Arvid Håkan Herbert Carlsson "Fågeln" Wallman (3 February 1901 – 25 October 1982) was a Swedish diver. He competed in the plain high diving event at the

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and

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and finished in first and eighth place, respectively. After graduating in 1923 from the

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, he worked as a civil engineer. His granddaughter Susanne Wetteskog also became an Olympic diver.

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* 1901 births 1982 deaths Swedish male divers Olympic divers for Sweden Divers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Divers from Gothenburg 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub