Nils "Mora-Nisse" Karlsson | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Nils Emanuel Karlsson | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Östnor, Sweden | 25 June 1917||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 June 2012 Mora, Sweden | (aged 94)||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | IFK Mora SK[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Nils Emanuel Karlsson (25 June 1917 – 16 June 2012),[2] better known as Mora-Nisse, was a Swedish cross-country skier. Karlsson won gold in the 50 km event at the 1948 Winter Olympics and nine Vasaloppet victories.