Erik Larsson (skier)
# Erik Larsson (skier)

Erik August Larsson (12 April 1912 – 10 March 1982) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. He won two medals at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with a gold in the 18 km and a bronze in the 4 × 10 km relay. The same year he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. Larsson also won a bronze in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1935 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Larsson was born as the second youngest of six siblings in a religious Finnish-speaking family. In 1935, he started working as a cleaner at the Kiruna iron ore mine in the summer and as a lumberjack in the winter. In 1939, after attending a prayer meeting in Kurravaara he gave up his sport career and became a Laestadian Christian. He was later a preacher in the Firstborn Laestadian congregation in Kiruna. His son Lars became a preacher in Luleå, while his granddaughter Åsa Larsson was a tax lawyer and a writer of crime novels.

## Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

### Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)

| Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km  relay |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1936 | 23 | Gold | — | Bronze |

### World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

| Year | Age | 18 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km  relay |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1935 | 22 | — | — | Bronze |
| 1938 | 25 | 12 | — | — |
