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Carl Abrahamsson

1896 - 1948

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Karl Gustaf Emanuel "Carl" or "Calle Aber" Abrahamsson (1 May 1896 in Södertälje, Sweden – 25 December 1948) was a Swedish track and field athletic, bandy and ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. He was also a coach and captain, mainly in the Swedish club Södertälje SK. Abrahamsson participated in building the bandy section of Södertälje SK (SSK) during the 1920s. He was recruited to AIK's bandy team and played with the side in the Swedish championship finals against IFK Uppsala in 1915 and 1917. Abrahamsson also had a successful career in track and field, where he won 28 district championship in various sports and represented Sweden at the Baltiska spelen (Baltic Games) associated with the Baltic Exhibition in Malmö 1914. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Abrahamsson is the 1,714th most popular athlete (up from 1,803rd in 2019), the 1,026th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,124th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Carl Abrahamsson ranks 1,714 out of 6,025. Before him are Marc Bouissou, Jack Lovelock, Eddy Ottoz, Bob Tisdall, Jalmari Eskola, and Takao Sakurai. After him are Otto Licha, Juan Rodríguez, Daniel Kelly, Frank Dixon, María Pérez, and Romano Bonagura.

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Among people born in 1896, Carl Abrahamsson ranks 246. Before him are Samuel Mosberg, Robert E. Sherwood, Gösta Runö, Alister Hardy, Gopal Swarup Pathak, and Rogers Hornsby. After him are Rafael Garza Gutiérrez, Liam O'Flaherty, Howard Hanson, José Naya, Manuel Rojas, and Józef Kałuża. Among people deceased in 1948, Carl Abrahamsson ranks 181. Before him are Samuel P. Bush, George Mehnert, Vasily Kachalov, Elissa Landi, Claude McKay, and Amir Sjarifuddin. After him are Arthur Whitten Brown, Franz Weidenreich, Frank Benford, Susan Glaspell, Edgar Kennedy, and James Young.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Abrahamsson ranks 1,026 out of 1,879. Before him are Göran Hagberg (1947), Ulf Sterner (1941), Mikael Appelgren (1961), Signe Hasso (1915), Sara Danius (1962), and Mats Näslund (1959). After him are Titiyo (1967), Linn Berggren (1970), Yngve Brodd (1930), Max Tegmark (1967), Gustav Freij (1922), and Georg Johansson (1910).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Carl Abrahamsson ranks 99. Before him are Erik Algot Fredriksson (1885), Erik Elmsäter (1919), Gösta Runö (1896), Emil Magnusson (1887), Evert Gunnarsson (1929), and Ulf Sterner (1941). After him are Nils Hellsten (1885), Folke Alnevik (1919), Otto Nilsson (1879), Eric Carlberg (1880), Gunnar Åkerlund (1923), and Sven-Åke Lundbäck (1948).

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