Östen is a masculine given name. It is a variant of

Øystein Øystein is a Norwegian language, Norwegian given name of Old Norse origins. One of its variants is Östen (name), Östen which is mostly used in Sweden. Notable people with the name include: *Øystein Aarseth (1968–1993), Norwegian guitarist (p ...

and is mostly used in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. Notable people with the name are as follows: *

Östen Bergstrand Carl Östen Emanuel Bergstrand (1 September 1873 – 27 September 1948) was a Swedish astronomer. He was Professor of Astronomy at Uppsala University from 1909 until 1938 and from where he received his Ph.D. in astronomy in 1899 under Nils ...

(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 Karl Östen Elfving (27 May 1874 Vaasa – 25 July 1936 Boden, Sweden) was a Finnish agricultural expert and politician. Elfving's parents were the Mayor Karl Oskar Elfving and Jenny Sofia Nyman. Elfving's brother was Karl Oskar Elfving Younger ...

(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 Östen med Resten (sometimes spelt ''Östen mä Resten'') is a Sweden, Swedish music ...

(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 one of the most important developers in modern times together with Laila Ohlgren, both engineers at Telia. Together they developed the ...

(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 (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and offic ...

(1910–1994), Swedish sprinter *

Östen Sjöstrand Östen Sjöstrand (16 June 1925 in Gothenburg – 13 May 2006) was a Sweden, Swedish poet, writer and translator. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1975 and was a member of the Academy's Nobel Committee in Literature, Nobel committee b ...

(1925–2006), Swedish poet * Osten Taylor, American reality show contestant *

Östen Undén Bo Östen Undén (25 August 1886 – 14 January 1974) was a Swedish academic ( J.D.), civil servant and Social Democratic politician who served as acting Prime Minister of Sweden 6–11 October 1946, following the death of Per Albin Hansson (188 ...

(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 Sweden, Swedish singer, musician, composer, and lyrics writer who mastered several musical genres. He started as a j ...

(1934–2006), Swedish musical artist

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