Sven Eklund

Sven Axel Tankred Eklund (1916–1997) was a Swedish curler and sports executive. He was the alternate on the team that represented Sweden during the 1963 Scotch Cup, the World Men's Curling Championship at the time. He was also a former president of the World Curling Federation[2] and is a WCF Hall of Fame inductee.

Sven Axel Tankred Eklund
Curler
Born(1916-12-03)3 December 1916[1]
Stockholm, Sweden
Died6 June 1997(1997-06-06) (aged 80)[1]
Lidingö, Sweden
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
World Championship
appearances		1 (1963)
Medal record
Curling
Swedish Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1952
Gold medal – first place 1954
Gold medal – first place 1955
Gold medal – first place 1959

Eklund curled out of the Åredalens Curlingklubb in Åre, Sweden with teammates John-Allan Månsson, Curt Jonsson, Gustav Larsson, and Magnus Berge when he represented Sweden at the 1963 Scotch Cup. He later became the captain of the Swedish national curling team, and he also became president of the International Curling Association, now known as the World Curling Federation.[3] He was also active in the curling club Fjällgårdens CK.[1]

At the national level, he was a four-time Swedish men's champion curler[2] (1952, 1954, 1955, 1959), played at third position.

In 1966 he was awarded with the Svenska Curlingförbundets Guldmedalj by the Swedish Curling Association.[4] In 1966 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame. In 1982 he was awarded with the Elmer Freytag Award from the World Curling Federation.[5]

In 1968 Eklund produced the Swedish curling manual Curling.[6]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
1951–52 Per Eric NilssonSven EklundLars RybergRolf AlemanSMCC 1952 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1953–54 Per Eric NilssonSven EklundBertel SkiöldBengt ÖhrmanSMCC 1954 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1954–55 Per Eric NilssonSven EklundLennart SöderströmBengt ÖhrmanSMCC 1955 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1958–59 Per Eric NilssonSven EklundTotte ÅkerlundLars RybergSMCC 1959 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1962—63John-Allan Månsson (fourth)Curt Jonsson (skip)Gustav LarssonMagnus BergeSven A. EklundWMCC 1963 (4th)

Personal life

Eklund was the father of actress Britt Ekland.[2][3]

References
  1. "Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Herrar". Idrottonline.se. Retrieved 16 February 2014. (in Swedish)
  2. Pelley, Rich (6 July 2023). "Britt Ekland: 'I was the first naked female a lot of young lads ever saw". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. Peter Lester (1980-03-10). "All Is Vanity". People.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-22.
  4. "GULDMEDALJÖRER". Idrott.se. Retrieved 16 February 2014. (in Swedish)
  5. "World Curling Hall of Fame". Worldcurling.org. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  6. "Curling". Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine Libris.kb.se. Retrieved 16 February 2014. (in Swedish)
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