Erik Adolf Efraim "Erik Aber" Abrahamsson (28 January 1898 – 19 May 1965) was a

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athlete. He won the national

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title in 1921–1923 and a bronze medal at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. He was also an acclaimed

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and ice hockey player, part of the Swedish team that won the 1921 European Championships. In 1914 Abrahamsson started playing bandy with

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(SSK). Later he took up ice hockey in 1921 and played with

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, and the Swedish national ice hockey team, winning the

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. Together with his elder brother Carl, Abrahamsson managed to convince the Södertälje SK board of directors to incorporate ice hockey in the club in 1925. The club is still a major team in Sweden's major league,

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. Later, in the same year 1925, SSK played in the Swedish championship final for the first time, and SSK won the title as Swedish champions, with Abrahamsson in the team and after his brother scored the gaming winning goal against Västerås SK.

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1898 births 1965 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic athletes for Sweden Södertälje SK players Swedish ice hockey players Swedish male long jumpers People from Södertälje Sportspeople from Stockholm County AIK IF players IFK Stockholm Ishockey players {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub