Ossian Elgström

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJosef David Ossian•Elgström
Used nameOssian•Elgström
Born19 November 1883 in Strövelstorp, Ängelholm, Skåne (SWE)
Died20 May 1950 in Båstad, Skåne (SWE)
NOC Sweden

Biography

Ossian Elgström was an illustrator, ethnologist and writer. He graduated as an engineer from the Technical School in Örebro and from 1905 studied art in Stockholm, Copenhagen and Paris. Back in Sweden, he worked as a cartoonist, and writer of humorous stories for Swedish magazines, and the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. He was especially fascinated by the Arctic people in Siberia, Lapland and Greenland, where he travelled frequently. He studied them, their lifestyles and myths, which he presented in several books and in paintings. Later, he created plenty of portraits of famous Swedish personalities such as King Gustaf VI Adolf, Eric von Rosen, Gustaf Bolinder und Sven Lidman.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Art Competitions SWE Ossian Elgström
Painting, Unknown Event, Open (Olympic) AC