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Karl-Erik Nilsson

1922 - 2017

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Karl-Erik Nilsson (4 January 1922 – 14 December 2017) was a light-heavyweight (-87 kg) Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won one gold (in 1948) and two bronze medals. He won another bronze medal at the 1955 World Wrestling Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl-Erik Nilsson has received more than 3,754 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Karl-Erik Nilsson is the 574th most popular athlete (down from 382nd in 2019), the 711th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 625th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 574 out of 6,025. Before him are Teresa Ciepły, Paul Anderson, Olav Sunde, Walter Bathe, Miguel Ángel López, and Étienne Gailly. After him are Tinus Osendarp, Toivo Loukola, Henry Carr, Colette Besson, Magdalena Forsberg, and Georgios Orphanidis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 284. Before him are Léopold Anoul, Ingvar Rydell, José Luis Panizo, Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Félix Loustau, and Étienne Gailly. After him are Damon Knight, Stig Sundqvist, Ester Mägi, Natalya Meklin, Rui Campos, and Sid Caesar. Among people deceased in 2017, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 335. Before him are Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, Yambo Ouologuem, Míriam Colón, Ezio Pascutti, Rance Howard, and Vyacheslav Ivanov. After him are Eduard Mudrik, Kim Joo-hyuk, Mervyn Rose, Redha Malek, Sandra Reemer, and Sue Grafton.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 711 out of 1,879. Before him are Ulf Andersson (1951), Mona Sahlin (1957), August Malmström (1829), Victor Hasselblad (1906), Gunder Hägg (1918), and Carl Skottsberg (1880). After him are Magdalena Forsberg (1967), Fredrik Backman (1981), Gunnar Sköld (1894), Jenny Berggren (1972), Martin Lundström (1918), and Hjalmar Johansson (1874).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 24. Before him are Patrik Sjöberg (1965), Georg Åberg (1893), Ann-Britt Leyman (1922), Carl Bertilsson (1889), John Mikaelsson (1913), and Gunder Hägg (1918). After him are Magdalena Forsberg (1967), Gunnar Sköld (1894), Martin Lundström (1918), Hjalmar Johansson (1874), Axel Norling (1884), and Anders Gärderud (1946).

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