Carl Adolf ''Ragnar'' Olson (10 August 1880 – 10 July 1955) was a

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who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the individual dressage competition with his horse ''Günstling'', and a silver medal as part of the Swedish dressage team. Olson lived in

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in southern Sweden. He became famous for housing, during the winter of 1918–1919, the exiled German army chief

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, after the German

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capitulation in 1918.Ragnar Olson
Swedish Olympic Committee

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1880 births 1955 deaths Swedish dressage riders Olympic equestrians of Sweden Swedish male equestrians Equestrians at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics People from Kristianstad Municipality Sportspeople from Skåne County {{Sweden-equestrian-bio-stub