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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. He died in December 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl-Erik Nilsson is the 450th most popular athlete (up from 568th in 2019), the 572nd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 711th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 450 out of 6,025. Before him are Betty Taylor, Tinus Osendarp, Ödön Földessy, Gordon George Avery, Olavi Mannonen, and Ed Hamm. After him are Hallgeir Brenden, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Lyudmila Bragina, Harri Larva, Virgilijus Alekna, and Anatoly Khrapaty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 246. Before him are Marlyn Meltzer, Barbara Hale, Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Blaga Dimitrova, Angel Wagenstein, and Lyndon LaRouche. After him are Pino Cerami, Michel Auclair, Donald Keene, Lorenzo Antonetti, Evelyn Mase, and Otmar Suitner. Among people deceased in 2017, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 280. Before him are Oleg Vidov, Holger Czukay, Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Barbara Hale, Prodigy, and Ruth Pfau. After him are Haruo Nakajima, Ulli Lommel, Hubert Dreyfus, Charles P. Thacker, Amotz Zahavi, and Anne-Marie Colchen.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 572 out of 1,879. Before him are Lina Sandell (1832), Sven Wollter (1934), Mårten Eskil Winge (1825), Erik Adlerz (1892), Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718), and Christer Pettersson (1947). After him are Ernst Trygger (1857), Sigrid Hjertén (1885), Måns Zelmerlöw (1986), Lisbeth Palme (1931), Ragnar Gustavsson (1907), and Carl Fredrik Hill (1849).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Karl-Erik Nilsson ranks 19. Before him are Gunnar Sköld (1894), Bo Lindman (1899), Arne Åhman (1925), Gösta Lilliehöök (1884), Erik Lundqvist (1908), and Erik Adlerz (1892). After him are Adolf Wiklund (1921), Henry Eriksson (1920), Alfred Swahn (1879), Gustaf Söderström (1865), Kjell Bäckman (1934), and Rune Larsson (1924).

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