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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