Sven Kristian Barthel (8 September 1903, in Botkyrka – 30 September 1991, in Stockholm) was a Swedish writer, journalist, theatre critic and translator.
He married author Viveka Starfeldt in 1936.
He was a good narrator of nature with special interest in Stockholm's archipelago.As a translator he translated among other works Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.