Jean "Janne" Cronstedt (born 6 October 1932) is a Swedish former gymnast. He competed in eight events at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. After his sports career, Cronstedt worked as a physician in Sweden, South Africa and Saudi Arabia.

Early life

Cronstedt was born into the

Swedish-speaking Finnish The Swedish-speaking population of Finland (whose members are called by many names; fi, suomenruotsalainen) can be used as an attribute., group=Note—see #Terminology, below; sv, finlandssvenskar; fi, suomenruotsalaiset) is a linguistic mi ...

in Helsinki, Finland. His paternal grandfather (né Galindo) was the CEO of the

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, and through him Cronstedt is partly of Spanish descent. In 1940, during World War II, he was sent to Sweden as a

Finnish war child During World War II some 70,000 Finnish children ( fi, sotalapset, the 'war children' sv, krigsbarn) were evacuated from Finland, chiefly to Sweden, but also to Norway and Denmark.Korppi- Tommola, Aura"War and children in Finland during the Seco ...

. He later returned to Helsinki and went to study in the United States. Cronstedt later moved to Sweden and acquired Swedish citizenship.

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* 1932 births Living people Swedish male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Sweden Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Helsinki Finnish emigrants to Sweden Finnish refugees Refugees in Sweden Swedish expatriates in Saudi Arabia Swedish expatriates in South Africa Swedish people of Finnish descent Swedish people of Spanish descent Swedish-speaking Finns Finnish people of Spanish descent Penn State Nittany Lions men's gymnasts {{Sweden-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub