Prof Sven Ludvig Lovén (6 January 1809 – 3 September 1895), was a Swedish marine zoologist and malacologist.

The Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences within the University of Gothenburg was named in his honour.

In 1841, he was appointed professor and curator at the Swedish Museum of Natural History invertebrate department, a position he came to hold until 1892.

Lovén founded Kristinebergs Marina Research Station at Fiskebäckskil on the island of Skaftö in 1877.

These include the headland Kapp Lovén at Nordaustlandet,[10] the mountain Lovénberget in Ny-Friesland on Spitsbergen,[11] the lake Lovénvatnet in Oscar II Land,[12] and the glaciers Lovénbreane at Brøggerhalvøya.