Bertil Sundberg (July 7, 1907, Stockholm – July 20, 1979, Stockholm) was a Swedish

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player.

Biography

In 1938 Bertil Sundberg won the first Swedish

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Championship. He repeated this success two more times (1943, 1947). He represented Sweden and won an individual bronze medal at second reserve board (+10 −4 =1) in the

3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation (''Grossdeutscher Schachbund'') as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with reference to 1924 and 1928 events. Many Jewish chess players took part in the event. Si ...

held at

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sundberg, Bertil 1907 births 1979 deaths Sportspeople from Stockholm Swedish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players