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Gunde Svan is one of the biggest sporting heroes.
He is also one of the nicest people.
But now he opens up about his police drama in Norway.
When it comes to cross-country skiing, there are few who can break Gunde Swan. He is one of Swedish sports’ greatest heroes of all time and had a fantastic career on the ski slopes.
Gunde Svan in tears
Gunde won four Olympic golds, seven World Cup golds and the overall World Cup five times during his career. He became the role model for all Swedish skiers who would come after him.
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This week Svan received his rightful tribute at the Sports Gala when he was awarded the Sports Academy’s honorary award. The ski icon took to the stage, accepted the award and when he was reunited with his old pair horse Ferry Grill the tears began to flow.
– He is the reason why my son is called Ferry, said a teary-eyed Gunde.
Police drama in Norway
Gunde Svan is also known for being goodness himself and has an incredibly caring and kind personality. That’s why many people were surprised when he appeared on the SVT program “Carina Bergfeldt” on Friday evening and revealed his unknown police drama.
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The ski hero and TV profiler tells us that sometimes things can go too fast when he drives a car.
– Yes, it has happened at some point, it actually has. And I’ve been caught too, above all I’ve been caught in Norway, says Gunde about when he was caught for speeding.
– I rolled down the window and he (the policeman) says: “Yes, now you have contributed 600 kroner to the Norwegian treasury”.
Gunde does his best to imitate Norwegian, showing with rubbing hands how smug the Norwegian police were.
– He was so happy, he was very happy! And then I had gone four kilometers too fast. I said everyone else was also going as fast. “You went 54”, he just replied, Svan says.
Tonight’s episode of “Carina Bergfeldt” is shown at 21.00 on SVT1 and can also be seen on SVT Play from 17.00.
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