Erik Bergqvist

Swedish sportsperson

Erik Bergqvist

Erik Bergqvist

Personal information
Born| 20 June 1891
Stockholm, Sweden
Died| 17 February 1954 (aged 62)
Stockholm, Sweden
Sport
Sport| Water polo
Club| Stockholms KK

Medal record

Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
|  1912 Stockholm | Team competition
|  1920 Antwerp | Team competition

Erik Gustaf "Berka" Bergqvist (20 June 1891 - 17 February 1954) was a Swedish water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics;[1] he was part of the Swedish water polo teams that won silver and bronze medals, respectively. In 1912 he also competed in the 100 m freestyle.[2][3]

Besides water sports, Bergqvist won a Swedish football title with AIK as a goalkeeper. He was one of three founders of the company AB Tipstjänst, which in 1934 received the state license to organize gambling and betting in sport, as those were going out of control in the 1920s–30s. The company was nationalized in 1943, and Bergqvist was offered the post of its Director General, on condition that he joins the Swedish Social Democratic Party. He refused, and was appointed as inspector general instead.[3]

## See also[edit]

* List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Erik Bergqvist". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
2. ^ Erik Bergqvist Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
3. ^ a b Erik Bergqvist. Swedish Olympic Committee

## External links[edit]

* Erik Bergqvist at National-Football-Teams.com
* Erik Bergqvist at Olympics.com
* Erik Bergqvist at Olympedia
* Erik Bergqvist at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)

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Sweden football squad – 1912 Summer Olympics

* GK Bergqvist
* GK J. Börjesson
* DF Bergström
* DF Levin
* DF Malm
* DF H. Svensson
* DF Törnqvist
* MF Frykman
* MF K. Gustafsson
* MF O. Gustafsson
* MF Nilsson
* MF Sandberg
* MF Wicksell
* FW Ansén
* FW E. Börjesson
* FW Dahlström
* FW Ekroth
* FW Halling-Johansson
* FW Myhrberg (c)
* FW I. Svensson
* Coach: Bunyan

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