Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal Explained

Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
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Country:	Sweden
Presenter:	Svenska Dagbladet

The Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal (Swedish: Svenska Dagbladets guldmedalj, but usually simply called Bragdguldet, "The Feat Gold") is an annual award "for the most significant Swedish sports achievement of the year". It has been awarded by a jury led by the Swedish morning paper Svenska Dagbladet since 1925. According to its statutes the Medal may be awarded in November or December to either an individual sportsperson or a team. An individual can be awarded the Medal no more than twice, and to receive a second medal, that athlete must be "regarded a class of his own".

List of gold medalists

1920s

• 1925 - Sten Pettersson, athletics
• 1926 - Arne Borg, swimming, and Edvin Wide, athletics
• 1927 - Sven Salén, sailing
• 1928 - Per-Erik Hedlund, cross-country skiing
• 1929 - Gillis Grafström, figure skating, and Sven Utterström, cross-country skiing

1930s

• 1930 - Johan Richthoff, wrestling
• 1931 - Sven Rydell, football
• 1932 - Ivar Johansson, wrestling
• 1933 - Sven "Sleven" Säfwenberg, bandy
• 1934 - Harald Andersson, athlete
• 1935 - Hans Drakenberg, fencing
• 1936 - Erik August Larsson, cross-country skiing
• 1937 - Torsten Ullman, shooting
• 1938 - Björn Borg, swimming
• 1939 - Sven Selånger, ski jumping and Nordic combined

1940s

• 1940 - Henry Kälarne, athletics, and Håkan Lidman, athletics
• 1941 - Alfred Dahlqvist, cross-country skiing
• 1942 - Gunder Hägg, athletics
• 1943 - Arne Andersson, athletics
• 1944 - Nils 'Mora-Nisse' Karlsson, cross-country skiing
• 1945 - Claes Egnell, modern pentathlon
• 1946 - Arvid Andersson, weightlifting
• 1947 - Gösta Frändfors, wrestling
• 1948 - William Grut, modern pentathlon
• 1949 - Gert Fredriksson, canoeing

1950s

• 1950 - Lennart Bergelin, tennis
• 1951 - Rune Larsson, athletics
• 1952 - Valter Nyström, athletics
• 1953 - Bertil Antonsson, wrestling
• 1954 - Bengt Nilsson, athletics
• 1955 - Sigvard Ericsson, skating
• 1956 - Lars Hall, modern pentathlon, and Sixten Jernberg, cross-country skiing
• 1957 - Dan Waern, athletics
• 1958 - Richard Dahl, athletics
• 1959 - Agne Simonsson, football

1960s

• 1960 - Jane Cederqvist, swimming
• 1961 - Ove Fundin, speedway, and Sten Lundin, motocross
• 1962 - Assar Rönnlund, cross-country skiing
• 1963 - Jonny Nilsson, skating
• 1964 - Rolf Peterson, canoeing
• 1965 - Kjell Johansson, table tennis
• 1966 - Kurt Johansson, shooting
• 1967 - The Fåglum brothers (Erik Pettersson, Gösta Pettersson, Sture Pettersson and Tomas Pettersson), cycling
• 1968 - Toini Gustafsson-Rönnlund, cross-country skiing
• 1969 - Ove Kindvall, football

1970s

• 1970 - Gunnar Larsson, swimming
• 1971 - Stellan Bengtsson, table tennis
• 1972 - Ulrika Knape, diving
• 1973 - Rolf Edling, fencing
• 1974 - Björn Borg, tennis
• 1975 - Ingemar Stenmark, alpine skiing
• 1976 - Anders Gärderud, athletics, and Bernt Johansson, cycling
• 1977 - Frank Andersson, wrestling
• 1978 - Björn Borg, tennis, and Ingemar Stenmark, alpine skiing
• 1979 - Malmö FF, football

1980s

• 1980 - Thomas Wassberg, cross-country skiing (originally refused to accept the medal, but eventually accepted the medal in early December 2013)^[1]
• 1981 - Annichen Kringstad, orienteering
• 1982 - Mats Wilander, tennis
• 1983 - Håkan Carlquist, motocross
• 1984 - Gunde Svan, cross-country skiing
• 1985 - Patrik Sjöberg, athletics
• 1986 - Tomas Johansson, wrestling
• 1987 - Sweden men's national ice hockey team, ice hockey, and Marie-Helene Westin, cross-country skiing
• 1988 - Tomas Gustafson, speed skating
• 1989 - Sweden national table tennis team, table tennis (Jan-Ove Waldner, Mikael Appelgren, Jörgen Persson, Erik Lindh, Peter Karlsson)

1990s

• 1990 - Stefan Edberg, tennis
• 1991 - Pernilla Wiberg, alpine skiing
• 1992 - Jan-Ove Waldner, table tennis
• 1993 - Torgny Mogren, cross-country skiing
• 1994 - Sweden men's national football team, football
• 1995 - Annika Sörenstam, golf
• 1996 - Agneta Andersson and Susanne Gunnarsson, canoeing
• 1997 - Ludmila Engquist, athletics
• 1998 - Sweden men's national handball team, handball
• 1999 - Tony Rickardsson, speedway

2000s

• 2000 - Lars Frölander, swimming
• 2001 - Per Elofsson, cross-country skiing
• 2002 - Susanne Ljungskog, cycling
• 2003 - Carolina Klüft, athletics
• 2004 - Stefan Holm, athletics
• 2005 - Kajsa Bergqvist, athletics
• 2006 - Anja Pärson, alpine skiing
• 2007 - Anja Pärson, alpine skiing
• 2008 - Jonas Jacobsson, shooting
• 2009 - Helena Jonsson, biathlon

2010s

• 2010 - Swedish men's Olympic 4 × 10 km relay team (Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Södergren, Marcus Hellner), cross-country skiing
• 2011 - Therese Alshammar, swimming^[2]
• 2012 - Lisa Nordén, triathlon
• 2013 - Johan Olsson, cross-country skiing^[3]
• 2014 - Swedish women's Olympic 4 × 5 km relay team (Ida Ingemarsdotter, Emma Wikén, Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalla), cross-country skiing^[4]
• 2015 - Sarah Sjöström, swimming^[5]
• 2016 - Henrik Stenson, golf^[6]
• 2017 - Sarah Sjöström, swimming^[7]
• 2018 - Hanna Öberg, biathlon^[8]
• 2019 - Tove Alexandersson, orienteering^[9]

2020s

• 2020 - Armand Duplantis, athletics^[10]
• 2021 - Team Sweden (Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Henrik von Eckermann, and Peder Fredricson), show jumping^[11]
• 2022 - Nils van der Poel, speed skating^[12]
• 2023 - Daniel Ståhl, track and field athletics^[13]

See also

• Jerring Award, established by the sport section of Sveriges Radio where the radio audience votes on the Swedish athlete or team that has made the best sport performance of the year

External links

• Statutes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thomas Wassberg tar emot Bragdguldet – efter 33 år . . 3 December 2019 . sv . 3 December 2013.
2. News: Bragdguldet till Alshammar. Svenska Dagbladet. sv. 6 December 2011. 7 December 2011.
3. News: Just nu: Bragdguldet till Olsson. Sveriges Radio. sv. 3 December 2013. 3 December 2013.
4. News: Damstafettlaget får årets Bragdguld . Svenska Dagbladet. sv. 2 December 2014. 2 December 2014. Lovén . Andreas Örwall .
5. News: Sarah Sjöström får SvD:s bragdguld 2015. Svenska dagbladet. 1 December 2015. 1 December 2015. sv. Lindberg . Johan .
6. News: Henrik Stenson tilldelas årets bragdguld. Svenska Dagbladet. sv. 6 December 2016. 6 December 2016. Svensson . Frida .
7. News: Här är Sarah Sjöströms bragd-VM – dag för dag. Svenska dagbladet. sv. Johan Lindberg. 5 December 2017. 5 December 2017.
8. News: Radio Sweden. Skier Hanna Öberg wins top sports prize. sv. Dave Russell. Sveriges Radio . 4 December 2018. 4 December 2018.
9. Web site: Bragdguldet 2019 till orienteringsstjärnan Tove Alexandersson . . 3 December 2019 . sv . 3 December 2019.
10. News: Duplantis fick Bragdguldet. SVT Sport. sv. 1 December 2020. 1 December 2020.
11. News: Bragdguldet till ryttartrio. Svenska Dagbladet. Sara K. Lindquist, Birgitta Forsberg, Nichlas Alsing Pettersson. Swedish. 7 December 2021. 20 December 2021.
12. News: Just nu: Nils van der Poel får SvD:s bragdguld. Svenska Dagbladet. 6 December 2022. 6 December 2022. Swedish.
13. News: Daniel Ståhl får Bragdguldet 2023. SVT Sport. Kamil Bochenski. Swedish. 5 December 2023. 4 January 2024.