Ernst Oscar Ernfrid Appelqvist (15 June 1888 – 26 January 1966), later known as Ernest Applequist, was a Swedish diver who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He finished fifth in his first round heat of the 3 metre springboard event and did not advance to the final. At club level, Appelqvist represented Stockholms KK.

Ernfrid Appelqvist

A native of Stockholm, Applequist immigrated to the United States after the Olympics, living in Minnesota and New York. During World War II, he worked a night shift at the General Electric plant in Schenectady, New York, while each day broadcasting a 30-minute news program via shortwave radio to Sweden. "I would love to do anything can to sway the minds of the Swedish people away from the Nazis," he said in a 1942 interview.

Ernfrid Appelqvist

Applequist later moved to San Jose, California, where he died in 1966.

Ernfrid Appelqvist

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1888 births

1966 deaths

Swedish male divers

Olympic divers for Sweden

Divers at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Swedish emigrants to the United States

Sportspeople from San Jose, California

Divers from Stockholm

19th-century Swedish people

20th-century Swedish people

Stockholms KK divers