Per-Olov Ahrén

{{short description|Swedish clergyman}}

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| honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend

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| title = Bishop of Lund

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| caption = Per-Olov Ahrén (in front) in 1998.

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| diocese = Diocese of Lund

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| term = 1980–1992

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| predecessor = Olle Nivenius

| successor = K. G. Hammar

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|01|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Forserum, Sweden

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| spouse = Gunnel Atell

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Per-Olov Ahrén (1926 in Forserum, Småland, Sweden – 22 March 2004) was a Swedish clergyman who served as bishop of Lund from 1980 to 1992.[https://ecclesiasticalheraldry.weebly.com/church-of-sweden.html Ecclesiastical Heraldry website, Church of Sweden page]

His writings include Synod and Synodal Constitution : A Study in the Swedish Church Constitution Debate, 1827-1865 (1956)[https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/3342230 University of Chicago website, Library Catalogue] and Who is in charge in the church?: An Overview of the Organization of the Church of Sweden (1961)[https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/13201969 University of Chicago Catalogue website]