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Carl Oscar Borg was a Swedish-born painter who settled in the United States and became known for views of California and the SouthWest.
Oscar Gomer Swahn was a Swedish shooter who competed at three Olympic games and won six medals, including three gold. Swahn holds records as the oldest Olympian at the time of competition, the oldest person to win gold, and the oldest athlete to win an Olympic medal.
Per-Erik Hedlund was a Swedish cross-country skier. He competed in the 18 and 50 km events at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won the gold medal over 50 km in 1928, more than 13 minutes ahead of fellow Swede Gustaf Jonsson. While competing, he wore a show-white outfit, which was later considered as lucky, and was worn by Swedish Nordic skiers at every Winter Olympics for the next 48 years.
Johan Rudolf "Starke Rudolf" Svensson was a Swedish wrestler. He competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics in four freestyle and Greco-Roman events in total, and won a gold or silver medal in each of them.
Carl "Calle" Oscar Westergren was a Swedish wrestler who competed in the 1920, 1924, 1928, and 1932 Summer Olympics. He won gold medals in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1920, 1924 and 1932; in 1924 he also finished sixth in freestyle wrestling.
Piero Toscani was an Italian boxer who won the gold medal in the middleweight class at the 1928 Olympics, after defeating Jan Heřmánek in the final.
Oscar Edvin Herbert Zallhagen was a Swedish track and field athlete. He competed in the discus throw at the 1920 Summer Olympics and placed fourth. Zallhagen won the national discus championships in England (1921) and in Sweden (1913–1922), finishing second in 1923. He was also a leading Swedish shot putter in 1914–1917.
William Oscar Guernsey Grut was a Swedish modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won the gold medal in modern pentathlon. Grut was a multiple Swedish swimming champion and received the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1948.
The ladies' individual skating event was held as part of the figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which had previously been held at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920 and was also part of the first Winter Games in 1924. The competition was held from Thursday, 16 February to Saturday, 18 February 1928. Twenty figure skaters from eight nations competed.
The men's hammer throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Monday, July 30, 1928. Sixteen hammer throwers from eleven nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4. The event was won by Pat O'Callaghan of Ireland, the first gold medal for the nation at the Olympics since it started competing independently in 1924 and the first time the event was won by a non-American. Ossian Skiöld of Sweden took silver, the nation's second medal in the event after another silver in 1920. The Americans, who had earned a gold medal and at least one other medal in each of the previous six hammer throw competitions, took only a bronze this time, with Edmund Black finishing third.
Honoré Chevrier was a Canadian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in Embrun, Ontario. In 1928 he was eliminated in the second round of the middleweight class after losing his fight to Oscar Kjällander.
Colonel Stig Oscarsson Lindström was a Swedish Army officer and fencer.
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten was a Swedish prince who for most of his life was second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne. He was the eldest son of Gustaf VI Adolf, who was crown prince for most of his son's life and ascended the Swedish throne three years after his son's death. The current king, Carl XVI Gustaf, is Prince Gustaf Adolf's son. The prince was killed on 26 January 1947 in an airplane crash at Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Karl Oscar Vilhelm Bengtsson was a Swedish football player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In the 1908 tournament he was a part of the Swedish football team that finished in 4th place.
Oscar Wester is a Swedish freestyle skier. He placed seventh in slopestyle at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2013. He represented Sweden in slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. His brother, Jacob Wester, also represents Sweden in skiing.
Djurgårdens IF Boxningsförening is the section for boxing within the Swedish sports club Djurgårdens IF in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is one of Sweden's oldest boxing clubs. The section was formally founded in 1917, but members in the main club had been boxing many years before this. The club has won many Swedish championships in different weight classes.
Events from the year 1904 in Sweden.
Óscar Alfaro was a Chilean footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
