Gustaf Weidel

Nils Gustaf Weidel, né Johnsson (7 March 1890 – 11 December 1959) was a Swedish diplomat and gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]

Gustaf Weidel
Gustaf Weidel during his time as a student at Lund University.
Born
Nils Gustaf Johnsson

(1890-03-07)7 March 1890
Malmö, Sweden
Died11 December 1959(1959-12-11) (aged 69)
Washington, D.C., USA
NationalitySwedish
OccupationDiplomat
Olympic medal record
Men's Gymnastics
Gold medal – first place1908 London Gymnastics team

Career

Gustaf Weidel was born as Gustaf Johnsson in Malmö, Sweden as the son of a local police chief inspector.[2] As a youngster Weidel was a gymnast and was part of the Swedish team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team event.[3] He was enrolled as a student at Lund University in 1909, becoming a Bachelor of Arts in 1910 and a Candidate of Law in 1914.[4] It was during his time at the university that he changed his last name to Weidel.[3]

In 1921 Weidel became employed by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs as an acting vice consul. He was commercial attaché and commercial counsellor in Washington, D.C., from 1922 to 1933. He was then consul general in New York City from 1933 to 1935 and Sweden's envoy in Rio de Janeiro from 1936 to 1943 and in Lisbon from 1943 to 1951. Weidel was envoy in Cairo, also accredited to Beirut and Damascus, from 1951 to 1955.[5]

Personal life

Gustaf Weidel was from 1921 married to Louisa Pape.[5] He died in Washington, D.C.[3]

Awards and decorations

References
  1. "Gustaf Weidel". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. Malmö nation vid universitetet i Lund 1905-1913: porträtt och biografiska uppgifter (in Swedish). Malmö. 1913. p. 60. SELIBR 2203931.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. "Gustaf Johnsson" (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  4. Lunds universitets katalog (in Swedish). Lund: Akademiska föreningen. 1914. SELIBR 895247.
  5. Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1020.
  6. Kungl. Hovstaterna: Kungl. Maj:ts Ordens arkiv, Matriklar (D 1), vol. 12 (1950–1959), p. 118, digital imageing.
  7. Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1955. p. 308.
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