A derivative of the name

Gustav Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: *Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short cart ...

, Gustafson, Gustafsson, Gustavson, or Gustavsson, is a group of fairly common surnames of

Scandinavia Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Swe ...

n origin, and may refer to any of the following people:

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Andy Gustafson Andrew Gustafson (April 3, 1903 – January 7, 1979) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI ...

, American collegiate football coach * Axel Carl Johan Gustafson, Swedish author * Ben E. Gustafson, American politician *

Barry Gustafson Barry Selwyn Gustafson (born 1938) is a New Zealand political scientist and historian, and a leading political biographer. He served for nearly four decades as professor of political studies at the University of Auckland, and as Acting Directo ...

, New Zealand political scientist and historian * Bob Gustafson, American cartoonist *

Cliff Gustafson Cliff Gustafson (February 12, 1931 – January 2, 2023) was an American high school and college baseball coach who was, for twenty-nine seasons, the head coach of the Texas Longhorns baseball, Texas Longhorns, representing the University of Te ...

, collegiate baseball coach * Derek Gustafson, American pro hockey goalie *

Dwight Gustafson Dwight Leonard Gustafson (April 20, 1930 – January 28, 2014) was an American composer, conductor, and dean of the School of Fine Arts at Bob Jones University. Biography Gustafson was born in Seattle, Washington to Leonard Gustafson, a me ...

(1930–2014), American composer and conductor * Earl B. Gustafson, American politician, judge, and lawyer *

Fredrik Gustafson Fredrik Gustafson (born 5 June 1976) is a retired Swedish football midfielder. He played for Öster, Halmstad and Molde Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of R ...

, Swedish football player *

Gabriel Gustafson Gabriel Adolf Gustafson (8August 185316April 1915) was a Swedish-Norwegian archaeologist. He was responsible for the excavation and conservation of the Oseberg Ship (''Osebergfunnet'') . Biography Gabriel Gustafson was born in Visby, in Got ...

, Swedish archaeologist * Gerald Gustafson, U.S. Air Force pilot * James Gustafson, American theological ethicist * James Gustafson (politician), American politician * John Gustafson, English rock bassist * John L. Gustafson (born 1955), American computer scientist *

Kathryn Gustafson Kathryn Gustafson (born 1951) is an American landscape architect. Her work includes the Gardens of the Imagination in Terrasson, France; a city square in Évry, France; and the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, London. She ...

, American architect * Leonard Gustafson, Canadian Senator *

Megan Gustafson Megan Gustafson (born December 13, 1996) is an American basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Gustafson was drafted in the second round (17th overall) by the Dallas Wings in the 2019 WNB ...

(born 1996), American basketball player * Nancy Gustafson, American opera singer *

Ralph Barker Gustafson Ralph Barker Gustafson, CM (16 August 1909 – 29 May 1995) was a Canadian poet and professor at Bishop's University. Biography He was born in Lime Ridge, near Dudswell, Quebec on August 16, 1909. His mother was British, his father, Carl ...

, Canadian poet *

Ruth Gustafson Ruth Valborg Maria Gustafson née ''Pettersson'' (8 July 1881 – 5 April 1960), was a Swedish politician (Social Democrat), union worker, women's rights activist and editor. She was a member of the Stockholm city council from 1919 to 1938, a member ...

(1881–1960), Swedish social democrat *

Sophie Gustafson Sophie Gustafson (born 27 December 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer. She was a member of the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is a life member of the Ladies European Tour (LET). She has five LPGA Tour and 23 international wins in her career, incl ...

, Swedish professional golfer *

Stan Gustafson Stan Gustafson (born May 7, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Iowa. A Republican, he serves in the Iowa House of Representatives In August, 2005, Gustafson was recalled in a special election from the Los Osos Communi ...

, Iowa politician * Steve Gustafson, bass guitarist, member of

10,000 Maniacs 10,000 Maniacs is an American alternative rock band that was founded in 1981. They have released nine studio albums, six EPs, and five live albums. They achieved their most significant success between 1987 and 1993, when they released four album ...

Thane Gustafson Thane Gustafson (born 1944) is a professor of political science at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States. He specializes in comparative politics and the political history of Russia and the former USSR. Life Gustafson holds deg ...

