Erik Gustaf Granfelt (17 November 1883 – 18 February 1962) was 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 ...

gymnast who competed at the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...

. He was part of the Swedish team, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team event in 1908. At the

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, he was a member of the Swedish tug of war team, which won the bronze medal. ''see Tug of war 1906.'' Erik Granfelt also played football (soccer) for

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

from Stockholm, with whom he won the Swedish Championship in 1901.

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1883 births 1962 deaths Gymnasts from Stockholm Swedish male artistic gymnasts Swedish men's footballers Tug of war competitors at the 1906 Intercalated Games Gymnasts at the 1906 Intercalated Games Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic tug of war competitors for Sweden Olympic gymnasts for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Men's association football players not categorized by position 19th-century Swedish people 20th-century Swedish people {{tugofwar-bio-stub