Karl Bertil Karlsson (19 September 1919 – 31 December 2012) was a

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who competed at the

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. He finished 13th in the men's 10,000 metres event and was eliminated in the heats of the men's 5000 metres. He was the Swedish champion in the 4,000 metre cross-country in 1949, the 5000 metre distance in 1950, and the 10,000 metre distance in 1952.''Focus Presenterar Sporten 2'', Almqvist & Wiksell/Gebers Förlag AB, Stockholm 1967.''Friidrottens först och störst'', Stig Gustafson/Forum, Helsingborg 1975.

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Bertil Karlsson's profile at the Swedish Olympic Committee
1919 births 2012 deaths Swedish male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes from Uppsala 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub