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He is one of the great icons of Swedish skiing.
But there is one thing that few know about Thomas Wassberg.
Namely which is the ski king’s own favorite band.
There is nothing more Swedish than cross-country skiing. Skiing has been a part of the Swedish people’s soul for many, many years now and there is a clear reason why the “Winterstudio” and the Vasaloppet are so immensely popular.
Icon Wassberg
When we talk about cross-country skiing, it’s hard to keep our thoughts away from one of the biggest skiing kings. Few Swedish skiers can measure up to the great Thomas Wassberg.
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Together with the pair horse Gunde Swan both enjoyed great success in the 1980s. Wassberg won four Olympic golds, three World Cup golds and was awarded both the Bragdguldet and the Norwegian Holmenkollen medal for his great success on the ski slopes.
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Unique skier
Wassberg also became world famous for his huge winning skull in competitions and peculiar personality on the side. No one else was like Thomas Wassberg, quite simply.
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After his skiing career, the icon has continued to dedicate his life to the sport and has long been active in the classic ski club Åsarnas IK. In 2009, we also got to see Wassberg in the first season of the hit program “Mästarnas mästare” in SVT.
Reveals the favorite
Then he revealed the most unexpected thing about himself in a conversation with the wrestler Ara Abrahamian. Wassberg admitted on the TV show that his favorite band is something as unexpected as Rammstein and describes the hard rock band as “hard, punk, German”.
– Yes, it happens that I listen to them, says the skiing legend in an old interview with Aftonbladet.
– It is hard, yes. Well, what can I say? I think it’s good. Good rock.
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Wassberg is also clear that he never listened to music in connection with skiing competitions.
– I never did that. Well, I don’t know if it’s that good right there. In the long run, you may not need that kind of aggressiveness. But outside of sports, I listened a lot, but more for the sake of relaxation, he says in the interview.
Whether the German hard rockers in Rammstein can be described as relaxation is still highly uncertain. But Thomas Wassberg also reveals more artists and bands that he likes to listen to.
– There are treats both here and there, all kinds of music can be interesting. But you often forget what all the damn bands are called. But I’ve always thought Led Zeppelin was good. And classics like Elvis, Beatles, Eric Clapton, Guns n’ Roses… And Gary Moore! He is good, says the icon to the evening newspaper.
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