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Carl Clarence von Rosen (12 May 1867 – 12 August 1955) was a Swedish athlete, military officer, and

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to the King of Sweden. He became a member of the

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in 1900, and was credited for the re-introduction of

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after it was dropped at the 1904 Olympic Games. He competed in many sports, such as

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(which he introduced to Sweden),

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and

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. In 1900, he founded the sports newspaper '' Nordiskt Idrottslif'' which became the leading sports newspaper in Sweden during its existence. Von Rosen was the brother of Count Eric von Rosen. During the 1930s, Clarence and his brother played a leading role in the Swedish upper class

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movement, the

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.Karl N Alvar Nilsson, Svensk överklass och högerextremism under 1900-talet. Federativs förlag, 2000. Von Rosen was the first chairman of the

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. In honour of his name, the champions of Swedish football were each year between 1904 and 2000 awarded the von Rosens pokal (English: von Rosen's cup). However, in 2000, after the rediscovery (it was news in the early 1920s) that Eric von Rosen's

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had married the later infamous Nazi leader

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during his years in Sweden, the trophy was replaced by Lennart Johanssons Pokal, but without any allegations against the entire von Rosen family .

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Clarence von Rosen's genealogical connections
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosen, Clarence 1867 births 1955 deaths Military personnel from Stockholm Swedish Nazis Swedish nobility Swedish people of American descent Swedish people of English descent Chairmen of the Swedish Football Association Clarence