Totte Åkerlund

Erik "Totte" Åkerlund (6 March 1915 – 16 March 2009) was a Swedish curler.^[1]

Totte Åkerlund
Curler  ♂
Born	(1915-03-06)6 March 1915
Died	16 March 2009(2009-03-16) (aged 94)
Team
Curling club	Fjällgårdens CK, Stockholm
Curling career
Member Association	Sweden
World Championship appearances	1 (1967)
Medal record Curling World Championships 1967 Perth Swedish Men's Championship 1947 1951 1959 1967

He was a 1967 World Men's silver medallist and a four-time Swedish men's curling champion (1947, 1951, 1959, 1967).

He was also a curling activist, in the years 1953-1970 he sat on the board of the Swedish Federation of Curling, additionally he served as treasurer (1954-1956), vice president (1963-1966) and from 1970 to 1972 president.^[1][2]

In 1966 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Totte was also active in the squash environment. Initially, a playing field was organized in his house (Villa Åkerlund, now the seat of the US embassy). In 1946 he was one of the founders of Stockholms Squashklubb, the first Swedish club.^[3] He took part in international matches, among others with England and Denmark and also won the unofficial national championship of Group B in 1943.^[4] He also practiced golf until late old age.^[5]

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Events
1946–47	Bertel Skiöld	Erik Åkerlund	Olle Hammarström	Arthur Ballin	SMCC 1947
1950–51	Bertel Skiöld	Totte Åkerlund	Olle Hammarström	Arthur Ballin	SMCC 1951
1958–59	Per Eric Nilsson	Sven Eklund	Totte Åkerlund	Lars Ryberg	SMCC 1959
1966–67	Bob Woods	Totte Åkerlund	Bengt af Kleen	Ove Söderström	SMCC 1967 WCC 1967 [6]

Personal life

Totte grew up in family of curlers: his father Erik was a four-time Swedish men's curling champion in 1920–1930s, and his brother (Totte's uncle) Rune was also a curler and 1932 Swedish men's curling champion.