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Erik Larsson

1912 - 1982

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Erik August Larsson (12 April 1912 – 10 March 1982) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. He won two medals at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with a gold in the 18 km and a bronze in the 4 × 10 km relay. The same year he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erik Larsson has received more than 7,186 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Erik Larsson is the 773rd most popular athlete (down from 633rd in 2019), the 802nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 752nd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Erik Larsson ranks 773 out of 6,025. Before him are Ileana Silai, Johan Jarlén, Frederick Schule, Steve Redgrave, Arthur Jonath, and Lajos Steiner. After him are Calvin Smith, John Geiger, Ernst Krebs, Ken Carpenter, Jaan Talts, and Emmanuel Foulon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Erik Larsson ranks 304. Before him are Annemarie Heinrich, Miklós Szabados, Jan Brzák-Felix, Walter J. Ong, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, and Natalia Dudinskaya. After him are Simón Lecue, Anton Buttigieg, James Algar, Virgilio Piñera, Tibor Berczelly, and Dagny Carlsson. Among people deceased in 1982, Erik Larsson ranks 211. Before him are Francisco Martínez Soria, Vitaly Daraselia, Ramón J. Sender, László Sternberg, Konrad Granström, and Ed Hamm. After him are Alberto Vargas, Clifford Curzon, Frederick Terman, Willy Busch, Stanley Holloway, and Dieter Borsche.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Erik Larsson ranks 802 out of 1,879. Before him are Ragnar Östberg (1866), Gertrud Adelborg (1853), Åge Lundström (1890), Johan Jarlén (1880), Lea Ahlborn (1826), and Jonas Åkerlund (1965). After him are Sven Markelius (1889), Egon Jönsson (1921), Sylvia Vrethammar (1945), Frank Heller (1886), Gunnar Setterwall (1881), and Christian Wilhelmsson (1979).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Erik Larsson ranks 43. Before him are Bengt Eriksson (1931), Karl Johan Svensson (1887), Konrad Granström (1900), Gustaf Söderström (1865), Gösta Lilliehöök (1884), and Johan Jarlén (1880). After him are Per Berlin (1921), Nils Hellsten (1885), Kjell Bäckman (1934), Inga Gentzel (1908), Nils Täpp (1917), and Evert Gunnarsson (1929).

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