| Birth Date: | 12 April 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Kurravaara, Sweden |
| Death Date: | 10 March 1982 (aged 69) |
| Death Place: | Kiruna, Sweden |
| Height: | 163 cm |
| Weight: | 59 kg |
| Sport: | Cross-country skiing |
| Club: | IFK Kiruna |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Erik August Larsson (12 April 1912 – 10 March 1982) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. He won two medals at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with a gold in the 18 km and a bronze in the 4 × 10 km relay. The same year he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. Larsson also won a bronze in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1935 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
Larsson was born as the second youngest of six siblings in a religious Finnish-speaking family. In 1935, he started working as a cleaner at the Kiruna iron ore mine in the summer and as a lumberjack in the winter. In 1939, after attending a prayer meeting in Kurravaara he gave up his sport career and became a Laestadian Christian. He was later a preacher in the Firstborn Laestadian congregation in Kiruna. His son Lars became a preacher in Luleå, while his granddaughter Åsa Larsson was a tax lawyer and a writer of crime novels.
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
| Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | — | — | Bronze | |
| 25 | 12 | — | — | |