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Gösta Andersson
cross-country skier
- January 18, 1918 · Umeå
- November 24, 1979
- 61 years
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Gösta Andersson, 61, Swedish skier.
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|Gösta Andersson (18 January 1918 in Umeå, Sweden – 24 November 1979 in Holmsund, Sweden) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won the Vasaloppet ski race in 1944 with a margin of one second before Nils Karlsson (Mora-Nisse).
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