Henning Grenander (4 August 1874–11 March 1958) was a Swedish figure skater. Grenander was born on 4 August 1874 in

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, Sweden. He began attending a school in Stockholm when he was 8 and began learning how to skate when he was 11. He won a silver medal at the 1893 European Figure Skating Championships but the results were declared invalid by ISU over issues with the scoring rules. In 1898 he moved to London and worked in a Swedish bank. He won the gold medal at the

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and decided to stay in London after the games. He became a Swedish

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and became involved with the National Skating Association. He helped plan the 1908 Summer Olympics and was a judge in the men's singles figure skating and men's special figures events. He died in a nursing home in

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, England on 11 March 1958.

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* Swedish male single skaters 1874 births 1958 deaths World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists People from Skövde Municipality Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County {{Sweden-figure-skating-bio-stub