, American author and political scientist *

Tomas Gustafson Sven Tomas Gustafson (born 28 December 1959) is a retired Swedish speed skater, and one of the most successful distance skaters of the 1980s. Early career Born in Katrineholm, he won the World Junior Championships title, in Grenoble, France, i ...

, aka Sven Thomas Gustafson, Swedish speed-skater * Wallace Gustafson (1925–2018), American lawyer and politician * Wylie Gustafson, country music artist

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Alexander Gustafsson Alexander Gustafsson (born 15 January 1987) is a Swedish professional mixed martial artist. Gustafsson currently competes in the light heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Gustafsson spent a major part of his MMA ...

(born 1987), Swedish mixed martial arts fighter *

Andreas Gustafsson Bo Andreas Gustafsson (Born 10 August 1981 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish race walker. He has represented his country at the World Championship in Athletics on four occasions. He qualified for 2 Olympics by making the IAAF standard B in 2008 and I ...

(born 1981), Swedish race walker *

Anton Gustafsson Carl Anton Gustafsson (born February 25, 1990) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre. He is the son of IIHF Hall of Famer Bengt-Åke Gustafsson. Playing career Born in Sweden, Gustafsson spent parts of his childhood in Feldkirc ...

, Swedish professional ice hockey player *

August Gustafsson Per August Gustafsson (4 November 1875 – 31 October 1938) was a Swedish policeman who won a gold medal in the tug of war competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as ...

(born 1993), Thai footballer * Billy Gustafsson, Swedish politician and member of Riksdag *

Bo Gustafsson Bo Henning Gustafsson (born 29 September 1954) is a former Swedish athlete who mainly competed in the men's 50 kilometre walk during his career. Biography He competed for Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California, where h ...

, Swedish Olympian *

Bengt Gustafsson (astronomer) Bengt Gustafsson (born 18 July 1943) is a Swedish astronomer and emeritus professor in theoretical astrophysics at Uppsala University. He is known for his work in uniting cosmic science with culture and theology, and questioning space science fr ...

(born 1943), Swedish astronomer *

Bengt Gustafsson (general) General Sten ''Bengt'' Gustaf Gustafsson (2 December 1933 – 15 March 2019) was a Swedish Army officer. He served as the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1986 to 1994. Early life Gustafsson was born on 2 December 1933 in Hä ...

, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces *

Bengt-Åke Gustafsson Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 23 March 1958) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player. Gustafsson is a former head coach of the Sweden men's national ice hockey team, a post he held from February 2005 to May 2010. During his Nor ...

, Swedish hockey player and coach * Count Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna, historical Swedish statesman * Dennis Gustafsson, professional bandy player *

Eddie Gustafsson Douglas Edward Alexander "Eddie" Gustafsson McIntosh (born 31 January 1977) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Starting off his career with IFK Stockholm in 1993, he went on to play professionally in Norway f ...

, Swedish football player * Einar Gustafsson, Swedish farmer and politician * Elina Gustafsson, Finnish boxer * Elin Gustafsson, Swedish politician * Erik Gustafsson (musician), bass guitarist, formerly of Therion * Erik Gustafsson (ice hockey b. 1988), Swedish ice hockey player * Erik Gustafsson (ice hockey b. 1992), Swedish ice hockey player * Hans Gustafsson (1923–1998), Swedish politician * Jan Gustafsson, German chess grandmaster * Jan-Eric Gustafsson (born 1949), Swedish educational psychologist * Lars Gustafsson, Swedish poet * Lars-Eric Gustafsson (born 1935), Swedish rower *

Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Nils Gustafsson (born 3 January 1967) is a tennis coach and former top ten professional tennis player from Sweden. Gustafsson won 14 tour singles titles during his career and finished 15 consecutive seasons within the world's top 100, r ...

, former Swedish professional tennis player *

Mats Gustafsson Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player. Career Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986), as member of Gunter Chri ...

, Swedish saxophonist * Nils Gustafsson, acquitted Finnish murder suspect *

Olof Gustafsson Creative Vault AB (formerly EPOS Game Studios) is an independent video game developer based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company was founded by Staffan Langin and Olof Gustafsson in the summer of 2005 with the desire to develop games for multiple pl ...

