Jukka Tapani Gustafsson (born 2 January 1947) is a Finnish politician.

A Social Democrat, he has represented the electoral district of Pirkanmaa in the Parliament of Finland since 1987.

He served as principal of the Murikka Institute for ten years before being elected to the Parliament in 1987.

In June 2011, he was appointed Minister of Education to Jyrki Katainen's cabinet.

[1] He had to resign from the government in May 2013 when the Social Democratic Party replaced him with Krista Kiuru.