Gösta is a male given name, a variant of Gustav.^[1] 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

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

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