Björn Fallenius is a Swedish bridge player, for many years a resident of New York City. He and his late wife Kathy Fallenius operated the Cavendish Bridge Club.
In world championship competition, Fallenius represented Sweden and won bronze medals in the 1987 and 1991 Bermuda Bowls and the 1988 World Team Olympiad. He also won bronze medals in the 1986 and 1998 Rosenblum Cups (on all-Swedish teams, although that quadrennial event is not nationally representative).
In s competition, Fallenius and Peter Fredin won the European Bridge League Open Pairs in 2009 and finished second in the 2010 World Open Pairs (silver medal). Fredin and Kathy Fallenius have played together in the World Mixed Pairs.
Bridge accomplishments
Awards
Fishbein Trophy (1) 2006
Wins
North American Bridge Championships (11) von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2006 Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1998 Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2009 Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 2007 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1996 Vanderbilt (1) 2007 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2005 Reisinger (2) 1991, 2001 Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2006 Spingold (1) 2003
Runners-up
North American Bridge Championships
Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2002
Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2011
Vanderbilt (2) 1993, 2006
Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 2002, 2004
Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1992
Reisinger (1) 2003
References
External links
Swedish contract bridge players
Swedish emigrants to the United States
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)