Frans-Albert Vaksal Schartau (13 July 1877 – 6 June 1943) was a Swedish

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...

who competed at the

1908 This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January ...

and the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

. In 1908, he was a member of the Swedish team that won the silver medal in the team small-bore rifle competition. He also took part in the following events: * Team pistol – fifth place * disappearing target small-bore rifle – ninth place * moving target small-bore rifle – did not finish * individual pistol – 18th place In 1912 he finished 18th in the 30 metre rapid fire pistol event.

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* 1877 births 1943 deaths Swedish male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters ISSF pistol shooters Olympic shooters for Sweden Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Swedish Army officers Sportspeople from Kristianstad Sport shooters from Skåne County 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-sportshooting-bio-stub