Pär Arvidsson (born 27 February 1960 in Finspång) is a former butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, after having set the world record in the same event a couple of months earlier in Austin, Texas. He held the record until April 1981. Between 1976 and 1983 he became Swedish champion 22 times. He held the Swedish record in the 200 butterfly until 2008. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in economics he attended and graduated from Harvard Business School. Personal bests Long course (50 m) Clubs Finspångs SK References 1960 births Swedish male butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Sweden Living people Olympic gold medalists for Sweden World record setters in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Harvard Business School alumni Swedish expatriates in the United States Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni