Oscar Wahlund, The Strongest Man in Sweden

Posted on Thursday, December 19th, 2013 by John Wood

Who IS the strongest man in Sweden? Hard to say these days but a hundred years ago it was Oscar Wahlund. He is credited with a harness lift of well over 4600 pounds and could clean and jerk 225 pounds for 10 repetitions.
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