Lars Daniel Norling (16 January 1888 – 28 August 1958) was a

Swedish Army The Swedish Army ( sv, svenska armén) is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces. History Svea Life Guards dates back to the year 1521, when the men of Dalarna chose 16 young able men as body guards for the insurgent nobleman Gustav Vas ...

officer,

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and

equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: *Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ...

who participated in the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...

, in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

, and in 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 was part of the Swedish team, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team event in 1908. In the

he won his second gold medal as member of the Swedish gymnastics team in the Swedish system event. At the

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, he was a member of the Swedish Equestrian jumping team, which won the gold medal. Norling was promoted to major in 1937.

Awards and decorations

*Knight of the

Order of the Sword The Royal Order of the Sword (officially: ''Royal Order of the Sword''; Swedish: ''Kungliga Svärdsorden'') is a Swedish order of chivalry and military decoration created by King Frederick I of Sweden on February 23, 1748, together with the Or ...

*Second Class of the

Military Cross The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level pre-1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries. The MC i ...

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Daniel Norling at databaseOlympics.com
1888 births 1958 deaths Swedish Army officers Swedish male artistic gymnasts Swedish male equestrians Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1912 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Sweden Olympic gymnasts for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in gymnastics Olympic medalists in equestrian Knights of the Order of the Sword Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-equestrian-bio-stub

Awards and decorations

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