Östen is a masculine given name. It is a variant of Øystein and is mostly used in Sweden. Notable people with the name are as follows: * Östen Bergstrand (1873–1948), Swedish astronomer *

Östen Dahl Östen Dahl (; born 4 November 1945 in Stockholm) is a Swedish linguist and professor best known for pioneering a marker-based approach to tense and aspect in linguistic typology. Dahl finished his PhD at the University of Gothenburg and subsequ ...

(born 1945), Swedish linguist *

Östen Edlund Rolf Östen Edlund (born 26 November 1934) is a Swedish discus thrower. He placed 17th at the 1958 European Championships and 24th at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He continues competing in his eightieth, winning the world title in the M80 age grou ...

(born 1934), Swedish discus thrower * Östen Elfving (1874–1936), Finnish agricultural expert and politician *

Östen Eriksson Bror Östen Tommy Eriksson (born 1 March 1958 in Enånger, Hälsingland, Sweden) is a Swedish musician. He is member of the song group ''Östen med Resten'' and he works in the organization '' Hälsinge Akademi''. Eriksson started with entert ...

(born 1958), Swedish musical artist *

Östen Mäkitalo Östen Mäkitalo (27 August 1938 – 16 June 2011) was a Swedish electrical engineer. He is considered to be the one of the most important developers in modern times together with Laila Ohlgren, both engineers at Telia. Together they developed t ...

(1938–2011), Swedish electrical engineer *

Östen Sandström Östen Sandström (3 October 1910 – 10 March 1994) was a Swedish sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially k ...

(1910–1994), Swedish sprinter *

Östen Sjöstrand Östen Sjöstrand (16 June 1925, Gothenburg – 13 May 2006) was a Sweden, Swedish poet, writer and translator. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1975. Biography Östen Sjöstrand gave his introductory speech in the Swedish Academy ab ...

(1925–2006), Swedish poet * Östen Undén (1886–1974), Swedish academic and politician *

Östen Warnerbring Östen Warnerbring (22 November 1934 – 18 January 2006), also known as Östen med Rösten (lit. "Östen with the Voice"), was a Swedish singer, musician, composer and lyrics writer who mastered several musical genres. He started out as a jazz mu ...

(1934–2006), Swedish musical artist

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