Background
Born in 1937 at Palmerston North, he was the son of politician and cabinet minister Philip Oscar Skoglund and nephew of champion lawn bowls player Pete Skoglund.
Born in 1937 at Palmerston North, he was the son of politician and cabinet minister Philip Oscar Skoglund and nephew of champion lawn bowls player Pete Skoglund.
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1988 Queen"s Birthday Honours for services to bowls, and was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. He died in Palmerston North in 2015.