Gösta Andersson (18 January 1918 in

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

– 24 November 1979 in

Holmsund Holmsund is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 5,489 inhabitants in 2010. It is located 18 km south of the city of Umeå and serves as a port for Umeå. Position Holmsund lies ...

, Sweden) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won the

Vasaloppet (Swedish language, Swedish for 'the Vasa race') is an annual long distance cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The course starts in the village of :sv:Berga, Malung-Sälens kommun, Berga, jus ...

ski race in 1944 with a margin of one second before

Nils Karlsson Nils Emanuel Karlsson (25 June 1917 – 16 June 2012), better known as Mora-Nisse, was a Sweden, Swedish cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. Karlsson won gold in the Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics, 50 km event ...

(Mora-Nisse).''Sveriges dödbok 1947-2003'' (CD-ROM published 2005 by the Swedish Federation of Genealogical Societies)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Gosta 1918 births 1979 deaths People from Umeå Municipality Vasaloppet winners Swedish male cross-country skiers IFK Umeå cross-country skiers 20th-century Swedish sportsmen