Ingvar Ericsson

In the 1930s Ingvar Ericsson was one of the best road cyclists in Sweden, winning multiple national titles. In 1935 Ericsson won his first Swedish title with victory in the team time trial. One year later he won all three national titles, winning the individual road race, individual time trial, and team time trial. He won another team time trial title in 1938, before winning back-to-back road race titles in 1939 and 1940.

Ericsson won three editions of the Mälaren Runt (1935, 1937, 1939), a cycling race around lake Mälaren, considered to be the most important Swedish road race at the time. He had success outside of Sweden too, winning the prestigious Berlin to København three-day road race in 1938 and 1939. In 1936 he was selected to ride in the road race at the Berlin Olympics, but his time was not recorded. In 1941, while he was still competing, Ericsson was appointed as the national coach of the Swedish Cycling Federation.