Sonja Edström

Sonja Edström, known after 1960 as Sonja Edström-Ruthström, was a Swedish cross-country skier born on 18 November 1930 and died on 15 October 2020. She competed at the Winter Olympics of 1952, 1956 and 1960 in the 10 km and the 3 by 5 km relay, winning bronze medals in both events in 1956 and the relay gold in 1960, when she was fifth in the 10 km. She also won two relay bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, in 1954 and 1958, and took the 10 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1956. Between 1953 and 1960 she collected twelve individual and three relay national titles. Raised largely by her father, she worked as a maid, then at the Lule brewery, and later as a nurse for more than thirty years.