| Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
| Bertil Gärtner | |
| Bishop of Gothenburg | |
| Church: | Church of Sweden |
| Diocese: | Gothenburg |
| Term: | 1970 - 1991 |
| Predecessor: | Bo Giertz |
| Successor: | Lars Eckerdal |
| Ordination: | 12 December 1948 |
| Consecration: | 4 October 1970 |
| Consecrated By: | Ruben Josefsson |
| Birth Name: | Bertil Edgar Gärtner |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 1924 |
| Birth Place: | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Death Place: | Onsala, Sweden |
| Buried: | Onsala, Sweden |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Religion: | Lutheran |
| Parents: | Edgar Gärtner and Karin Bolander |
| Spouse: | (1) Margit Hultin (2) Eva Berntson |
| Motto: | Servus Iesu Christi |
| Coat Of Arms: | Bertil Gärtner biskopsvapen.svg |
Bertil Edgar Gärtner (13 December 1924 – 20 September 2009) was a Swedish Lutheran bishop of Gothenburg (1970–1991) and professor of New Testament exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary, United States.[1]
In 1969 Gärtner became provost of Gothenburg cathedral and on 24 July 1970 bishop of the Lutheran diocese of Gothenburg. Like his predecessor Bo Giertz, Gärtner was theologically conservative and High Church. He was the writer of a number of books about the ministry of the Church as well as on New Testament subjects and one of the Swedish church leaders opposing the ordination of women in the Church of Sweden, an episcopal Visitor of Societas Sanctae Birgittae from 1972-,Pro Ecclesia[2] from 1990-1997,Laurentiistiftelsen from 1997-and Markusstiftelsen from 1998-2009.