About Gustav Möller
Lived 1887 – 1983 (aged 96). Gustav Möller was a Swedish athletics competitor and military personnel.
Major General Sven Gösta Möller (15 June 1887 – 23 September 1983) was a senior officer in the Swedish Coastal Artillery and a track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Early life Möller was born on 15 June 1887 in Karlskrona, Sweden, the son of Carl Möller, a banker, and his wife Inga Bengtsson. In 1912 he was eliminated in the first round of the 200 metres competition as well as of the 400 metres event.
Career Möller was commissioned as an officer in 1910 and was assigned as an underlöjtnant in the Swedish Coastal Artillery, where he was promoted to lieutenant in 1915. He served in the from 1917 to 1918. They had two children: Gunnar (born 1921) and Dagmar (born 1926).
Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1947)
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Swedish officer and sprinter (1887-1983)
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Gustav Möller was born on 15 June 1887 in Karlskrona.
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Gustav Möller died on 23 September 1983.
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Gustav Möller was an athletics competitor and military personnel.
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Gustav Möller was Swedish.
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