Nils Silfverskiöld

Olympic medal record
Men's Gymnastics
Gold 1912 Stockholm Team, Swedish system

Nils Otto Silfverskiöld (January 3, 1888 – August 8, 1957) was an Orthopedic Surgeon [1]

Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and Orthopedic Surgeon. 

He was part of the Swedish team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event. Silfverskiöld was the father of Monica Getz http://lunduniversityfoundation.org/about/monica-getz/ a diplomat, educator and activist who founded the National Coalition for Family Justice http://www.ncfj.org after undergoing abuse http://trageser.com/books/bookreview-getz.php from her husband Stan Getz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Getz In 2013 Monica Getz was a speaker at the United Nations commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Dag Hammarskjold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_Hammarskj%C3%B6ld who was a friend of the Silfverskiöld family http://webtv.un.org/watch/commemoration-of-60-years-since-dag-hammarskj%C3%B6ld-took-office-as-secretary-general/2291803855001 being elected Secretary General.

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