Óttar

Óttar or Ottar may refer to:

• Ottar (king), a Swedish king who appears in Beowulf as Ohthere
• Óttar (mythology), in Norse mythology, the protégé of Freya, and the subject of the Lay of Hyndla
  • The dwarf Ótr is sometimes known as Óttarr
• Ottar from Hålogaland, the Viking adventurer
• Ottir Iarla (Earl Ottir), historical Norse-Gael of Waterford and probable settler of Cork
• Jarl Ottar, an earl of Götaland figuring in the Jomsvikinga Saga and in the Heimskringla
• Óttarr svarti (Óttarr the Black), an 11th century Icelandic court poet
• Óttar of Dublin, a 12th century Norse-Gael king of Dublin

Forename

• Ottar Brox (1932–), a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party
• Ottar Dahl (1924–), a Norwegian historian and historiographer
• Ottar Fjærvoll (1914–1995), a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party
• Ottar Gjermundshaug (1925–1963), a Norwegian skier who competed in the early 1950s
• Ottar Grønvik (1916–2008), a Norwegian philologist and runology scholar
• Tor Ottar Karlsen (1950–), a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
• Ottar Landfald (1919–), a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party

See also

• Cotter family
• Cotter (surname)