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Ivar Johansson

Swedish Olympic wrestler (1903–1979)

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Born
January 31, 1903
Died
August 4, 1979
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1903

About Ivar Johansson

Ivar Valentin Johansson was a Swedish wrestler who competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman welterweight and freestyle middleweight events. Four years later he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman middleweight competition. At the 1932 Olympics Johansson first competed as a freestyle middleweight.

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Ivar Johansson timeline

  1. At the 1932 Olympics Johansson first competed as a freestyle middleweight.
  2. In 1932 he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman welterweight and freestyle middleweight events.

The world when Ivar Johansson was born

Ivar Johansson was born in 1903. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1903

  • Top movieThe Great Train Robbery (first narrative film)
  • Best-selling book"Lady Rose's Daughter" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst World Series — Boston vs Pittsburgh
  • Top headlineWright brothers achieve first powered flight
  • Technology milestoneFirst powered airplane flight (12 seconds, 120 feet)
  • World population~1.63B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population80.4M

1903 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ivar Johansson's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19032026
Population80.4M341 million

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