Entry in the IOC 1996
Country SWE (Sweden)
Born 06 May 1947, HAMMARBY
Marital status Divorced, two children
Sports administration
Head of Office (1969), Assistant Secretary General (1984) then Secretary General (1989-) of the Swedish Olympic Committee; administrative chief, Olympic Games (Winter and Summer) (1972, 1976, 1980); Board member of the Swedish Bob and Luge Federation (1976-1978); assistant Chef de Mission (1984-); Chief of Press (Winter and Summer Games, 1984-1996); member of the ANOC Commission for the preparation of the Olympic Games (1989); jury member of the Svenska Dagbladets newspaper’s Bragdmedalj prize (the most prestigious award a Swedish athlete can receive); Board member of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) (1993-); member of the ANOC Executive Board (1995-2002), ANOC Secretary General (2004-)
IOC History
Member of the Executive Board (2000-2004); IOC Vice-President (2004-2008); member of the following Commissions: Women and Sport (1996-2000), Press (1997-), Olympic Programme (1998-), Evaluation for the XX Olympic Winter Games in 2006 (1998-1999), Coordination for the XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006 (2000-2006), “IOC 2000” (1999), IOC 2000 Reform Folllow-up (2002), Coordination for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 (2003-), Coordination for the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London in 2012 (2005-), Olympic Solidarity (2005-), Coordination for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 (2007-); Remuneration Working Group (2005)
