Sven Höglund
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- For the Swedish experimental artist Sven Inge Höglund, see: Sven IngeSven IngeSven Inge was a Swedish painter and pop artist who came to some prominence in the late 1960s, doing performed visual experiments with digital technology as an art medium, and coloristic paintings.Sven Inge was born in Umeå in 1935 and grew up in a small village in...
Sven Gustaf Alvar Höglund (October 23, 1910 – August 21, 1995) was a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
road racing cyclist who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
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In 1932 he won the bronze medal as part of the Swedish road cycling team, after finishing eighth in the individual road race
Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...
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