, entrepreneur * Per Gustafsson, professional Swedish hockey player * Peter Gustafsson, Swedish golfer *

Robert Gustafsson Carl Robert Olof Gustafsson (born 20 December 1964) is a Swedish comedian, actor, and member of '' Killinggänget''.Rober ...

, Swedish comedian *

Roger Gustafsson Roger Gustafsson (born 29 February 1952, in Gothenburg) is a former Swedish football player and manager. He has played in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, with GAIS, but is better known as the best performing manager in Allsvenskan ev ...

, Swedish football player * Simon Gustafsson, Swedish speedway rider * Sofia Gustafsson (born 1990), Swedish curler *

Toini Gustafsson Toini Gustafsson Rönnlund (born Toini Karvonen; 17 January 1938) is a Swedish former cross-country skier. She competed in the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics and won four medals. Gustafsson also won the 10 km race at the Holmenkollen ski fest ...

, Swedish skier *

Tore Gustafsson Lars Tore Gustafsson (born February 11, 1962, in Göteborg, Västra Götaland) is a retired male hammer thrower from Sweden, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul, South Korea). Since his retirement from comp ...

, Swedish hammer thrower *

Veikka Gustafsson Eero Veikka Juhani Gustafsson, known as Veikka Gustafsson (born 14 January 1968) is a Finnish mountaineer who has ascended all 14 eight-thousanders in the world without the use of supplemental oxygen. He is also known for presenting a TV travel ...

, Finnish mountaineer * Åke Gustafsson, Swedish scientist and poet *

Tomas Antonelius Tomas Emil Rune Antonelius (born Tomas Gustafsson; 7 May 1973) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played professionally in Sweden, Canada, England, and Denmark, before injuries cut his career short. He won ...

, né Gustafsson, former Swedish football player (footballer) * Ulf Gustafsson (born 1937), Swedish rower *

Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic ch ...

, née Gustafsson, legendary Swedish actress

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* Don Gustavson, American politician and member of the Nevada Senate *

Erik Gustavson Erik Gustavson is a Norwegian film director and producer. He started out as a camera assistant and eventually moved on to cameraman before starting to work as a director in 1981. He has directed seven feature films, including ''Herman'', ''The T ...

, Norwegian film director and producer *

Eva Gustavson Eva Gustavson (18 February 1917 – 10 February 2009), sometimes known as Eva Gustafson, was a Norwegian-American contralto who had an active international performance career in operas and concerts during the 1940s and 1950s. She later embarked on ...

, aka Eva Gustafson, a Norwegian-American contralto singer * John Gustavson, Swedish politician *

Linda Gustavson Linda Lee Gustavson (born November 30, 1949), also known by her married name Linda McGuire, is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic medalist, and surpassed world record-holder in two events. As an 18-year-old, she was on t ...

, American swimmer and Olympic champion * Mark Gustavson, American composer of contemporary classical music *

Paul Gustavson Paul Gustavson (né Karl Paul Gustafson; August 16, 1916 – April 29, 1977) was a Finnish-American comic-book writer and artist. His most notable creations during the Golden Age of Comic Books were The Human Bomb for Quality Comics, and the An ...

, American comic-book writer and artist * Penry Gustavson, American politician

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Arvid Gustavsson, Lord of Vik Arvid Gustavsson, Lord of Vik (died c. 1379/1380) was a medieval Swedish magnate and justiciar of Finland. His principal seat was his manor of Vik in Balingsta, Uppland. Through his paternal grandmother Ramborg Israelsdotter And, younger Arvid des ...

, medieval Swedish justiciar * Eva-Lena Gustavsson (born 1956), Swedish politician * Frida Gustavsson (born 1993), Swedish model * Gustav Gustavsson, 17th-century count * Jonas Gustavsson (born 1984), Swedish ice hockey goaltender * Karl Nicklas Gustavsson, Swedish composer * Martin Gustavsson (born 1980), Swedish swimmer * Patrik Gustavsson (born 2001), Thai footballer *

(1916–1977), Finnish-American comic book writer

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