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Karl Johan Svensson

1887 - 1964

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Karl Johan Svensson (12 March 1887 – 20 January 1964) was a Swedish gymnast. He was part of the Swedish teams that won gold medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He was a civil engineer by trade. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Johan Svensson is the 1,381st most popular athlete (down from 729th in 2019), the 937th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 786th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Karl Johan Svensson ranks 1,381 out of 6,025. Before him are Christine Stückelberger, Bob Richards, Mirko Sandić, Elaine Thompson, Károly Wieland, and Paula Marosi. After him are Per-Erik Hedlund, David Rigert, Tadeusz Ślusarski, Henry Louis Hudson, Jan Werner, and Emil Kellenberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Karl Johan Svensson ranks 242. Before him are Carl Blegen, Benjamin Glazer, Ivan Kavaleridze, Kate Gillou, Arvo Ylppö, and Arne Halse. After him are William Henry Dean, Florence Price, Samuel Eliot Morison, Erich Hecke, Karl Taylor Compton, and Carl Ebert. Among people deceased in 1964, Karl Johan Svensson ranks 168. Before him are Kate Gillou, William Garbutt, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, Carlos Quintanilla, Georg Jacoby, and Paul A. Baran. After him are Frederick Grace, Diana Wynyard, Carlos Hevia, Eberardo Villalobos, José María Belauste, and János Urányi.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Karl Johan Svensson ranks 937 out of 1,879. Before him are Carl Forssell (1917), Jonas Åkerlund (1965), Wollmar Boström (1878), Jacob Bjerknes (1897), Christian Wilhelmsson (1979), and Arvid Thörn (1911). After him are Per-Erik Hedlund (1897), Jonas Björkman (1972), Maria Bonnevie (1973), Ted Gärdestad (1956), Nina Persson (1974), and Pernilla Wiberg (1970).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Karl Johan Svensson ranks 76. Before him are Harald Julin (1890), Inga Gentzel (1908), Vilhelm Carlberg (1880), Ingemar Hedberg (1920), Lennart Strand (1921), and Carl Forssell (1917). After him are Per-Erik Hedlund (1897), Erik Abrahamsson (1898), Johan Edman (1875), Håkan Malmrot (1900), Andreas Cervin (1888), and Ragnar Malm (1893).

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