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Sigfrid Edström

Swedish industrialist and International Olympic Committee official (1870–1964)

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Dec 17, 2025
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Who was the president of the International Olympic Committee during the first Summer Olympics after WWII

Sigfrid (J. Sigfrid) Edström was the acting International Olympic Committee (IOC) president during World War II and was formally elected IOC President at the first post‑war session in Lausanne in 1946...

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What were the major challenges faced by the IOC president at the 1948 Summer Olympics?

The IOC president who presided over the , , confronted a constellation of political, logistical and moral challenges as he attempted to revive the Games : navigating which nations to exclude or reinte...