Åke Lindman
Finnish footballer and actor (1928–2009) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Finnish footballer and actor (1928–2009) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Åke Leonard Lindman (born Åke Leonard Järvinen; born 11 January 1928 – 3 March 2009) was a Finnish director and actor.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 January 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Date of death | 3 March 2009 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Espoo, Finland | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1937-1945 | HIFK[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946-1960 | Helsingfors IFK | ||
| International career | |||
| 1947-1955 | Finland | 25 | (0[2]) |
| 1952 | Finland Olympic | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
In his youth Lindman was a football player, playing defence for the Finland national team during the Olympics in Helsinki 1952.[3][4] He represented the football club HIFK in the Finnish league where he played 81 games and scored 9 goals, he also played in second division for 8 seasons.[5] In the 1960s, the British English Football League club Swindon Town F.C. wanted to sign him, but he turned them down to focus on his acting career.[6]
Lindman began his movie career as an errand boy for Warner Bros. His first larger role as an actor was in Teuvo Tulio's Hornankoski, but his breakthrough as an actor came with his role as the stubborn soldier Lehto in the Edvin Laine film The Unknown Soldier in 1955 for which he received his first Jussi award. He was also the director or assistant director for several movies, starting with the 1957 film 1918 and continuing to the 2004 movie Beyond the Front Line and the 2007 movie Tali-Ihantala 1944. In addition to cinema, Lindman was active in television, both as an actor and a director of, amongst others, the television series Stormskärs Maja.[3][7]
Lindman received various awards during his career. These include the Finnish State Movie Award in 1968, the Pro Finlandia medal in 1982, the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture's Suomi award in 1995 and the Swedish Order of the Polar Star 1st class in 2007. He also received three Jussi awards: the first for his role in The Unknown Soldier, the second for directing Den förtrollade vägen in 1988, and the last as recognition of his lifetime works.[3][8][9]
Lindman was born in Helsinki and grew up in a working class Vallila neighbourhood. His father was a truck driver. His brother Tor, who also became a footballer, was born in 1930. In 1932, his father Väinö Järvinen died from pneumonia, and some years later his mother Edit remarried to Gösta Lindman. Lindman was already an adult when he was legally adopted and changed his surname to his step-fathers.[3][1]
Lindman was granted a honorary title of Professor in 2000, and he received a honorary doctorate in political science from Åbo Akademi in 2005.[3]
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