Ebbe Wallén (January 2, 1917 – July 19, 2009) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobs ...

der who competed in the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( or ), were a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which ...

. Together with Olle Axelsson,

Sune Skagerling Sune Ralf Bertil Skagerling (September 27, 1919 – November 28, 1997) was a Sweden, Swedish bobsledder who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics. Together with Olle Axelsson, Ebbe Wallén, and Gunnar Åhs he was a crew member of ''Sweden I'' ...

, and

Gunnar Åhs Gunnar Johan Åhs (5 September 1915, Uppsala – 6 May 1994) was a Swedish bobsledder who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1961 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, ...

he was a crew member of ''Sweden I'' who finished 16th in the four-man event. He was born in

Väddö Väddö is an island in the Baltic Sea in Roslagen district, Sweden. It is situated in Norrtälje Municipality. Together with the adjoined Björkö it is considered the seventh largest island of Sweden. Väddö is separated from the mainland by ...

and grew up in

Virserum Virserum () is a locality situated in Hultsfred Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 1,742 inhabitants in 2010. Prior to 1971, it was a ''köping''. The history of Virserum goes back to the Middle Ages In the history of Europe, th ...

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1956 bobsleigh four-man results
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