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

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

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* Andy Gustafson, 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, American politician * Barry Gustafson, 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, American pro hockey goalie * Dwight Gustafson (1930–2014), American composer and conductor *

Earl B. Gustafson Earl B. Gustafson (September 27, 1927 – April 16, 2018) was an American judge, lawyer, and politician. Gustafson was born in Duluth, Minnesota and graduated from Central High School in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1945. he served in the United Stat ...

, 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 Got ...

, 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), American politician * John Gustafson, English rock bassist *

John L. Gustafson John Leroy Gustafson (born January 19, 1955) is an American computer scientist and businessman, chiefly known for his work in high-performance computing (HPC) such as the invention of Gustafson's law, introducing the first commercial computer cl ...

(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 Nancy Gustafson (born June 27, 1956, in Evanston, Illinois) is an American opera singer. She received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1978 and her M.Mus. from Northwestern University. She has appeared in numerous productions at venues bo ...

, American opera singer * Ralph Barker Gustafson, Canadian poet * Ruth Gustafson (1881–1960), Swedish social democrat * Sophie Gustafson, Swedish professional golfer * Stan Gustafson, Iowa politician *

Steve Gustafson Steven E. "Steve" Gustafson (born April 10, 1957) is the bass guitarist for the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. He, Dennis Drew and John Lombardo are the only remaining founding members of the group. Drummer Jerome Augustyniak has b ...

, 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 degr ...

, American author and political scientist * Tomas Gustafson, aka Sven Thomas Gustafson, Swedish speed-skater * Wallace Gustafson (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 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 (born 1981), Swedish race walker * Anton Gustafsson, Swedish professional ice hockey player * August Gustafsson (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 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 Gustaf Einar Gustafsson (21 December 1914 – 15 February 1995) was a Swedish farmer and politician. He was a member of the Centre Party and was Governor of Gotland County from 1975 to 1980. Early life Gustafsson was born on 21 December 1914 in ...

, Swedish farmer and politician * Elina Gustafsson, 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), Swedish ice hockey player * Erik Gustafsson (ice hockey b. 1992), Swedish ice hockey player *

Hans Gustafsson Hans Gustafsson (21 December 1923 – 25 August 1998) was a Swedish Social Democratic Party of Sweden, social democratic politician who held several government posts and was a member of the Swedish Parliament. Biography Gustafsson was born on 21 ...

(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 (born 1935), Swedish rower * Magnus Gustafsson, former Swedish professional tennis player * Mats Gustafsson, Swedish saxophonist *

Nils Gustafsson The Lake Bodom murders is one of the most infamous unsolved homicide cases in Finnish criminal history. On 5 June 1960, at Bodom Lake in Espoo, Uusimaa, Maila Björklund and Anja Mäki (both 15) and Seppo Boisman (18) were killed by stabbing a ...

, acquitted Finnish murder suspect * Olof Gustafsson, entrepreneur *

Per Gustafsson Per Tage Gustafsson (born June 4, 1970) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played over 700 games for HV71 in the Swedish Swedish Hockey League, Elitserien between 1988 and 2010, winning the championship three times ...

, professional Swedish hockey player *

Peter Gustafsson Peter Gustafsson (born 17 August 1976) is a Swedish professional golfer, born in Orust, Sweden. He turned professional in 1999. After just missing out on automatic graduation from the Challenge Tour in 2004, Gustafsson was medalist at the Europ ...

, 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 (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, 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 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 Ulf Lindor Gustafsson (also ''Gustavsson''; born 13 December 1937) is a retired Sweden, Swedish Rowing (sport), rower who won a bronze medal in the coxed fours at the 1959 European Championships. He competed in the coxed fours and in the Eight (r ...

(born 1937), Swedish rower * Greta Garbo, née Gustafsson, legendary Swedish actress

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Don Gustavson Donald Gary Gustavson (born July 23, 1943) is an American politician. He is a former Republican member of the Nevada Senate, representing the 14th district, formerly called Washoe District 2. He was elected to the position in 2010, running for th ...

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

Gustavsson

* 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 Frida Gustavsson (born 6 June 1993) is a Swedish model and actress. Career Gustavsson was discovered at an IKEA when she was 12 years old. She began modeling locally in 2008, and in the same year she moved to Japan to pursue modelling. She ope ...

(born 1993), Swedish model * Gustav Gustavsson, 17th-century count *

Jonas Gustavsson Jonas Gustavsson (; born 24 October 1984) also known by his nickname The Monster is a Sweden, Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for Linköping HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Gustavsson previously played ...

(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 Martin Gustavsson (born November 5, 1980) is a breaststroke swimmer from Sweden. In 2003 he won the silver medal in the 4×50 m medley relay at the European Short Course Championships in Dublin, Ireland, alongside Jens Petersson, Björ ...

(born 1980), Swedish swimmer *

Patrik Gustavsson Patrik Gustavsson ( th, พาตริก กุสตาฟส์สัน, born 19 April 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Thai League club BG Pathum United. Born in Sweden, he represents Thailand at youth level. ...

(born 2001), Thai footballer * Paul Gustavson (1916–1977), Finnish-American comic book writer

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