Gosta

Gösta is a Swedish male given name , the Swedish diminutive of the Scandinavian first name Gustav meaning support of the Goths . The name has been used in Sweden since 1482; its popularity has declined sharply since the late 1930s. In Low German , Gösta occurs as a variant of Göste as a female given name.

Well-known namesake

• Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (1908–1995), Swedish physicist (Nobel Prize 1970)
• Gösta Andersson (1917-1975), Swedish wrestler
• Lorenz Gösta Beutin (* 1978), German historian and politician (member of the Bundestag)
• Gösta Bohman (1911–1997), Swedish politician
• Gösta Ingvar Carlsson (* 1934), Swedish politician
• Gösta Dunker (1905–1973), Swedish football player and coach
• Gösta Ekman (1890-1938), Swedish actor
• Gösta Ekman the Younger (1939–2017), Swedish actor, screenwriter and director
• Gøsta Esping-Andersen (* 1947), Danish sociologist and political scientist (Danish spelling)
• Gösta von Hennigs (1866–1941), Swedish painter and university professor
• Gösta B. Ihde (* 1938), German business economist and university lecturer
• Gösta Lilliehöök (1884–1974), Swedish modern pentathlete
• Gösta Lindh (1924–1984), Swedish football player
• Gösta Löfgren (1923-2006), Swedish football player
• Magnus Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846–1927), Swedish mathematician
• Gösta Montell (1899–1975), Swedish ethnographer
• Sven-Gösta Neumann (1909–1985), Swedish Romanist
• Ulf Gösta Nilsson (* 1950), Swedish ice hockey player
• Gösta Nordahl (1928–2003), Swedish football player
• Gösta Nystroem (1890–1966), Swedish composer and painter
• Gösta Pettersson (* 1940), Swedish cyclist
• Gösta Sandberg (1932-2006), Swedish football, bandy and ice hockey player
• Gösta Ståhl (1902–1983), Swedish football player
• Gösta Stoltz (1904–1963), Swedish chess master
• Gösta Sundqvist (1957-2003), Finnish musician
• Kjell Gösta Sundvall (* 1953), Swedish director
• Gösta Thames (1916–2006), Swedish engineer and industrial designer
• Gösta von Uexküll (1909–1993), German journalist and writer
• Gösta Werner (1908–2009), Swedish film director, screenwriter and film scholar

additional

• Gösta Berling , a novel by Selma Lagerlöf from 1891
• Gösta Berling (film) , film based on the book of the same name from 1924
• Göstapiggane , mountain range in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gösta on www.behindthename.com (English)
2. ↑ Gustav on www.behindthename.com (English)