Båstad () is a locality and the seat of Båstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden, with approximately 5,000 permanent residents.

Notable people

  • Carl Adolph Agardh (1785–1859), botanist
  • Mari Andersson (born 1986), former tennis player
  • Arne Bjerhammar (1917–2011), geodesist notable for independently describing Moore–Penrose inverse in 1951
  • Anders Järryd (born 1961), former tennis player
  • Erik Paulsson (born 1942), billionaire businessman
  • Anders Silwer (born 1959), former Swedish Air Force officer.
  • Yvonne Maria Werner (born 1954), historian and professor

See also

  • Troentorp Clogs, formerly known as "Båstad Clogs"

References

  • Tourist website