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), ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film *Gustav (film series), ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hu ...

, 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 Axel Carl Johan Gustafson (c. 1847 – ?) was a Swedish-American author. Biography He was born in Lund, Sweden, about 1847. His father was a clergyman, and Axel was educated in his native town. At the age of twenty-one he came to the United Stat ...

, Swedish author *

Ben E. Gustafson Ben E. Gustafson (born August 6, 1954) is an American politician and businessman. Gustafson lived in Duluth, Minnesota. He received his bachelor's degree in political science and psychology from the University of Minnesota Duluth. He was employ ...

, 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 Direct ...

, New Zealand political scientist and historian *

Bob Gustafson Robert Dana Gustafson (August 8, 1920 – November 28, 2001) was an American cartoonist whose work includes eight years on ''Tillie the Toiler'' and a 27-year run on the ''Beetle Bailey'' comic books. Early life Gustafson was born on August 8, 19 ...

, American cartoonist * Cliff Gustafson, collegiate baseball coach *

Derek Gustafson Derek Gustafson (born June 21, 1979) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 5 games in the National Hockey League between 2001 and 2002 for the Minnesota Wild. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2000 to 200 ...

, American pro hockey goalie * Dwight Gustafson (1930–2014), American composer and conductor * Earl B. Gustafson, American politician, judge, and lawyer * Fredrik Gustafson, 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 G ...

, Swedish archaeologist *

Gerald Gustafson Gerald Gustafson (born September 14, 1928) was a pilot after the post-war period of the United States. His most notable achievements came during the Vietnam War, where he was awarded the Air Force Cross. Early life Gustafson was born in St. Pet ...

, U.S. Air Force pilot *

James Gustafson James M. Gustafson (December 3, 1925 – January 15, 2021) was an American theological ethicist. He received an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Theology at Uppsala University in 1985. He has held teaching posts at Yale Divinity School and ...

, American theological ethicist *

James Gustafson (politician) James "Jim" Gustafson (September 8, 1938 – July 23, 2014) was an American politician and businessman. From Duluth, Minnesota, Gustafson received his bachelor's degree in history and economics from Ohio Wesleyan University. He served in the ...

, American politician * John Gustafson, English rock bassist * John L. Gustafson (born 1955), American computer scientist * Kathryn Gustafson, American architect *

Leonard Gustafson Lenard Joseph Gustafson, PC (November 10, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was a Canadian politician from Saskatchewan. Gustafson served in the Senate of Canada and House of Commons of Canada. Born in Macoun, Saskatchewan, Gustafson was a farmer, contr ...

, Canadian Senator * Megan Gustafson (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, ...

, Canadian poet * Ruth Gustafson (1881–1960), Swedish social democrat * Sophie Gustafson, Swedish professional golfer * Stan Gustafson, Iowa politician * Steve Gustafson, bass guitarist, member of 10,000 Maniacs *

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 degr ...

, American author and political scientist * Tomas Gustafson, aka Sven Thomas Gustafson, Swedish speed-skater *

Wallace Gustafson Wallace Frank "Wally" Gustafson (January 21, 1925 – September 10, 2018) was an American lawyer and politician. Biography Gustafson was born in Palmyra Township, Renville County, Minnesota and graduated from Bird Island High School, in Bird ...

(1925–2018), American lawyer and politician *

Wylie Gustafson Wylie Galt Gustafson (born June 7, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter who has toured nationally and internationally with his band, "Wylie & The Wild West". The band is known for its blend of cowboy, traditional country, folk and yodeling. Wy ...

, country music artist

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* Alexander Gustafsson (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, Swedish professional ice hockey player * August Gustafsson (born 1993), Thai footballer *

Billy Gustafsson Billy Gustafsson (8 February 1948 – 6 April 2018) was a Swedish social democratic politician who was a member of the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-mak ...

, 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 ...

, Swedish Olympian * Bengt Gustafsson (astronomer) (born 1943), Swedish astronomer * Bengt Gustafsson (general), 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 ...

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

Dennis Gustafsson Dennis Gustafsson (born February 17, 1972) is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Vetlanda BK as goalkeeper. Dennis has made over 400 appearances in the Allsvenskan. Dennis has played for three clubs- : IFK Motala (1989–1999) : H ...

