Axel Fredrik Londen

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Axel Fredrik Londen (5 August 1859 – 8 September 1928) was a Finnish sports shooter, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Axel Fredrik Londen

Personal information
National team	Finland
Born	(1859-08-05)5 August 1859 Hamina, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	8 September 1928(1928-09-08) (aged 69) Helsinki, Finland
Education	Varatuomari
Occupation	Corporate lawyer
Spouses	Valborg Ferlmann (1895–1919) Maria Elisabet Magnuson (1920–)
Other interests	Hunting
Sport
Sport	Sports shooting
Club	Suomen Metsästysyhdistys
Medal record Men's shooting Representing Finland Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm Running deer, team

Olympics

Axel Fredrik Londen at the Olympic Games

Games	Event	Rank	Notes
1908 Summer Olympics	Trap	29th–61st	Sources differ: according to some, he did not start the event,[2] according to others, he was eliminated in the first stage of the competition[3]
1912 Summer Olympics	100 meter running deer, single shots	15th
	100 meter team running deer, single shots	3rd
	Trap, team	5th

He was a member of the board of the Finnish Olympic Committee in 1907–1908 and 1911–1913.

Biography

His parents were vicar and rural dean Karl Fredrik Londen and Emilia Nordenstreng. His was married to Valborg Ferlmann in 1895–1919 and to Maria Elisabet Magnuson since 1920.^[4]

He obtained a legal degree in 1886 and the title of varatuomari in 1889.^[5]

He moved to Sweden to manage a tobacco factory in the 1910s and got their citizenship. He moved back to Finland after bankruptcy.^[6]

He was the chairman of the shooting club Suomen Metsästysyhdistys in 1911–1917.^[5]

He edited the outdoors magazine Metsästys ja Kalastus.^[7]

He was the first executive manager of the Finnish Hunters' Association in 1922–1927. According to himself, he shot at least two bears and 17 mooses.^[8]

He also was briefly the mayor of Ekenäs and held various jobs in the Finnish government.^[6]

He was the secretary of the Finnish Maritime Administration from 1924 up to his death.^[5]

Sources

• Siukonen, Markku (2001). Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000. Suuri olympiateos (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 189. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.
• Axel Fredrik Londen at Olympedia

References

1. "Axel Fredrik Londen". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
2. Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. pp. 240–241, endnote 47. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
3. Virtapohja, Kalle (2019). Sata tarkkaa vuotta. Ampumaurheilun historia Suomessa. Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto 1919–2019 [History of sport shooting in Finland] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto. p. 34. ISBN 9789519699127.
4. "LONDÉN Axel Fredrik". Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1853–1899 (in Finnish). Helsingin yliopisto. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
5. V. B. (November 1928). "Axel Fredrik Londen". Finlands jakt- och fisketidskrift (in Swedish). Helsinki: Finska jaktföreningen. pp. 327–331. Retrieved 7 June 2021 – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.
6. Virtapohja, Kalle (2019). Sata tarkkaa vuotta. Ampumaurheilun historia Suomessa. Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto 1919–2019 [History of sport shooting in Finland] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto. p. 35. ISBN 9789519699127.
7. "Axel Fredrik Londén 1859–1928. Jahteja karhuista kanalintuihin". Metsästys ja Kalastus (in Finnish). No. 12. December 1997. p. 37. ISSN 0026-1629.
8. Kairikko, Juha K. (1991). Seitsemän vuosikymmentä metsästykselle. Suomen metsästäjäliitto — Finlands jägarförbund r.y:n historiikki 1921–1991 (in Finnish). Riihimäki: Suomen metsästäjäliitto — Finlands jägarförbund. pp. 212–213. ISBN 9519624406.