Sven Selånger

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Medal record
Men's nordic skiing
Olympic Games
Silver 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ski jumping large hill
World Championships
Gold 1933 Innsbruck Nordic combined
Bronze 1931 Oberhof Ski jumping large hill
Bronze 1933 Innsbruck Ski jumping large hill
Bronze 1934 Sollefteå Ski jumping large hill

Sven Selånger (a.k.a. Sven "Selånger" Eriksson) (March 19, 1907 – November 9, 1992) was a Swedish nordic skier who competed in the 1930's. He won a ski jumping silver at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and also competed in nordic combined at the Winter Olympics in 1928, finishing 6th, and in 1932, finishing 5th.

In addition, he won ski jumping bronze medals at the 1931, 1933, and 1934 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and a gold medal in the 1933 nordic combined event.

Selånger won the Holmenkollen ski festival's men's ski jumping competition in 1939, the first non-Norwegian to win the event. In 1939, Selånger became the first non-Norwegian to win the Holmenkollen medal, sharing the award with Norwegians Lars Bergendahl and Trygve Brodahl.

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World champions in nordic combined individual
1925: Otakar Nemecky | 1926: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1927: Rudolf Burkert | 1929: Hans Vinjarengen | 1930: Hans Vinjarengen | 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1933: Sven Selånger | 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen 1935: Oddbjørn Hagen | 1937: Sigurd Røen | 1938: Olaf Hoffsbakken | 1939: Gustl Berauer | 1950: Heikki Hasu | 1954: Sverre Stenersen | 1958: Paavo Korhonen | 1962: Arne Larsen 1966: Georg Thoma | 1970: Ladislav Rygl | 1974: Ulrich Wehling | 1978: Konrad Winkler | 1982: Tom Sandberg | 1985: Hermann Weinbuch | 1987: Torbjørn Løkken | 1989: Trond Einar Elden | 1991: Fred Børre Lundberg | 1993: Kenji Ogiwara | 1995: Fred Børre Lundberg | 1997: Kenji Ogiwara | 1999: Bjarte Engen Vik | 2001: Bjarte Engen Vik | 2003: Ronny Ackermann | 2005: Ronny Ackermann
Preceded by:
Reidar Andersen & Johan R. Henriksen		 Holmenkollen medal with Lars Bergendahl & Trygve Brodahl
1939		 Succeeded by:
Oscar Gjøslund & Annar Ryen


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