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Gunnar Eriksson

1921 - 1982

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Krång Erik Gunnar Eriksson (13 September 1921 – 8 July 1982) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won two medals at the 1948 Winter Olympics, a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay and a bronze in the individual 18 km. Eriksson won the 50 km event at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, but finished 12th at the 1952 Olympics and 21st at the 1954 World Championships.Eriksson had five brothers and three sisters. Their father died aged 42, and the children had to start working in their teens at the local knife factory; in 1946 they started their own hardware business. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunnar Eriksson has received more than 17,245 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Gunnar Eriksson is the 40th most popular skier (down from 39th in 2019), the 570th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 605th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Gunnar Eriksson ranks 40 out of 541Before him are Yukio Kasaya, Heidi Biebl, Josef Bradl, Laila Schou Nilsen, Bojan Križaj, and Helmut Recknagel. After him are Marielle Goitschel, Maurilio De Zolt, Vreni Schneider, Gunde Svan, Émile Allais, and Erik Schinegger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Gunnar Eriksson ranks 255Before him are Pierre Bec, Inge Borkh, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Verghese Kurien, Bernard Lown, and Mikayil Abdullayev. After him are Kees de Jager, Jacques Martin, Juan José Arreola, Alfréd Rényi, Carol Channing, and Sotiria Bellou. Among people deceased in 1982, Gunnar Eriksson ranks 156Before him are Maria Jeritza, Lightnin' Hopkins, Antonio Guzmán Fernández, Josef Bradl, Ludwig Bieberbach, and Hal Foster. After him are Hendrik Wade Bode, Sonny Stitt, Karl Hein, Vladislao Cap, Marie Rambert, and Jean Batten.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunnar Eriksson ranks 570 out of 1,612Before him are Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718), Peter Tägtgren (1970), Inger Stevens (1934), Bo Larsson (1944), Gunnar Andersson (1928), and Elin Wägner (1882). After him are Lisa Fonssagrives (1911), Carl Bonde (1872), Björn Granath (1946), Viveca Sten (1959), Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901), and Oscar Dickson (1823).

Among SKIERS In Sweden

Among skiers born in Sweden, Gunnar Eriksson ranks 4Before him are Ingemar Stenmark (1956), Sixten Jernberg (1929), and Sonja Edström (1930). After him are Gunde Svan (1962), Thomas Wassberg (1956), Jan Boklöv (1966), Nils Östensson (1918), Elis Wiklund (1909), Nils Karlsson (1917), Anja Pärson (1981), and Sven Utterström (1901).