Gunde Svanwas the world's best skier in the 1980s. He found his own, extreme path to success. At the Olympics in Sarajevo 40 years ago, he broke through and it all started in the small village of Skamhed in Dalarna.
Sweden's men dominated the skiing world in the 1980s. Gunde Svan and Thomas Wassberg were the polar opposites who spurred each other on and led an entire national team to unique successes
Gunde Svan became the world's best skier in the 1980s and constantly sought new ways to develop. With a single long pole, his own food boxes, a secret stump in the forest and the first serviceman of his own, he changed a sport.