Dagmar Salén (née ''Mörner'', 22 May 1901 – 20 December 1980) was a Swedish

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

. Together with her husband

Sven Salén Sven Gustaf Salén (7 November 1890 – 29 October 1969) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1936 and 1952 Summer Olympics. In 1936, together with his wife Dagmar Salén, he won a bronze medal in the mixed 6 m class as the helmsman of ...

she won a bronze medal in the mixed 6 m class at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

, becoming the first Swedish woman to win an Olympic medal in sailing. Salén was born in a noble family, and married Sven Salén in 1931. Their son Sven H. Salén (born 1939) became a lawyer and politician.

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1901 births 1980 deaths Swedish female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Sweden Sailors at the 1936 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Örebro Royal Swedish Yacht Club sailors 20th-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-yachtracing-bio-stub