Egon Edvin Roland Svensson (17 November 1913 – 12 June 1995) was a bantamweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden. He won silver medals at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

and 1937 and 1938 European Championships. His son

Roland Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

competed in the same event at the 1968 Olympics.

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* 1913 births 1995 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Sweden Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Swedish male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Malmö 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-wrestling-bio-stub