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Sven Israelsson

Personal information
Born	17 January 1920 Dala-Järna, Sweden
Died	9 October 1989 (aged 69) Dala-Järna, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Nordic combined
Club	Dala-Järna IK
Medal record Men's Nordic combined Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1948 St. Moritz Individual

Sven Israelsson (17 January 1920 – 9 October 1989) was a Swedish nordic combined skier who won a bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics. Earlier in 1947 he became the first foreigner to win the nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival.

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sven Israelsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
2. Sven Israelsson. Swedish Olympic Committee

External links

• Sven Olof Israelsson at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2007) – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 August 2007)

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• 1920 births
• 1989 deaths
• People from Vansbro Municipality
• Swedish male cross-country skiers
• Swedish male Nordic combined skiers
• Olympic cross-country skiers for Sweden
• Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Sweden
• Cross-country skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
• Nordic combined skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
• Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
• Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
• Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
• Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics
• 20th-century Swedish sportsmen
• Swedish cross-country skiing biography stubs
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