Gunnar Östberg (4 February 1923 – 25 December 2017) was a
Swedish
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cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished ninth in the 18 km event at the
1952 Winter Olympics
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in
Oslo
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. He was born in
Kramfors
Kramfors () is a locality and the seat of Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It had a population of 5,990 inhabitants in 2010.
The town grew on the western bank of the Ã…ngerman river in the 19th century as harvested logs ...
,
Ã…ngermanland
Ångermanland ( or ) is a historical province (''landskap'') in the northern part of Sweden. It is bordered (clockwise from the north) by Swedish Lapland, Västerbotten, the Gulf of Bothnia, Medelpad and Jämtland.
The name is derived from the ...
.
References
18 km Olympic cross country results: 1948-52
1923 births
2017 deaths
People from Kramfors
Cross-country skiers from Västernorrland County
Swedish male cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Sweden
Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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