Gustaf Hellström, born 28 August 1882 in Kristianstad, died 27 February 1953 in Stockholm, was a Swedish novelist, journalist and literary critic.

Hellström worked as a foreign correspondent for the newspaper Dagens Nyheter.

Snörmakare Lekholm får en idé (1927; "Lacemaker Lekholm Has an Idea"), considered his masterpiece, is a family chronicle covering three generations of life in a provincial garrison town.

Hellström also wrote a fictionalized autobiography, Stellan Petreus: en man utan humor (1921–52; "Stellan Petreus: A Man Without Humour"), many novels and collections of short stories.

[citation needed] In 1936–1942, he was chairman of the Swedish PEN.