Per Olov Qvist, also Per Olof Qvist (born November 22, 1948) is a Swedish film scholar , critic and author.
Per Olov Qvist was born in Borlänge and grew up in Hagalund. From 1974 to 1989 he worked with the magazine Filmhäftet. In 1986 he received his Ph.D. in film from the Stockholm University with a thesis on Swedish rural film genre (published as his 1986 book).