Stig Strand

{{short description|Swedish alpine skier}}

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Stig Strand (born 25 August 1956) is a Swedish former alpine skier and a sports commentator on alpine skiing.[https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/sport-tv-kronika-heja-stig-strand/ Dagens Nyheter] {{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?sector=AL&competitorid=59106&type=result |title=FIS-Ski - biographie |access-date=2010-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021021248/http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?sector=AL&competitorid=59106&type=result |archive-date=2012-10-21 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/strst.asp|title = Alpine Ski Database - Ski Legends' Home}} He is known for being sports commentator for SVT during many years after his career, and a few years on Eurosport,{{cite news|last1=Jönsson|first1=Fredrik|title=Stig Strand klar för Eurosport|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/sportitv/article19872643.ab|newspaper=Aftonbladet|accessdate=22 July 2015|language=Swedish|date=17 November 2014}} but ended TV commenting in 2016.[https://www.expressen.se/sport/alpint/stig-strand-slutar-med-tv-jag-ar-inte-kvar/ Stig Strand slutar med tv: "Jag är inte kvar"] He has also worked as a political advisor for the Swedish Social Democratic Party, and as a hotel owner.

Although successful, he was during his active years always in the shadow of his childhood neighbour Ingemar Stenmark. However, in the 1982–83 season, Strand also had 110 points like Stenmark in the slalom World Cup.