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Arvid Pettersson
Arvid Pettersson, full name Johan Arvid Josef Pettersson (1893–1956), was a Swedish road cyclist and non-scoring member of Sweden's gold-medal 1912 Olympic team road race.
Axel Wilhelm Persson
Axel Wilhelm Persson (Axel Wilhelm Emanuel Persson), Swedish road and track cyclist, 1888–1955; Olympic team road race gold 1912 and silver 1920, ninth individually in 1912, multiple Swedish champion.
Bernt Johansson
Bernt Johansson (born 1953, Göteborg), Swedish road cyclist; Olympic road race gold at Montreal 1976, 1974 world team time trial champion, third at the 1979 Giro d'Italia as a professional in Italy.
Carl Lundquist
Carl Lundquist (Carl August Leonard Lundquist, 1891–1916) was a Swedish road cyclist with SK Iter who abandoned the individual 315 km road race at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.
Erik Friborg
Erik Friborg (Johan Erik Friborg, 1893–1968) was a Swedish road cyclist who won team road race gold and placed seventh individually at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, later working as a physiotherapist in Cannes.
Gunnar Bjork
Gunnar Björk (Ernst Gunnar Björk, 1891-1980), Swedish road cyclist, 51st in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic road race and non-scoring member of the gold-medal Swedish team; also a 1952 Olympic reserve skier and a quantum-optics physicist.
Harry Stenqvist
Harry Stenqvist (Erik Harry Stenqvist, 1893–1968), Swedish road cyclist, 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold medalist in the individual road race and team silver medalist, after a 4:15 time deduction; multiple Swedish time trial champion.
Henrik Moren
Henrik Morén (Henrik Hjalmar Simon Morén) was a Swedish road cyclist, 1877–1956, on Sweden's 1912 Olympic champion team and a ten-time winner of Mälaren runt.
Henry Hansen
Henry Hansen (Henry Peter Christian Hansen, 1902–1985), Danish road cyclist, 1928 Olympic champion in individual and team road race, 1931 amateur world road champion, 1932 Olympic team silver, later Danish Cycling Union chairman 1967–71.
Hjalmar Levin
Hjalmar Levin (John Gustaf Hjalmar Levin, 1884–1983) was a Swedish road cyclist from Eskilstuna and VoIF Diana co-founder who competed as a non-scoring entrant in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics team road race.
Josef Landsberg
Josef Landsberg (Karl Josef Landsberg, 1890-1964), Swedish road cyclist for IFK Örebro; 1912 Stockholm Olympics team road race gold medallist, DNF individual race after being hit by a car; won the Scandinavian Race 1913-14.
Leo Nielsen
Leo Nielsen (Carl Leo Holger Nielsen, 1909-1968), Danish road cyclist, Hillerod CK; Olympic team road race gold 1928 and silver 1932; distinct from footballer Leo Thorvald Nielsen and swimmer Benny Leo Nielsen.
Orla Jørgensen
Orla Jørgensen (Anton Oving Orla Jørgensen, 1904–1947), Danish road cyclist for LCC Kongens Lyngby; 1928 Olympic team road race gold medalist at Amsterdam, 25th individually; also won the 1928 Zealand Tour and Fyen Rundt and the 1926 Nordic track team title.
Poul Sørensen
Poul Sørensen names several Danish public figures, including cyclist Poul Bergenhammer Sørensen (1906–1951), a 1928 Olympic road racer, a Conservative minister and party leader (1904–1969), a journalist-poet (1906–1973), and an Olympic handball goalkeeper.
Ragnar Malm
Ragnar Malm (Karl Oskar Ragnar Malm, 'Ragge'), Swedish road cyclist 1893–1959, won Olympic team road race gold 1912, silver 1920, bronze 1924, plus 19 Swedish titles and five Mälaren Rundt wins.
Werner Karlsson
Werner Karlsson (Johan Werner Karlsson), Swedish road cyclist for Hammarby IF, 1912 Stockholm Olympic team road race gold medalist as a non-scoring rider, 19th individually over 315 km.