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Per-Erik Hedlund

1897 - 1975

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Per-Erik Hedlund (18 April 1897 – 12 February 1975) was a Swedish cross-country skier. He competed in the 18 and 50 km events at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won the gold medal over 50 km in 1928, more than 13 minutes ahead of fellow Swede Gustaf Jonsson. While competing, he wore a show-white outfit, which was later considered as lucky, and was worn by Swedish Nordic skiers at every Winter Olympics for the next 48 years. Hedlund finished sixth in the 50 km event, but won the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Per-Erik Hedlund is the 1,357th most popular athlete (down from 1,242nd in 2019), the 938th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 979th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Per-Erik Hedlund ranks 1,357 out of 6,025. Before him are Bob Richards, Mirko Sandić, Elaine Thompson, Károly Wieland, Paula Marosi, and Karl Johan Svensson. After him are David Rigert, Tadeusz Ślusarski, Henry Louis Hudson, Jan Werner, Emil Kellenberger, and Kaarlo Kangasniemi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Per-Erik Hedlund ranks 269. Before him are Blind Willie Johnson, Juan Natalicio González, Jackson Scholz, Edwin Graves, Conrad Nagel, and Jacob Bjerknes. After him are Ángel Médici, Tom Florie, Władysław Broniewski, Ramón Gil, Ivan Borkovský, and Ramdas Gandhi. Among people deceased in 1975, Per-Erik Hedlund ranks 230. Before him are Larry Fine, Åge Lundström, Adrienne Bolland, Jacob Bjerknes, Viktor Anichkin, and Oskar Perron. After him are Henry Louis Hudson, Bram Fischer, Frank Shields, Syed Nazrul Islam, James Robertson Justice, and Inga Tidblad.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Per-Erik Hedlund ranks 938 out of 1,879. Before him are Jonas Åkerlund (1965), Wollmar Boström (1878), Jacob Bjerknes (1897), Christian Wilhelmsson (1979), Arvid Thörn (1911), and Karl Johan Svensson (1887). After him are Jonas Björkman (1972), Maria Bonnevie (1973), Ted Gärdestad (1956), Nina Persson (1974), Pernilla Wiberg (1970), and Erik Abrahamsson (1898).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Per-Erik Hedlund ranks 77. Before him are Inga Gentzel (1908), Vilhelm Carlberg (1880), Ingemar Hedberg (1920), Lennart Strand (1921), Carl Forssell (1917), and Karl Johan Svensson (1887). After him are Erik Abrahamsson (1898), Johan Edman (1875), Håkan Malmrot (1900), Andreas Cervin (1888), Ragnar Malm (1893), and Gustaf Lindblom (1891).

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