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Bjarne Andersson

1940 - 2004

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Bjarne Lennart "Ödeshögarn" Andersson (28 April 1940 – 12 August 2004) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won a 4 × 10 km relay silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics; he finished sixth in the individual 15 km race. Andersson did his military service in the cavalry in Umeå. He was a Swedish 15 km champion in 1968, and won six national skiing titles in the 3 × 10 km relay between 1966 and 1973. He also won three individual and one team titles in cross-country running. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bjarne Andersson is the 1,882nd most popular athlete, the 1,137th most popular biography from Sweden and the 117th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bjarne Andersson ranks 1,882 out of 6,025. Before him are Janet Simpson, Virginie Hériot, Daniel Martínez, Merritt Giffin, Mildrette Netter, and Tatyana Talysheva. After him are Amadou Dia Ba, Francis Tyler, Walter Middelberg, Arto Bryggare, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, and Gavino Matta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Bjarne Andersson ranks 545. Before him are Raúl Magaña, Padma Sachdev, Viktor Kuzkin, Thomas M. Disch, Ugo Colombo, Arthur Alexander, Daniel J. Travanti, and Luis Rubiños. After him are Roberto Matosas, George Adams, Jerry Lawson, and Kiyoshi Tanabe. Among people deceased in 2004, Bjarne Andersson ranks 300. Before him are Lea De Mae, Bernice Rubens, Eleanor Holm, and Jacek Kaczmarski. After him are Charles Dumas, Coxsone Dodd, James Aloysius Hickey, Mikheil Korkia, Mulk Raj Anand, Nirupa Roy, Vilayat Khan, and Jerzy Klempel.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bjarne Andersson ranks 1,137 out of 1,879. Before him are Markus Rosenberg (1982), Jesper Blomqvist (1974), Tomas Gustafson (1959), Stig Sjölin (1928), Birger Sjöberg (1885), and Annalisa Ericson (1913). After him are Olle Nordin (1949), Joachim Björklund (1971), Tomas Jonsson (1960), Ronald Pettersson (1935), Gunnar Larsson (1944), and Lena Philipsson (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Bjarne Andersson ranks 117. Before him are Josef Ternström (1888), Gösta Runö (1896), Carl Abrahamsson (1896), Tore Eriksson (1937), Karl Malmström (1875), and Stig Sjölin (1928). After him are Gunnar Larsson (1944), Sven-Åke Lundbäck (1948), Henry Jonsson (1912), Hugo Wieslander (1889), Carolina Klüft (1983), and Janne Stefansson (1935).

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