Sweden at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Medalists
Table:
Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Gold
Martin Lundström
Cross-country skiing
Men's 18 km

Gold
Nils Karlsson
Cross-country skiing
Men's 50 km

Gold
Nils Östensson
Nils Täpp
Gunnar Eriksson
Martin Lundström
Cross-country skiing
Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Gold
Åke Seyffarth
Speed skating
Men's 10,000m

Silver
Nils Östensson
Cross-country skiing
Men's 18 km

Silver
Harald Eriksson
Cross-country skiing
Men's 50 km

Silver
Åke Seyffarth
Speed skating
Men's 1500m

Bronze
Gunnar Eriksson
Cross-country skiing
Men's 18 km

Bronze
Sven Israelsson
Nordic combined
Men's individual

Bronze
Göthe Hedlund
Speed skating
Men's 5000m

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Martin Lundström ( 30 May 1918 - 30 June 2016 ) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s . He was born in Tvärliden , Norsjö Municipality . Lundström won two Olympic gold medals during the 1948 Winter Olympics in Saint-Moritz , Switzerland at the 18 km and 4 × 10 km relay events . He also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1952 Winter Olympics . Lundström also won at the 18 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1948 . Additionally , he won a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships . He died in June 2016 at the age of 98 .
At the 1948 Winter Olympics , three cross-country skiing events were contested . The 18 km competition was held on Saturday , 31 January 1948 , the relay event was held on Tuesday , 3 February 1948 , and the 50 km event was held on Friday , 6 February 1948 .
Nils Emanuel Karlsson ( 25 June 1917 - 16 June 2012 ) , better known as Mora-Nisse , was a Swedish cross-country skier . Karlsson won gold in the 50 km event at the 1948 Winter Olympics and nine Vasaloppet victories .
Nils Holger Östensson ( April 29 , 1918 , Transtrand , Dalarna - July 24 , 1949 ) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1940s . He won the 4 × 10 km relay gold and the 18 km silver at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . Östensson also won the 18 km and 50 km events at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1949 . He died in a motorcycle accident on July 24 , 1949 .
Nils Bertil Täpp ( 27 October 1917 - 23 October 2000 ) was a Swedish cross-country skier . He was part of the Swedish 4 × 10 km relay teams that won gold medals at the 1948 Winter Olympics and 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships . At the 1952 Olympics he finished seventh in the individual 18 km race and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay . He was the Swedish national champion in the 15 km ( 1943 and 1946 ) and 3 × 10 km relay ( 1942 , 1943 and 1949 ) . He was born Nils Bertil Persson and changed his last name to Täpp in 1945 .
Krång Erik Gunnar Eriksson ( 13 September 1921 - 8 July 1982 ) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won two medals at the 1948 Winter Olympics , a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay and a bronze in the individual 18 km . Eriksson won the 50 km event at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships , but finished 12th at the 1952 Olympics and 21st at the 1954 World Championships . Eriksson had five brothers and three sisters . Their father died aged 42 , and the children had to start working in their teens at the local knife factory ; in 1946 they started their own hardware business . Eriksson married Kerstin Norlin , the winner of the 1949 Vasa ski marathon , who lived next door . She died aged 38 . After retiring from competitions in 1954 Eriksson spent time collecting stamps , fishing , hunting and working as timberjack . In 1980 he developed Lou Gehrigs disease and died in July 1982 .
Karl Åke Seyffarth ( 15 January 1919 - 1 January 1998 ) was a Swedish speed skater who specialised in long distance events . He set new world records on the 5,000 m ( 8:13.7 ) in 1941 and on the 3000 m ( 4:45.7 ) in 1942 . He became European Allround Champions in 1947 , winning both the 5,000 m and the 10000 m on his way to becoming European Champion . In addition to speed skating , Seyffarth also was one of Sweden 's leading cyclists , but this career was hampered by an injury in a dirt biking accident in 1943 . Seyffarth participated in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz , the first Winter Olympic Games to be held in twelve years . As a result of the lack of competition during , and shortly after , World War II , Seyffarth entered the 5,000 m as the world record holder , a record he had set almost exactly seven years earlier , in 1941 . During his heat , Seyffarth seemed to be winning until a photographer tried to take a picture of him and stepped onto the ice . Seyffarth brushed the photographer , losing several seconds , and went on to lose his heat and finally come in seventh overall . The winner of the race was Reidar Liaklev with a time of 8:29.4 , well above Seyffarth 's 1941 world record of 8:13.7 . Seyffarth 's official 5,000 m time was 8:37.9 . The day after his disappointing 5000 m race , Seyffarth won Olympic silver on the 1,500 m , half a second behind Norwegian skater Sverre Farstad . The day after that , Seyffarth won Olympic gold on the 10000 m with a time of 17:26.30 , not a particularly fast time considering that the world record at the time was 17:01.50 .
At the 1948 Winter Olympics , four speed skating events were contested .
Harald Eriksson ( or Ericsson , 22 September 1921 - 20 May 2015 ) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won the silver medal in the 50 km event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . The same year he won the 50 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival . He had to withdraw from the 50 km race at the 1952 Games due to a high fever . Eriksson served in the Swedish Army in Umeå , but had good opportunities to train because his commander was also chairman of his skiing club . He later worked at a sports shop in Umeå , together with his friends and rivals Gunnar Karlsson and Martin Lundström ; the trio formed a successful relay team .
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 .
Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics consisted of one event , held from 31 January to 1 February . The ski jumping portion took place at Olympiaschanze St. Moritz , while the cross-country portion took place around the hills of St. Moritz .
Göthe Emanuel Hedlund ( 31 July 1918 - 15 December 2003 ) was a Swedish speed skater who was at the world top around World War II . Hedlund made his international debut at the 1939 European Allround Championships of Riga , Latvia , finishing 16th . Two weeks later , he participated in the World Allround Championships held in Helsinki , but his times on the first three distances were not good enough to qualify him for the final distance . The start of World War II meant that only very few tournaments were organised , so Hedlund could not compete very often during those years . When the war was over , Hedlund participated in the first European Allround Championships after the war and promptly became the 1946 European Allround Champion . There were no official World Allround Championships that year , but unofficial World Championships were held in Oslo and Hedlund won silver there . In 1947 , Hedlund won European silver behind compatriot Åke Seyffarth . At the 1948 Winter Olympics of St. Moritz , Hedlund won bronze on the 5,000 m behind Norwegian skaters Reidar Liaklev and Odd Lundberg . His last international medal came two weeks later at the European Allround Championships where he won silver , again behind Liaklev . Hedlund competed internationally until 1952 , when he finished in 9th-11th places in the 5,000-10,000 m events at the Winter Olympics . He died in Lidingö in 2003 at the age of 85 . His daughter Ylva also became an Olympic speed skater .