# Gösta

Gösta is a male given name, a variant of Gustav. Notable people with the name include:

## People

* Gösta Alexandersson (1905–1988), Swedish actor
* Gösta Åsbrink (1881–1966), Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete
* Gösta Andersson (skier) (1918–1979), Swedish cross-country skier
* Gösta Andersson (wrestler) (1917–1975), Swedish wrestler
* Gösta Bagge (1882–1951), Swedish professor of economics and conservative politician
* Gösta Bengtsson (1897–1984), Swedish sailor
* Gösta Bernhard (1910–1986), Swedish actor, film director and screenwriter
* Gösta Bladin (1894–1972), Swedish track and field athlete
* Gösta Bohman (1911–1997), Swedish politician and the leader of the Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party
* Gösta Brodin (1908–1979), Swedish sailor
* Gösta Carlsson (1906–1992), Swedish road racing cyclist
* Gösta Cederlund (1888–1980), Swedish actor and film director
* Gösta Danielsson (1912–1978), Swedish chess master
* Gösta Ehrensvärd (1885–1973), Swedish vice admiral
* Gösta Ekman d.y. (junior), (1939–2017), Swedish actor
* Gösta Ekman (senior), Sr. (1890–1938), Swedish actor
* Gösta Engzell (1897–1997), Swedish jurist and diplomat
* Gösta Eriksson (born 1931), Swedish rower
* Gösta Eriksson (rowing) (1900–1970), Swedish rower
* Gösta Frändfors (1915–1973), Swedish wrestler
* Gösta Grip (1904–1998), Swedish actor
* Gösta Gustafson (1886–1963), Swedish actor
* Gösta Hallberg (1891–1978), Swedish athlete
* Gösta Hjalmar Liljequist (1914–1995), Swedish meteorologist
* Gösta Holmér (1891–1983), Swedish decathlete
* Gösta Hökmark (1920–1993), Swedish major general
* Gösta Knutsson (1908–1973), Swedish radio producer and children's writer
* Gösta Krantz (1925–2008), Swedish actor and revue artist
* Gösta Larsson (1931–2006), the first recipient ever of a dental implant
* Gösta Löfgren (1923–2006), Swedish footballer
* Gösta Löfgren (footballer, born 1891) (1891–1932), Finnish footballer
* Gösta Lilliehöök (disambiguation), several people
* Gösta Lundqvist (1892–1944), Swedish sailor
* Gösta Lundqvist (geologist) (1894–1967), Swedish geologist
* Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846–1927), Swedish mathematician
* Gösta Netzén (1908–1984), Swedish journalist and politician
* Gösta "Snoddas" Nordgren (1926–1981), Swedish entertainer (singer, actor)
* Gösta Nystroem (1890–1966), Swedish composer
* Gösta Odqvist (1913–2005), Swedish Air Force lieutenant general
* Gösta Olson (1883–1966), Swedish gymnast
* Gösta Persson (1904–1991), Swedish freestyle swimmer and water polo player
* Gösta Pettersson (born 1940), Swedish former professional road racing cyclist
* Gösta Prüzelius (1922–2000), Swedish actor
* Gösta Raquette (1896–1922), Swedish modern pentathlete
* Gösta Salén (1922–2002), Swedish sailor
* Gösta Sandahl, Swedish figure skater
* Gösta Sandberg, (1932–2006), Swedish footballer and icehockey player
* Gösta Sjöberg (1896–1968), Swedish diver
* Gösta Skoglund (1903–1988), Swedish politician
* Gösta Stoltz (1904–1963), Swedish chess grandmaster
* Gösta Sundqvist (1957–2003), famous Finnish musician and radio personality
* Gösta Törner (1895–1971), Swedish gymnast
* Gösta Werner (1908–2009), Swedish film director
* Gösta Winbergh (1943–2002), Swedish tenor
* Gösta, nickname of Jostein Hakestad (born 1981), Norwegian podcaster and stand-up comedian

## Fictional characters

* the title character of Gösta Berling's Saga, Selma Lagerlöf's 1891 first novel, and The Saga of Gosta Berling, a 1924 film adaptation