{{short description|Swedish chess player}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Olof Sterner | image = | birthname = | caption = | country = Sweden | birth_name = | birth_date = 1914 | birth_place = Norrköping, Sweden | death_date = {{Death date|1968|9|30|df=yes}} | death_place = Stockholm, Sweden | spouse = | children = | title = | worldchampion = | womensworldchampion = | peakrating = | FideID = }}
'''Olof Sterner''' (1914 – 30 September 1968) was a Swedish chess player, Nordic Chess Championship winner (1957).
==Biography== Olof Sterner was one of the strongest chess players in Sweden in the 1950s. His main sporting achievement is the victory in the Nordic Chess Championship in 1957, which took place in the Helsinki. In 1963, he participated in Stockholm International Chess Tournament. Participant of major International Chess Tournaments in Dresden (1956) and Hastings (1957/1958).
Olof Sterner played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiad:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/rdlt9zfd.html|title=OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Olof Sterner|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref> * In 1958, at third board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+4, =6, -4).
Olof Sterner played for Sweden in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerseq/rdlt9zfd.html|title=OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship (preliminaries) :: Olof Sterner|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref> * In 1961, at sixth board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =2, -1).
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==External links== *{{chessgames player|id=47696}} *[https://www.365chess.com/players/Olof_Sterner Olof Sterner] chess games at 365chess.com
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