Career
In 1912 he also competed in the 100 m freestyle. He was one of three founders of the company Bachelor of Arts Tipstjänst, which in 1934 received the state license to organize gambling and betting in sport, as those were going out of control in the 1920s–30s. The company was nationalized in 1943, and Bergqvist was offered the post of its Director General, on condition that he joins the Swedish Social Democratic Party.
He refused, and was appointed as inspector general instead.