Sven Colliander

Sven Colliander
Birth name	Sven August Wilhelm Colliander
Born	(1890-05-23)23 May 1890 Halmstad, Sweden
Died	16 September 1961(1961-09-16) (aged 71) 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)

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

In 1928 he finished 13th in the individual eventing on the horse King, and his eventing team was unplaced. Eight years later he and his horse Kål XX were part of the Swedish dressage team that won the bronze medal, after finishing eleventh in the individual competition.^[1][2]

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