Kåre Ingemar Karlsson (28 January 1924 – 21 June 2024) was a Swedish

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

Biography

Karlsson was born in

Løkken Verk Løkken Verk (or simply ''Løkken'') is a village in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located south of the village of Svorkmo, east of the village of Bjørnli, and north of the municipal center of Meldal (village), Meld ...

in Norway, and grew up there with his ski jumper brothers Arthur and Evert Karlsson. They represented the sports club Løkken IF. Kåre Karlsson moved to

Örnsköldsvik Örnsköldsvik (; ), often shortened to just Ö-vik, is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden, with 32,953 inhabitants in 2017. Its natural harbour and archipelago is in th ...

in his father's home country Sweden in 1944, and joined the club IF Friska Viljor. He finished 21st at the 1950 World Ski Championships. Three other Løkken IF members (current or former) participated here; Evert Karlsson,

Arthur E. Tokle Arthur Emil Tokle (August 16, 1922 – March 3, 2005) was a Norway, Norwegian-born United States, American ski jumper who competed for the United States at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, finishing 18th in the individual large hill event. ...

, and Vidar Lindboe-Hansen. At the Swedish Championships, Kåre Karlsson finished sixth in 1945, ninth in 1946, seventh in 1948, second in 1949, and eighth in 1953. Karlsson turned 100 in January 2024, and died on 21 June.

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1924 births 2024 deaths 20th-century Swedish sportsmen People from Meldal Sportspeople from Örnsköldsvik Municipality Swedish people of Norwegian descent Swedish male ski jumpers Norwegian emigrants to Sweden Swedish men centenarians {{Sweden-skijumping-bio-stub