Nils "Niklas" Skoglund (15 August 1906 – 1 January 1980) 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 ...

diver who won the silver medal in the plain high diving competition at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. He still remains the youngest male Olympian to win a medal in an individual event, at 14 years, 11 days. After the Olympics Skoglund retired from diving and played water polo for his club Stockholms KK. His elder brother Erik competed in swimming at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

, and the other brother

Gunnar Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrior ...

was a film actor.

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1906 births 1980 deaths Swedish male divers Olympic divers for Sweden Divers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Stockholms KK divers Divers from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish people Swedish male water polo players Stockholms KK water polo players {{Sweden-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub