Gösta Gärdin (28 May 1923 – 12 December 2015) was a Swedish Army officer and modern pentathlete who won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Gärdin was promoted to colonel in 1969 and became head of the Military Academy Karlberg which he was until 1973 when he became the commander of Småland Artillery Regiment (A 6).

He was Sweden's Military Sports Federation's leader of modern pentathlon from 1972 to 1984, chairman of its executive committee from 1978 to 1983 and secretary general from 1983 to 1996.

[4] Gärdin joined to the Riksidrottens vänner (Friends of the National Sports) in 1979 and became its chairman in 1989, a position he held for 14 years.

Meanwhile, the scholarship Gösta Gärding's Youth Fund (Gösta Gärdins Ungdomsfond) was established for "a male or female sports leaders, who for many years successfully engaged in youth activities and particularly promoted the understanding of fair play and joy of sport.