| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1932 | 857 | 2154 | (55) | 16 |  
  | 1933 | 1044 | 2116 | (55) | 9 |  
  | 1934 | 1224 | 2081 | (61) | 0 |  
  | 1935 | 1403 | 2045 | (62) | 11 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Ostling, Nils |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 397 |  
   | Holmgren, Gideon Ståhlberg, Vol.1, page 181 |  
   | Holmgren, Stockholms Schackförbund 1911-2011, page 505 |  
   | Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 379 |  |  |