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Elis Wiklund

1909 - 1982

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Elis Wiklund (12 December 1909 – 15 March 1982) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won the 50 km race at the 1934 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and 1936 Winter Olympics. Wiklund won two individual Swedish titles: in the 30 km in 1938 and in the 50 km in 1941. He was an accomplished accordion player, and produced records in 1936. In 1946 he briefly worked as a skiing coach in Switzerland, and after returning opened a sports shop in Sollefteå. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elis Wiklund is the 75th most popular skier (up from 95th in 2019), the 755th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 861st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Elis Wiklund ranks 75 out of 817. Before him are Helmut Recknagel, Janica Kostelić, Anja Pärson, Vegard Ulvang, Torgeir Brandtzæg, and Anders Haugen. After him are Vladimir Smirnov, François Bonlieu, Jouko Törmänen, Christine Goitschel, Pavel Kolchin, and Aulis Kallakorpi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Elis Wiklund ranks 285. Before him are Ernst Andersson, Haruko Sugimura, Ahmed Bahnini, Willi Horn, Konrad Frey, and Hilde Domin. After him are Rodolphe Hiden, Beb Bakhuys, George Saling, András Székely, Shōhei Ōoka, and Erik Persson. Among people deceased in 1982, Elis Wiklund ranks 204. Before him are Paolo Monti, Vladislao Cap, Clifford Curzon, Virginia Hall, René Dubos, and Nikolai Kamanin. After him are Tomás Romero Pereira, Victor Buono, Beb Bakhuys, Boris Andreyev, Alexander Abusch, and Lightnin' Hopkins.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Elis Wiklund ranks 755 out of 1,879. Before him are Anja Pärson (1981), Ola Brunkert (1946), Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans (1948), Christian Lundeberg (1842), Gösta Andersson (1917), and Kurt Svensson (1927). After him are Jörgen Persson (1966), Göran Tunström (1937), Gertrud Adelborg (1853), Nils Rosén (1902), Elisabeth Andreassen (1958), and Pia Cramling (1963).

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Among SKIERS In Sweden

Among skiers born in Sweden, Elis Wiklund ranks 7. Before him are Ingemar Stenmark (1956), Sixten Jernberg (1929), Sonja Edström (1930), Gunnar Eriksson (1921), Thomas Wassberg (1956), and Anja Pärson (1981). After him are Nils Karlsson (1917), Stig Sollander (1926), Nils Östensson (1918), Sven Utterström (1901), Gunde Svan (1962), and Jan Boklöv (1966).

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