Anders Svedlund

Anders Svedlund
Born
Anders Johan Svedlund

1926 (1926)
Mellösa, Sweden
Died1979 (aged 52–53)
Auckland, New Zealand
Other namesGreat Pacific Rower
The Crazy Swede
OccupationOcean Rower
Known forHistoric Ocean Rows

Anders Johan Svedlund (1926 in Mellösa, Sweden – 1979 in Auckland, New Zealand), was a Swedish born, naturalized New Zealand ocean rowing pioneer. Anders performed 2 of 14 Historic ocean rows listed by Ocean Rowing Society, the official Guinness Adjudicator for ocean rowing. He was the first to row the Indian Ocean, the first to row on the Pacific solo, and the fastest ocean rower of his times.

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