Gösta Raquette

Gösta Rikard Raquette (also spelled Gustav, or Gustaf, sometimes Rikard is spelled Richard) (7 Feb. 1871-1945) was a missionary with the Mission Union of Sweden to Central Asia

Raquette was born on 7 February 1871 in Tolfta Parish, Uppsala County.

He served as a medical missionary in Baku and Buchara from 1895-96, Kashgar from 1896-1901, Yarkand from 1904-11 and once more in Kashgar from 1913-21, then he returned to Sweden via Tibet and India.

After he returned to Sweden, and took up a lectureship at the University of Lund. Gunnar Jarring is one of his most well known pupils from his time teaching at the University.