Totte Åkerlund

Erik "Totte" Åkerlund (6 March 1915 – 16 March 2009) was a Swedish curler.[1]

Totte Åkerlund
Curler
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Born(1915-03-06)6 March 1915
Died16 March 2009(2009-03-16) (aged 94)
Team
Curling clubFjällgårdens CK, Stockholm
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
World Championship
appearances		1 (1967)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1967 Perth
Swedish Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1947
Gold medal – first place 1951
Gold medal – first place 1959
Gold medal – first place 1967

He was a 1967 World Men's silver medallist and a four-time Swedish men's curling champion (1947, 1951, 1959, 1967).

He was also a curling activist, in the years 1953-1970 he sat on the board of the Swedish Federation of Curling, additionally he served as treasurer (1954-1956), vice president (1963-1966) and from 1970 to 1972 president.[1][2]

In 1966 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Totte was also active in the squash environment. Initially, a playing field was organized in his house (Villa Åkerlund, now the seat of the US embassy). In 1946 he was one of the founders of Stockholms Squashklubb, the first Swedish club.[3] He took part in international matches, among others with England and Denmark and also won the unofficial national championship of Group B in 1943.[4] He also practiced golf until late old age.[5]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1946–47 Bertel SkiöldErik ÅkerlundOlle HammarströmArthur BallinSMCC 1947 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1950–51 Bertel SkiöldTotte ÅkerlundOlle HammarströmArthur BallinSMCC 1951 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1958–59 Per Eric NilssonSven EklundTotte ÅkerlundLars RybergSMCC 1959 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1966–67 Bob WoodsTotte ÅkerlundBengt af KleenOve SöderströmSMCC 1967 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1967 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[6]

Personal life

Totte grew up in family of curlers: his father Erik was a four-time Swedish men's curling champion in 1920–1930s, and his brother (Totte's uncle) Rune was also a curler and 1932 Swedish men's curling champion.

References
  1. "Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Herrar - Svenska Curlingförbundet (Swedish male national curlers)" (in Swedish). Retrieved December 12, 2019. (look for "Åkerlund, Erik “Totte”")
  2. Totte Åkerlund har avlidit - Allmänt - Svenska Curlingförbundet (26 mars 2009)(in Swedish) (web archive) (transl. Totte Åkerlund passed away)
  3. "Erik "Totte" Åkerlund" (in Swedish). Stockholms Squashklubb. Archived from the original on 2010-08-22. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  4. "Sammanställning av SM 1938-1950" (in Swedish). Stockholms Squashklubb. Archived from the original on August 30, 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  5. "WGCC-NYTT" (PDF) (in Swedish). Wermdö Golf & Country Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  6. http://soudogcurling.tripod.com/WCC/1967sc.txt


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