Lasse Schybergson

Lasse Schybergson played as a forward for Kronohagens Idrottsförening in Helsinki, later renamed FC Kiffen. With the club he won the Finnish championship in 1913. At the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, he was a reserve player as a 17-year-old but was not used. Later he was to win two caps in 1914 and 1919, both in away friendlies against Sweden. He scored twice in the first match.

In his second sport, bandy, Schybergson played five games with the Finnish national team including their first ever international encounter in 1919 against Sweden. His brother Ernst “Esse” competed in tennis at the 1924 Paris Olympics. Another brother, Richard Schybergson, also played football on international level for Finland. In 1944, Lasse Schybergson became an Honorary Member of his former club.

Schybergson’s father was a bank manager and a member of the Finnish parliament. In 1958, Lasse contested unsuccessfully a seat in parliament for the Swedish People’s Party. He was educated as a senior agronomist and worked as property and farm manager. With his wife Synnöve Alfhild (née Nyberg) he had one daughter.