Birgit Kristina Larsson (born 14 January 1944) is a retired Swedish swimmer. She competed at the

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in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and 100 butterfly and finished sixth and seventh, respectively. Larsson retired from active swimming in 1964 to focus on her studies in Stockholm; she has a degree in

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. However, in 1984 she returned to the pool and competed in the masters category until 1991. Her mother died in 1960, when Larsson was only 16 years old. In 1971 she married Per Björk. They have two children: Mikael (b. 1973) and Malin (b. 1978). Her elder sister,

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, and younger brother,

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are also former Olympic swimmers; Karin competed with the same 4 × 100 m freestyle team at the 1960 Olympics.

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1944 births Living people Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Sweden Sportspeople from Malmö Swedish female freestyle swimmers Swedish female butterfly swimmers 20th-century Swedish women SK Ran swimmers {{Sweden-swimming-bio-stub