Kettil is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Kettil Karlsson (Vasa) (1433–1465), Swedish clergyman and regent of Sweden under the Kalmar Union from February 1464 to August 1465
  • Kettil Runske, according to Olaus Magnus's Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (1555), the man who brought runes to humankind
  • Kettil Trout, North Norwegian chieftain from Ramsta (Hrafnista) in Hålogaland, from Icelandic saga Kettil Hoeng or Ketils saga hœngs

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