1. Per Oskar "Pelle" Svensson was a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler and lawyer.
17 Facts About Pelle Svensson
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Pelle Svensson's achievements included a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the light heavyweight class and two gold medals at the World Championships in 1970 and 1971.
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Pelle Svensson won the Swedish Championships for thirteen consecutive years until his retirement in 1974.
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Pelle Svensson competed at the World Championships for the first time in 1963, ending up fourth.
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At the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, Pelle Svensson won a silver medal in the light heavyweight class.
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Pelle Svensson won two gold medals at the European Championships in 1969 and 1970 and two gold medals at the World Championships in 1970 and 1971, as well as three bronze medals at the European Championships in 1966,1967, and 1968.
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Pelle Svensson was chairman of the Swedish Wrestling Federation from 1993 to 1998, and a member of the board of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles from 1990 to 2007.
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Pelle Svensson left his position as a member of the board of the FILA in protest of what he saw as a lack of willingness on the part of the FILA to fight corruption within the sport.
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Pelle Svensson first received attention when he filed a civil suit against a suspected murderer in the case of the disappearance of an eleven-year-old boy north of Sundsvall in 1980, together with the parents of the boy.
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In 1988, Pelle Svensson served as the defense attorney for Juha Valjakkala, who was later convicted of the murder of three people in the village of Amsele earlier in the same year.
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Pelle Svensson served as the defense attorney to Lars Tingstrom, who was later convicted of three bomb attacks around Stockholm.
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In 1996, Pelle Svensson published parts of what he said was a testament authored by Tingstrom shortly before his death in 1993.
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The journalist Gunnar Wall wrote an article in Dagens Nyheter where he accused Pelle Svensson of manipulating the testament from Tingstrom.
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Pelle Svensson's information led the prosecutors to file an application for a new trial against Pettersson for the assassination of Palme, but this was rejected by the Supreme Court.
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Pelle Svensson ended his career as a lawyer after occupational burnout, but continued to take cases after his retirement.
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Pelle Svensson lived in the small village of Njurunda outside Sundsvall in Vasternorrland County.
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Pelle Svensson died on 17 December 2020 after suffering from cancer.