Per Collinder (22 May 1890 – 6 December 1975) was a Swedish astronomer.

Per Collinder
Born22 May 1890
Sundsvall, Sweden
Died6 December 1975 (age 85)
NationalitySwedish
Occupationastronomer

Born at Sundsvall, he is known for a catalog of open clusters that he published in 1931, which is today known as the Collinder catalogue. He has written the books History of navigation and Worlds in Orbit.

He was married twice, and his first wife gave him four children.[1] Collinder died at Uppsala.

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