Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg

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Photo for Carlberg's birthday celebration in 1949
Olympic medal record
Men's Gymnastics
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Team, Swedish system

Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg (24 February 1889 – 22 January 1962) was a Swedish

gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] He was also a supporter and financier of Nazi
organisations.

Early life and Olympics

Carlberg was born in

Swedish army
, whilst also training to be an engineer. A keen sportsman during his army service he was part of the Swedish team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event. Following this triumph he founded a gymnastics institute at Lillsved, whilst also building a successful career in construction.

Politics

In his post-gymnastic career, Carlberg formed his own Gymniska Förbundet in 1928. Publishing the magazine Gymn, the society underlined what it saw as the decadence of Western society, drawing heavily from

anti-Semitic Manhem Association, a study group which he helped set up in 1934. The group's membership was cross party, involving members of the Nationalsocialistiska Arbetarpartiet, Per Engdahl
's Riksförbundet Det nya Sverige and the Riksförbundet Sverige-Tyskland, amongst others.

A strong supporter of

Nazi propaganda and to fund the Svensk Opposition of Per Engdahl
.

Following the war, his Hjälpkommittén för Tysklands barn worked as a relief organisation for German officers, whilst his Svea Rike publishing house, originally set up in the 1930s, was turned over to Neo-Nazism. He also became the largest shareholder in Nation Europa, and set up a Carlberg Foundation aimed at youth. In 1958, Carlberg was fined 15,000 Krona for spreading antisemitic propaganda by Carl-Gustaf Herlitz.[2]

After his death in Stockholm he left his apartment to the Foundation and in 1965 it was raided by police due to a tip-off that the groups using it had stashed weapons there.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Carl Ehrenfried Carlberg". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Hets mot folkgrupp: BRÅ-rapport 2001:7" (PDF). Brottsförebyggande råde. 2001. p. 12.

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