, professional bandy player * Eddie Gustafsson, Swedish football player * Einar Gustafsson, Swedish farmer and politician *

Elina Gustafsson Elina Orvokki Gustafsson (born 6 February 1992) is a retired Finnish boxer. She won a bronze medal in the welterweight category at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships The IBA World Boxing Championships, and the IBA Women's World B ...

, Finnish boxer *

Elin Gustafsson Elin Gustafsson (born 1989) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician who has been a Member of the Riksdag Members of Parliament (Swedish language, Swedish: ''riksdagsledamöter'', singular: ''riksdagsledamot'') in Sweden sit in the Riksdag. ...

, Swedish politician * Erik Gustafsson (musician), bass guitarist, formerly of Therion *

Erik Gustafsson (ice hockey b. 1988) Erik Gustafsson (born 15 December 1988) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays as captain for Luleå HF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Gustafsson played in the youth ranks of Timrå IK before ...

, Swedish ice hockey player *

Erik Gustafsson (ice hockey b. 1992) Erik Gustafsson (born 14 March 1992) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Calgary Flames, Philadelphia Flyers, Mont ...

, Swedish ice hockey player * Hans Gustafsson (1923–1998), Swedish politician *

Jan Gustafsson Jan Gustafsson (born 25 June 1979) is a German chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2003. He is a co-founder of Chess24.com, and regularly analyses and commentates games for the website. Biography Gustafsson was born ...

, German chess grandmaster * Jan-Eric Gustafsson (born 1949), Swedish educational psychologist *

Lars Gustafsson Lars Erik Einar Gustafsson (17 May 1936 – 3 April 2016) was a Swedish poet, novelist, and scholar. Among his awards were the in 2006, the Goethe Medal in 2009, the Thomas Mann Prize in 2015, and the International Nonino Prize in Italy in 2016 ...

, Swedish poet *

Lars-Eric Gustafsson Lars-Eric Gustafsson (also ''Gustavsson''; born 6 June 1935) is a retired Swedish rower who won a bronze medal in the coxed fours at the 1959 European Championships. He competed in the coxed fours and in the eights at the 1960 Summer Olympics ...

(born 1935), Swedish rower * Magnus Gustafsson, former Swedish professional tennis player * Mats Gustafsson, 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, Swedish comedian * Roger Gustafsson, Swedish football player *

Simon Gustafsson Simon Gustafsson (born 26 May 1990 in Sköllersta, Sweden) is a Swedish speedway rider who won the Team U-19 European Champion title in 2008. He is the son of former Grand Prix rider Henrik Gustafsson. Career summary World Championships * ...

, Swedish speedway rider *

Sofia Gustafsson Sofia Kristina Maria Gustafsson (born 22 December 1990) is a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily i ...

(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, 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 trave ...

, Finnish mountaineer *

Åke Gustafsson Karl Åke Torsten Gustafsson (1908–1988) was a Swedish botanist and geneticist, who was also known as an essayist and poet. He was professor at the (the Swedish Institute for Forest Research) 1947–1968 and at Lund University 1968–1974. In ...

, Swedish scientist and poet * Tomas Antonelius, 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 c ...

, née Gustafsson, legendary Swedish actress

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* Don Gustavson, American politician and member of the Nevada Senate * Erik Gustavson, Norwegian film director and producer * Eva Gustavson, aka Eva Gustafson, a Norwegian-American contralto singer *

John Gustavson John Gustavson (1890–1949) was a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Sw ...

, Swedish politician * Linda Gustavson, American swimmer and Olympic champion * Mark Gustavson, American composer of contemporary classical music * Paul Gustavson, American comic-book writer and artist *

Penry Gustavson Penry Gustavson (born May 20, 1970) is a member of the South Carolina Senate The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives. It consists o ...

, American politician

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* Arvid Gustavsson, Lord of Vik, medieval Swedish justiciar *

Eva-Lena Gustavsson Eva-Lena Gustavsson (born 1956) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she represented Värmland County Värmland County (''Värmlands län'') is a county or ...

(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 Karl Nicklas Gustavsson was a Swedish composer, producer and choir conductor. He was born on April 20, 1972, and studied music theory and composition with Maurice Karkoff Maurice may refer to: People *Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary ...

, Swedish composer * Martin Gustavsson (born 1980), Swedish swimmer * Patrik Gustavsson (born 2001), Thai footballer * Paul Gustavson (1916–1977), Finnish-American comic book writer

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