{{short description|Swedish alpine skier}} {{Infobox skier | name = Stig Strand | image = Vintersöndag - Eurosport (Stig Strand cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Stig Strand in December 2014 | nationality = Sweden | full_name = Stig Ivar Strand | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|08|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Tärnaby, Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | height = | club = | personalbest = | seasons = | wins = | teamwins = | totalpodiums = | teampodiums = | events_in_yellow = | individual_starts = | team_starts = | wcoveralls = | wctitles = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = | updated = }} '''Stig Strand''' (born 25 August 1956) is a Swedish former alpine skier and a sports commentator on alpine skiing.<ref name=dn.se>[https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/sport-tv-kronika-heja-stig-strand/ Dagens Nyheter] </ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?sector=AL&competitorid=59106&type=result |title=FIS-Ski - biographie |access-date=2010-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021021248/http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?sector=AL&competitorid=59106&type=result |archive-date=2012-10-21 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/strst.asp|title = Alpine Ski Database - Ski Legends' Home}}</ref> He is known for being sports commentator for SVT during many years after his career, and a few years on Eurosport,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jönsson|first1=Fredrik|title=Stig Strand klar för Eurosport|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/sportitv/article19872643.ab|newspaper=Aftonbladet|accessdate=22 July 2015|language=Swedish|date=17 November 2014}}</ref> but ended TV commenting in 2016.<ref>[https://www.expressen.se/sport/alpint/stig-strand-slutar-med-tv-jag-ar-inte-kvar/ Stig Strand slutar med tv: "Jag är inte kvar"]</ref> He has also worked as a political advisor for the Swedish Social Democratic Party, and as a hotel owner.
Although successful, he was during his active years always in the shadow of his childhood neighbour Ingemar Stenmark.<ref name=dn.se /> However, in the 1982–83 season, Strand also had 110 points like Stenmark in the slalom World Cup.
==Individual World Cup victories== {|class="wikitable" !Date!!Location!!Race |- |22 December 1982||{{flagicon|ITA}} Madonna di Campiglio||Slalom |- |20 March 1983||{{flagicon|JPN}} Furano||Slalom |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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