Ernst Gunnar Åkerlund (20 November 1923 – 4 October 2006) was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won two Olympic medals in the K-2 10000 m event: a gold in

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and a silver in

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. Åkerlund won three medals at the

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with two golds (K-2 10000 m:

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, K-4 1000 m:

) and a silver (K-4 1000 m: 1950).

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* * * 1923 births 2006 deaths People from Nyköping Municipality Swedish male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Sweden Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Södermanland County {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub