Gustaf Malcolm "Gösta" Lilliehöök (; 25 May 1884 – 18 November 1974) was a Swedish officer and

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. He won a gold medal in the first contested

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at the

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in 1912.

Career

Lilliehöök was born on 25 May 1884 in

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, Sweden, the son of First Marshal of the Court Carl Malcolm Lilliehöök and his wife Anna Ekelund. He was commissioned as an officer in

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in 1906 with the rank of ''

underlöjtnant ''Underlöjtnant'' (from the German word '' Unterleutnant'') was the lowest officer rank in the Swedish Army from 1835 to 1937 instead of the previous ranks of ''fänrik'' and cornet. was reintroduced in 1914 with the same position as , from 19 ...

''. Lilliehöök was promoted to lieutenant in 1910 and to captain in 1918, after which he was placed in the reserve. He won a gold medal in the first contested

at the

in 1912. He later became one of the first five employees of the national

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Personal life

In 1922, Lilliehöök married Anna de Fine Blauw (born 1891), the daughter of the artist Dick Blauw and Marie de Fine Beyer.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Liliehook, Gosta 1884 births 1974 deaths Swedish Army officers Swedish male modern pentathletes Modern pentathletes at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic modern pentathletes for Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Modern pentathletes from Stockholm Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics