Barbro Lönnkvist (born 22 June 1959) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a s ...

competitor Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indivi ...

. She became a Relay World Champion in 1981 as a member of the Swedish winning team,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on December 20, 2007) together with team members Arja Hannus,

Karin Rabe Karin Rabe (born 17 February 1954) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is four times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1989,

and

Annichen Kringstad Annichen Kringstad (born 15 July 1960 in Oslo, Norway) is a Swedish orienteer Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terr ...

. Lönnkvist was placed first at the Swedish 5-day O-Ringen event in Sundsvall in 1988, and again in

Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...

in 1989.

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Living people Swedish orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 1959 births {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub