Jane Cederqvist

Jane Barbro Iréne Cederqvist (born 1 July 1945) is a retired Swedish freestyle swimmer. In 1960, she set two world records, won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics,[1] and became the youngest person and the first woman to receive the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.[2] The upcoming year she retired from swimming and later became a government official.

Jane Cederqvist
Personal information
Full nameJane Barbro Iréne Cederqvist
National team Sweden
Born (1945-07-01) 1 July 1945
Stockholm, Sweden
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSK Neptun

Biography

Cederqvist grew up in the suburbs of Stockholm. She learned to swim at age 6, and at age 12 started training in a club. Within a few years she became a world top freestyle swimmer,[3] and won a bronze medal at the 1958 World Junior Championships.[4] She finished second in the 400 m freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and a few days later set a new world record in the 1500 m freestyle in Sweden. Just before the games she broke another world record, in the 800 m freestyle.

In 1961 she quit swimming to focus on her studies. In 1970 she received her BA and in 1980 a PhD in history with a thesis titled Arbetare i strejk: studier rörande arbetarnas politiska mobilisering under industrialismens genombrott: Stockholm 1850–1909 (Workers on strike: the political mobilisation of the working class in Stockholm 1850–1909).[5] She then took various jobs for central and local governments, such as department director at the National Audit Office for six years and then director of the Association of Local Authorities. From 1994, she worked at the Ministry of Industry, and in 1998 became director of the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities. Cederqvist had long wanted to become directly involved with history and was first excited with this job, but later became frustrated with the lack of funds and moved to the Ministry of Finance, where between 1999 and 2002 she acted as director-general of the Swedish Fortifications Agency and then worked as a tax analyst.[3][6]

Cederqvist lives in Stockholm. She is married to Hans Mattsson and has a son David (born ca. 1977).[3]

See also

References
  1. Jane Cederqvist Archived 18 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. Lista: Genombrotten som världen aldrig glömmer. aftonbladet.se (27 July 2009).
  3. Jane Cederqvist 60 år den 1 juli Archived 18 April 2013 at Archive.today. hd.se (30 June 2005).
  4. Jane Cederqvist. Swedish Olympic Committee
  5. Arbetare i strejk : studier rörande arbetarnas politiska mobilisering under industrialismens genombrott : Stockholm 1850–1909. ISBN 0038723433
  6. Foreign ministry refused to abandon Saudi deal. svd.se (26 April 2012)
Records
Preceded by
Ilsa Konrads		 Women's 1500 metres freestyle
world record holder (long course)
8 September 1960 – 27 June 1961		 Succeeded by
Margareta Rylander
Awards
Preceded by
Agne Simonsson		 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
1960		 Succeeded by
Ove Fundin and
Sten Lundin
Government offices
Preceded by
Torsten Engberg		 Director General of the Swedish Fortifications Agency
1999–2002		 Succeeded by
Sören Häggroth
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