Veit Brecher Wittrock

Veit Brecher Wittrock (5 May 1839 at district of Dalsland – 1 September 1914 in ) was a Swedish botanist known for his work in the field of phycology and for his research of the genus Viola.

From 1857 to 1865 he studied at the University of Uppsala, then spent the next thirteen years as a gymnasium teacher in Uppsala. In 1878 he became an associate professor at the University of Uppsala. From 1879 to 1904 he served as a professor and curator of the botanical collections at the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet in . In Stockholm, he was also a professor and director of the Bergianska trädgården (1879–1914).

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