Evert Gotthardt Karlsson (4 August 1920 – 23 May 1996) was a

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ski jumper who finished eleventh in the normal hill event at the

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. He won the 1949 Swedish championships, and finished 11th at the 1950 World Ski Championships and 23rd at the 1954 World Ski Championships. He was born in Løkken Verk in Norway, and grew up there with his ski jumper brothers Arthur and

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. They represented the sports club

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. In 1940 Evert moved to Örnsköldsvik in his father's home country Sweden, and joined the club IF Friska Viljor.

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1920 births 1996 deaths People from Meldal People from Örnsköldsvik Municipality Swedish people of Norwegian descent Swedish male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Sweden Sportspeople from Västernorrland County 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-skijumping-bio-stub