Georgīĭ Vasilevich Forsten (30 May 1857 – 21 July (3 August) 1910) was a Russo-Finnish historian and professor at Saint Petersburg University in Russia.

Georgīĭ Forsten was born in Fredrikshamn (Hamina), Finland, on 30 May 1857 to a family of Swedish origin.

[1] Forsten was a professor of Saint Petersburg University where he specialised in the history of Scandinavia and the Baltic region and was one of the founders of research into Scandinavian history in Russia.

[1] His work was discussed by V. V. Pokhlebkinin in his article "G. V. Forsten—odin iz osnovopolozhnikov izucheniia istorii Skandinavii v Rossii" in Skandinavskii sbornik (Vol.

2, 1957) and in 1979 he was the subject of a biography by Aleksandr Sergeevič Kan titled Историк Г. В. Форстен и наука его времени (Istorik G.V.