Axel Fredrik Londen (5 August 1859 – 8 September 1928) was a Finnish sports shooter, who competed in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

Olympics

He was a member of the board of the

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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. He obtained a legal degree in 1886 and the title of

varatuomari Varatuomari (lit. 'vice-judge' or 'reserve judge'; Swedish: ''vicehäradshövding''), or Master of Laws with court training, is a Finnish legal title for a qualified lawyer who has been trained on the bench and is equipped to appear before a court. ...

in 1889. He moved to Sweden to manage a tobacco factory in the 1910s and got their citizenship. He moved back to Finland after bankruptcy. He was the chairman of the shooting club Suomen Metsästysyhdistys in 1911–1917. He edited the outdoors magazine '' Metsästys ja Kalastus''. He was the first executive manager of the

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in 1922–1927. According to himself, he shot at least two bears and 17 mooses. He also was briefly the mayor of Ekenäs and held various jobs in the Finnish government. He was the secretary of the Finnish Maritime Administration from 1924 up to his death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Londen, Axel 1859 births 1928 deaths Finnish male sport shooters Running target shooters Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters of Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics