Sven Colliander

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Sven Colliander
File:Sven Colliander with horse Kål.png
Colliander with the horse Kål in Aachen, 1936.
Birth name Sven August Wilhelm Colliander
Born (1890-05-23)23 May 1890
Halmstad, Sweden
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Täby, Sweden
Service/branch Swedish Army
Years of service 1910–1955
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held Army Riding School (1934–40)
Norrland Dragoon Regiment (1940–43)
VI. Military Area (1946–51)
III. Military Area (1951–55)
Olympic medal record
Men's Equestrian
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Berlin Team dressage

Sven August Wilhelm Colliander (23 May 1890 – 16 September 1961) was a Swedish Lieutenant General and horse rider who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

In 1928 he competed with his horse King in the individual eventing and finished 13th. His Swedish eventing team did not finish the team eventing.

Eight years later he and his horse Kål XX were part of the Swedish dressage team which won the bronze medal in the team dressage, after finishing eleventh in the individual dressage.

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