petur Gabrovski (1898–1947), Bulgarian politician who briefly served as Prime Minister during the Second World War
• Pétur Guðmundsson (athlete) (born 1962), retired male shot putter from Iceland
• Pétur Guðmundsson (basketball) (born 1958), retired Icelandic professional basketball player
• Pétur Gunnarsson (born 1947), Icelandic writer from Reykjavík
• Petur Hliddal (born 1945), American sound engineer
• Pétur Marteinsson (born 1973), retired Icelandic football player
• Pétur Ormslev (born 1958), retired football midfielder
• Pétur Pétursson (born 1959), retired Icelandic footballer who was active as a forward
• Pétur Pétursson (bishop) (1808–1891), Icelandic Lutheran bishop
• Pétur Sigurgeirsson (1919–2010), the Bishop of Iceland from 1981 until 1989
• Pétur Þorsteinsson (born 1955), Icelandic neologist, youth-leader and vicar of the Lutheran church
• Petur Tryggvi (born 1956), Icelandic gold and silversmith