Clas (given name)

Clas is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Clas Alströmer (1736–1794), Swedish naturalist
• Clas Bjerkander (1735–1795), Swedish meteorologist, botanist and entomologist
• Clas or Klaus Fleming (1535–1597), Finnish-born Swedish nobleman and admiral, Lord High Admiral and Lord High Constable
• Clas Larsson Fleming (1592–1644), an admiral and administrator of the Royal Swedish Navy
• Clas Frietzcky (1727–1803), Swedish politician
• Clas Lindberg (born 1956), Swedish film director and screenwriter
• Clas Theodor Odhner (1836–1904), Swedish historian and director of the Swedish National Archives
• Clas Thunberg (1893–1973), Finnish speed skater and five time Olympic gold medalist
• Clas Åkesson Tott (1590), Swedish field marshal and member of the Privy Council of Sweden
• Clas Åkesson Tott the Younger (1630–1674), Field marshal, Governor-General of Swedish Livonia and Ambassador in France

See also

• Claes