Background
Kjellström, a son of Silva compass founder Alvar Kjellström, travelled to Great Britain to promote the sport.
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There, he helped to accelerate developments in orienteering competition, mapping and coaching. Kjellström died in a road accident early in the year of 1967. 1967 saw the first or "JK", held in memory of Kjellström.
The annual JK moved to Easter in 1969, and now regularly attracts a field of four thousand or more.
The 1974 JK was the first British event to attract more than one thousand entrants.
