| Birth Date: | 28 January 1919 |
| Birth Place: | Frölunda, Sweden |
| Death Date: | 14 February 1970 (aged 51) |
| Death Place: | Karlstad, Sweden |
| Height: | 1.88m (06.17feet) |
| Weight: | 103kg (227lb) |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Hammer throw |
| Club: | Örgryte IS, Göteborg |
| Pb: | 57.19 m (1947)[1] |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Bo Evert Ericson (28 January 1919 – 14 February 1970) was a Swedish hammer thrower who won a gold medal at the 1946 European Athletics Championships in Oslo with a throw of 56.44 metres.[2] He was also a finalist at the 1948 Olympics in London, but he finished in sixth place with a throw of 52.98 metres.[1] [3]
Ericson twice broke the Swedish national record for the hammer throw - in 1941 with a throw of 56.66 metres and, secondly, in 1947 with a throw of 57.19 metres - and held the record outright from 1941 until 1955.[4] He was a ten-time winner of the hammer throw at the Swedish national championships.[5]