Ernst Gustaf Casparsson (15 November 1886 – 7 September 1973) was a

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who competed in the

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. He and his horse ''Irmelin'' finished fifth in the individual eventing competition and won a gold medal with the Swedish eventing team. He also finished sixth in the individual jumping event on the horse ''Kiriki''. Casparsson was born in a family of seven siblings and grew up on his father's farm in

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. One of his brothers, Otto, became a prominent actor, and sister Elsa was an artist. In 1921 Casparsson purchased the farm, which by then was in a financial trouble, and managed to repay its debt by working both as a farmer and a military officer. In 1924 he married a woman 14 years his junior; the couple had four boys.

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