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3 unusual facts about Linda Haglund


Linda Haglund

Hans Holmer, later to become known as the Chief of Special Investigation in the assassination of the Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986, was a principal in Haglund's defense, alongside Ulf Ekelund, the General Secretary of the Swedish Track and Field Federation.

She is an honored member of the Swedish Sports Academy consisting of 100 athletes in 100 years of Swedish sport from 1899 to 1999 and was awarded Victoriastipendiet in 1981.

Haglund belongs to the Legends of "1956", a sports fraternity of outstanding Swedish athletes born in 1956: Björn Borg, Ingmar Stenmark, Thomas Wassberg and Frank Andersson.



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