Lieutenant General Per Gustaf Sylvan (23 April 1875 –19 September 1945) was a senior Swedish Army officer.

Sylvan was born on 23 April 1875 in Malmö, Sweden, the son of Ph.D.

[3] He was promoted to captain in 1907 and major in 1915 and was head of the Artillery and Engineering College from 1915 to 1922.

[3] Sylvan was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1918 and conducted a study trip to the Austrian front the same year.

Sylvan was brigade commander of the Eastern Army Division from 1932 to 1935, inspector of the Military Schools from 1932 to 1935 and commanding officer of the Southern Army Division from 1935 to 1937.