Education
He finished 13th in the individual jumping event with his horse Falken.
He finished 13th in the individual jumping event with his horse Falken.
Torén was a son of the Major General Gabriel Torén (1858–1919) from the Svea Artillery Regiment. He also became a career military officer He first trained in sprint running, but then changed to horse riding, as his father was an equestrian official and organizer of equestrian events at the 1912 Olympics.
Torén had four brothers.
One of them, Helge (1891–1954), competed internationally in middle-distance running and held a national record over 800 m.