Margareta Cordelia Cederschiöld (30 December 1879 – 29 July 1962) was a Swedish

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player who competed in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

. She was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the outdoor singles. She lost in the first round in the indoor singles. In the indoor mixed doubles, she and her partner

Carl Kempe Johan Carl Kempe (8 December 1884 – 8 July 1967) was the leader of the Swedish pulp and paper industry Mo och Domsjö AB (now Holmen Group) and was involved in several other companies in the large economic sphere of the Kempe family. He was a ...

finished fourth without competing in the bronze medal match. Her brother Hugo was an Olympic shooter.

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* * 1879 births 1962 deaths Swedish female tennis players Olympic tennis players for Sweden Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Tennis players from Stockholm

Margareta Margareta is a female given name mainly used by Germans, Austrians, Romanians, Swedes, and others. It derives from Latin, where it came from the Greek word ''margaritari'' (μαργαριτάρι), meaning pearl, which was borrowed from the Persian ...

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