Gösta Vilhelm Eriksson (19 July 1900 – 7 April 1970) 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 ...

rowing

coxswain The coxswain ( , or ) is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word gives a literal meaning of "boat servant" since it comes from ''cock'', referring to the cockboat, a type of ship's boa ...

who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in

Vaxholm Vaxholm is a locality and the seat of Vaxholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It is located on the island of in the Stockholm archipelago. The name Vaxholm comes from Vaxholm Castle, which was constructed in 1549 on an islet with this nam ...

. In 1920 he was the

of the Swedish boat which was eliminated in the first round of the coxed four event. His elder brother Axel Eriksson competed in the same boat.

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External links

Gösta Eriksson's profile at the Swedish Olympic Committee
1900 births 1970 deaths Swedish male rowers Coxswains (rowing) Olympic rowers of Sweden Rowers at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{Sweden-rowing-bio-stub