Erik Gustaf Bergvall (7 April 1880 – 4 February 1950) was a Swedish

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player, journalist and sports official. He also promoted the Bergvall system, a variation of the traditional knockout tournament system which was used at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.

Water polo player

As a water polo player, Bergvall represented Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics and helped the national water polo team gain the bronze medal in the

. At club level, Bergvall represented

Stockholms KK Stockholms KK is a Swedish swim club from Stockholm founded in 1895. They compete in swimming and water polo. The most famous swimmers of SKK is the twin brothers Arne Borg and Åke Borg. SKK organizes yearly an invitational meet named after Arne B ...

Sports official

In 1904, Bergvall was among the founding member of the Swedish Swimming Federation and served as its secretary between 1904 and 1908 and as chairman between 1909 and 1932. He was also a member of the board of the Swedish Sports Confederation from its foundation in 1903 until 1945. He also served as assistant secretary of the Swedish Olympic Committee in 1906 and again between 1913 and 1924. In addition he was among the founders of the

Fédération Internationale de Natation FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...

in 1908 and was a member of its board until 1928. Between 1924 and 1928 he also served as FINA president. From 1916 to 1946, Bergvall also served as Director for the

Stockholm Olympic Stadium Stockholm Olympic Stadium ( sv, Stockholms Olympiastadion), most often called Stockholms stadion or (especially locally) simply Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912; its original use ...

Journalist

As a journalist Bergvall worked mainly at the sportspaper ''

Nordiskt Idrottslif ''Nordiskt Idrottslif'' ("Nordic Sporting Life") was a Swedish newspaper devoted to sports, published in Stockholm from 1900 to 1920. It was founded by Clarence von Rosen as a spin off of the sports newspaper ''Ny Tidning för Idrott'' and was the ...

'', published between 1900 and 1920. He had two spells working for this newspaper, firstly between 1900 and 1903 and then again between 1905 and 1920. He was also the chief editor and compiler of the official report of the 1912 Summer Olympics and wrote and/or edited or was a main contributor to some 30 books, including reports on the Olympic Games between 1920 and 1948 for the Swedish Olympic Committee. www.la84foundation.org

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergvall, Erik 1880 births 1950 deaths Swedish male water polo players Water polo players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Presidents of World Aquatics Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish journalists Stockholms KK water polo players

Water polo player

Sports official

Journalist

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