Ernst Killander (10 March 1882 – 24 January 1958), a
Swedish
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Major in the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, was one of the people who made the sport of
orienteering
Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a s ...
popular in Scandinavian countries.
Killander was a vegetarian. He was President of the Swedish Vegetarian Society and attended the
International Vegetarian Union
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It is an umbrella organisation, which includes organisations from ...
Congress in 1953.
"13th IVU World Vegetarian Congress 1953"
International Vegetarian Union.
See also
*History of orienteering The history of orienteering begins in the late 19th century in Sweden, where it originated as military training. The actual term "orienteering" was first used in 1886 at the Swedish Military Academy Karlberg and meant the crossing of unknown land ...
References
1882 births
1958 deaths
Swedish Army officers
Swedish orienteers
Male orienteers
Orienteering innovators
Orienteering in Sweden
Vegetarianism activists
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