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Erik Lundin

Erik Lundin was one of Sweden's leading chess players for more than fifty years. He won the Swedish championship seven times, first in 1941 and last in 1964, and took four medals at the Chess Olympiads. In 1983 he was made a grandmaster as an honor.

  • BornJuly 2, 1904
  • DiedDecember 5, 1988
  • CountrySweden
  • TitlesInternational Master 1950, honorary grandmaster 1983
  • Highest rating2375 (July 1972)
    He was 68 at the time
    FIDE's official lists (from July 1971)

At the Olympiads

Lundin played nine Chess Olympiads for Sweden. In Folkestone in 1933 he won the gold medal for the best result on third board, and the team took bronze. Two years later, in Warsaw, the team took silver, and in Buenos Aires in 1939 Lundin won bronze on second board. His teammates in the 1930s included Gideon Ståhlberg and Gösta Stoltz.

Main results

Lundin's own results. At the Chess Olympiad, medals go both to the teams and to the best player on each board.
YearEventResultWhere
1933Chess OlympiadTeam bronze, gold on board 3
10 of 14 points		Folkestone, England
1935Chess OlympiadTeam silverWarsaw
1939Chess OlympiadBronze on board 2
10½ of 16 points		Buenos Aires

A long life in chess

Lundin won the Swedish championship seven times, first in 1941 and last in 1964. He received the International Master title in 1950 and was still playing tournaments when he was over eighty.

Sources

  • Wikipedia (Swedish): Erik Lundin
  • Wikipedia: Erik Lundin
  • OlimpBase: Lundin's Chess Olympiads and FIDE's lists 1972–1989

The facts on this page come from the sources above, checked against each other. Where the sources disagree, only what they agree on is given.

Updated November 8, 2026