Ernst Hilding Waldemar Nilsson (10 May 1891 – 11 February 1971) was a Swedish heavyweight wrestler who competed at the

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. He won a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in 1920 and placed fourth-fifth in the Greco-Roman and freestyle contests in 1924. Nilsson won two world titles in Greco-Roman wrestling, in 1913 and 1922.

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* 1891 births 1971 deaths Olympic wrestlers of Sweden Wrestlers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Swedish male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Sportspeople from Malmö 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub