Anders Ahlgren

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title: "Anders Ahlgren" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1888-births", "1976-deaths", "sport-wrestlers-from-malmö", "wrestlers-at-the-1912-summer-olympics", "wrestlers-at-the-1920-summer-olympics", "swedish-male-sport-wrestlers", "olympic-wrestlers-for-sweden", "olympic-silver-medalists-for-sweden", "olympic-medalists-in-wrestling", "medalists-at-the-1912-summer-olympics", "world-wrestling-champions"] description: "Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler (1888–1976)" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Ahlgren" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler (1888–1976) ::

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Field	Value
image	Anders Ahlgren 1912 (cropped).jpg
caption	Ahlgren at the 1912 Summer Olympics
birth_date	12 February 1888
birth_place	Malmö, Sweden
death_date	27 December 1976 (aged 88)
death_place	Malmö, Sweden
height	191 cm
sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
club	GAK Enighet, Malmö
coach	Iivari Tuomisto
show-medals	yes
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Anders Oscar Ahlgren (12 February 1888 – 27 December 1976) was a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. He was a world champion in 1913 and finished second in 1911 and 1922.

At the 1912 Summer Olympics, Ahlgren won the silver medal in the light heavyweight class. In a remarkable final, he wrestled for nine hours against Ivar Böhling, before the bout was declared a draw. The judges refused to award a gold medal, and gave silver medals to both wrestlers.

Ahlgren was coached by Iivari Tuomisto, a Finnish heavyweight wrestler.

Besides wrestling Ahlgren was involved in the production of canned food and co-owned a mink farm.

References

References

1. "Anders Ahlgren". Olympedia.
2. "Wrestling at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Middleweight B, Greco-Roman".
3. (2012). "The 1912 Stockholm Olympics: Essays on the Competitions, the People, the City". McFarland.
4. [http://sok.se/arkiv-for-artiklar/2015-01-01-nio-timmars-brottningsmatch.html Nio timmars brottningsmatch] {{Webarchive. link. (7 March 2016 . Swedish Olympic Committee (1 January 2015))
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