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Carl Clarence von Rosen (12 May 1867,

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– 12 August 1955) was a Swedish athlete, military officer, and

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to the King of Sweden. He became a member of the

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in 1900, and was credited for the re-introduction of

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after it was dropped at the 1904 Olympic Games. He competed in many sports, such as

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(which he introduced to Sweden),

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, lawn tennis and

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. In 1900, he founded the sports newspaper '' Nordiskt Idrottslif'' which became the leading sports newspaper in Sweden during its existence. von Rosen was the brother of Count

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. During the 1930s, Clarence and his brother played a leading role in the Swedish upper class

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-movement.Karl N Alvar Nilsson, Svensk överklass och högerextremism under 1900-talet. Federativs förlag, 2000. von Rosen was the first chairman of the

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. In honour of his name the champions of Swedish football were each year between 1904 and 2000 awarded the von Rosens pokal (English: von Rosen's cup). However, in 2000, after the rediscovery (it was news in the early 1920s) that von Rosen's wife's sister had married the later infamous Nazi leader

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during his years in Sweden, the trophy was replaced by Lennart Johanssons Pokal, but without any allegations against the entire von Rosen family .

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Clarence von Rosen's genealogical connections
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosen, Clarence 1867 births 1955 deaths Military personnel from Stockholm Swedish nobility Swedish people of American descent Swedish people of English descent Chairmen of the Swedish Football Association