Career
While competing, he wore a show-white outfit, which was later considered as lucky, and was worn by Swedish Nordic skiers at every Winter Olympics for the next 48 years. They crossed the finish line simultaneously, but gave up their medals after the jury decided to award gold to Hedlund. He received the Svenska Dagbladet in 1928.
In his prime Hedlund worked six days a week in the woods and skied on the seventh.