Björn Forslund (sailor)

Björn (or Bjørn) Forslund (born 3 May 1972) is an entrepreneur and former Swedish professional sailor who has participated in six Dinghy World Championships, winning two gold medals and ranked first in many national and international level sailing championships. He won the first Gold in 1995 - 'OK Dingy World Championship' in Felixstowe, UK and second in 1997 – 'OK Dingy World Championship'[1] in Sønderbord, Denmark.

Biography

Björn Forslund was born in Västervik, Sweden on 3 May 1972. After being born in Västervik he lived in Karlskrona and Gothenburg, and later moved to Majorca in Spain. And since 1998 he lives in Oslo Norway.

In 1993 Bjorn participated in ‘OK Dinghy World Championship’[2] held in Puck, Polen and finished it at rank eight. In 1994 he has participated in ‘Europe Dinghy Championship’ in La Rochelle in France and finished at rank thirty-two. During year 1995 he has competed in two ‘Europe Dinghy World Championships’, the World Championship competitions held in Auckland in New Zealand and the European Championship held in Malmö in Sweden and in both he finished at rank sixteen.

In year 1995, he won his first gold medal by competing in ‘OK Dinghy World Championship’ held in Fleixstowe, UK. In 1996 he has participated in ‘Europe Dingy World Championship’ and finished at rank eight. Next year in 1997, he has participated in ‘OK Dinghy Swedish Championship’ in Båstad, Sweden and finished it at rank one. During this year he has won his second gold medal in ‘OK Dinghy World Championship’[3] held in Sønderborg, Denmark and continued participating in various national and international level sailing championships in consecutive years until 2013.

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionSailing Class
1993World ChampionshipPuck, Polen8OK Dingy
1994World ChampionshipLa Rochelle, France32Europe Dinghy
1995World ChampionshipAuckland, New Zealand16Europe Dingy
1995European ChampionshipMalmo, Sweden16Europe Dingy
1995World ChampionshipFelixstowe, UK1OK Dinghy
1996World ChampionshipMallorca, Spain8Europe Dingy
1997Swedish ChampionBåstad, Sweden1OK Dinghy
1997World ChampionshipSønderbord, Denmark1OK Dinghy
1998Norwegian ChampionshipBergen, Norway2SNIPE
2000Norwegian ChampionshipArendal, Norway2Melges 24
2000European ChampionshipÅsgårdstrand, Norway3SNIPE[4]
2000Norwegian ChampionshipVestfjorden, Norway2SNIPE
2002Swedish ChampionMotala, Sweden1SNIPE
2002Norwegian ChampionshipStavanger, Norway1SNIPE
2002European ChampionshipAnzio, Italy6SNIPE[5]
2003Colombian ChampionshipBogota, Colombia1SNIPE
2006Norwegian ChampionshipOslo, Norway8Express
2006Norwegian ChampionshipOslo, Norway3Express
2007Norwegian ChampionshipRan, Norway1Express[6]
2008WATSKI SKAGERRAK TWOSTAR 2008Hankø, Norway1Elan 37[7]
2008Hollænder SeilasenSon, Norway1Elan 37[8]
2009OneStarHankø, Norway1Elan 37[9]
2009Oslofjorden RundtAsker, Norway1Elan 37[10]
2010Seilmakeren DoublehandedAskøy Norway2Elan 37[11]
2012Seilmakeren DoublehandedAskøy Norway2Elan 37[12]
2012BohusracetUddevalla, Sweden6Kracer 40[13]
2012Watski Skagerrak TwoStarHankø, Norway1Kracer 40[14]
2012Årets ShorthandedseilerVarious, Norway1Kracer 40[15]
2013BohusracetUddevalla, Sweden4Elan 37[16]
2013Seilmakeren DoublehandedAskøy, Norway1Elan 37[17]
2020NM I ShorthandedNesodden, Norway1Express[18][19]

Work

As of May 2020
He is today the CEO & Founder of House of Martech, MainBrainer,[20] and Loyalty Communication.[21] In his past, he has been CEO, CTO, chairman of the board, board member, and Founder/ co-founder in TargetEveryOne AB (publ), Ironroad AB (Publ), XIB Group, Yamanu Group, Lev enkelt, Forslund invest, Communicate Norge, Frontec Norge, and Frontec.

References
  1. Forslund, Björn. "OK Dingy World Championship winners list". Okdia.org.
  2. Forslund, Björn Forslund. "OK Dinghy World Championship". okdia.org.
  3. Forslund, Bjørn. "OK Dinghy World Championship 1997". okdia.org.
  4. Forslund, Björn. "SNIPE European Championship 2000". NORGES SEILFORBUND. Norwegian Sailing Federation.
  5. Forslund, Björn. "SNIPE European Championship 2002". ITALIA International Snipe Class.
  6. Forslund, Björn. "Express Norwegian Championship 2007" (PDF). Ranseil.no.
  7. Forslund, Bjørn. "WATSKI SKAGERRAK TWOSTAR 2008". seilmagasinet.no.
  8. Forslund, Björn. "Hollænder Seilasen 2008". seilmagasinet.no.
  9. Forslund, Björn. "OneStar 2009". seilmagasinet.no.
  10. Forslund, Björn. "Oslofjorden Rundt 2009". seilmagasinet.no.
  11. Forslund, Björn. "Seilmakeren Doublehanded 2010". seilmagasinet.no.
  12. Forslund, Bjørn. "Seilmakeren Doublehanded 2012". seilmagasinet.no.
  13. Forslund, Björn. "Bohusracet 2012". seilmagasinet.no.
  14. Forslund, Björn. "Watski Skagerrak TwoStar 2012". seilmagasinet.no.
  15. Forslund, Björn. "Årets Shorthandedseiler 2012". seilmagasinet.no.
  16. Forslund, Björn. "Bohusracet 2013". seilmagasinet.no.
  17. Forslund, Björn. "Seilmakeren Doublehanded 2013". seilmagasinet.no.
  18. Forslund, Björn. "NM I Shorthanded 2020". manage2sail.com.
  19. Forslund, Björn. "NM I Shorthanded 2020". www.orc.org.
  20. Forslund, Björn. "MainBrainer 2020". www.mainbrainer.com.
  21. Forslund, Björn. "LoyaltyCommunication 2020". www.loyaltycommunication.com.
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