Totte Åkerlund

Swedish curler

Totte Åkerlund

Curler

Born| (1915-03-06)6 March 1915
Died| 16 March 2009(2009-03-16) (aged 94)
Team
Curling club| Fjällgårdens CK, Stockholm
Curling career
Member Association|  Sweden
World Championship
appearances| 1 (1967)

Medal record

Curling
World Championships
| 1967 Perth |
Swedish Men's Championship
| 1947 |
| 1951 |
| 1959 |
| 1967 |

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

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

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Season  | Skip  | Third  | Second  | Lead  | Events

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1946–47  | Bertel Skiöld | Erik Åkerlund | Olle Hammarström | Arthur Ballin | SMCC 1947
1950–51  | Bertel Skiöld | Totte Åkerlund | Olle Hammarström | Arthur Ballin | SMCC 1951
1958–59  | Per Eric Nilsson | Sven Eklund | Totte Åkerlund | Lars Ryberg | SMCC 1959
1966–67  | Bob Woods | Totte Åkerlund | Bengt af Kleen | Ove Söderström | SMCC 1967
WCC 1967 [6]

## Personal life

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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

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1. ^ a b "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. ^ "1967 Scotch Cup" (TXT). Soudog's Curling History Site. 1967. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

## External links

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* Totte Åkerlund at World Curling

*[♂]: male
*[transl.]: translation