Stig Blomberg
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Stig Blomberg (October 16, 1901 – December 19, 1970) was a Swedish sculptor. He was born in Linköping.
In 1936 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the summer Olympic Games for his "Brottande pojkar" ("Wrestling Youths").{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/921335 |title=Stig Blomberg |work=Olympedia |accessdate=8 August 2020}} In 1956 he was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal for sculpture. {{cite web| url = http://www.royalcourt.se/download/18.30963a1811be3fda3ab80008195/Prins+Eugen-medaljen+1945-2010.pdf| title = Prins Eugen Medaljen|accessdate = 14 February 2015}}
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Image:Sölvesborg Ask och Embla2.jpg" (1948) by Stig Blomberg. In Sölvesborg, Sweden. Photo by Henrik Sendelbach.]]
|Image:Sölvesborg Ask och Embla.jpg, a 1948 fountain of Ask and Embla, two characters of Norse mythology.]] |
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208111344/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BLOMBSTI01 profile]
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Category:People from Linköping
Category:Swedish male sculptors
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in art competitions
Category:20th-century Swedish sculptors
Category:Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal
Category:Olympic competitors in art competitions
Category:Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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