Claës Henrik Magnus König (15 January 1885 – 25 November 1961) was a Swedish nobleman, officer,

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(1935–1946) and

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, who competed in the

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and in the

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. In 1920 he and his horse ''Tresor'' were part of the Swedish equestrian team, which won the gold medal in the team jumping event in

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. Four years later he and his horse ''Bojar'' won the silver medal with the Swedish eventing team after finishing fifth in the individual eventing in

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1885 births 1961 deaths Swedish event riders Swedish show jumping riders Olympic equestrians for Sweden Swedish male equestrians Equestrians at the 1920 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Swedish Army officers {{Sweden-equestrian-bio-stub