Gunnar Anders Landelius(20 March 1918 – 8 April 2000) was a Swedishice hockey,footballandbandyplayer, known for representingHammarby IFin all three sports. He competed in thehockey tournamentat the1948 Winter Olympics.[1]
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| Born | Gunnar Anders Landelius 20 March 1918 Stockholm,Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 April 2000(aged 82) Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Athletic career
editIce hockey
editBorn and raised in Stockholm, Landelius started to play ice hockey with local club IK Nordia as a youngster. In1938–39,he made his debut forHammarby IFinSvenska Serien,the domestic top division. The club went on to win the league in an undefeated season, winning all seven matches, but no Swedish champion was crowned due to cold weather.[2][3]
Landelius won threeSwedish championships– in 1942, 1943 and 1945 – with Hammarby IF.[4]In total, he played 181 games for Hammarby IF and scored 48 goals.[5]
Due toWorld War II,Landelius only played 21 international games with theSweden national team.Most notably, he was voted as the best defenceman in the1947 World Championshipsas his country won the silver medal. He also competed in the1948 Winter OlympicsinSt. Moritz,where Sweden finished in fourth place.[5][6][7][8][1]
Football
editIn 1940, at age 22, Landelius made his debut forHammarby IFinDivision 2,Sweden's second highest football league. Playing as a forward, he went on to score 10 goals in 25 league games for the club in six seasons, being used sparingly as an emergency player, as the club unsuccessfully pushed for a promotion toAllsvenskan.[9][10]
Bandy
editLandelius also played bandy withHammarby IF.In 1941, he was called up to theSweden Bteam to a game againstFinland.Landelius competed with the club inAllsvenskan,the highest division, for three seasons in 1944, 1946 and 1952.[9][10][11][12]
References
edit- ^ab"Gunnar Landelius"(in Swedish).Swedish Olympic Committee.Retrieved28 February2021.
- ^"1939"(in Swedish). HIF Historia.Retrieved28 February2021.
- ^"Gunnar Landelius"(in Swedish). Eliteprospects.Retrieved28 February2021.
- ^"Svenska mästare i ishockey"(PDF)(in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^ab"Gunnar Landelius"(in Swedish).Hammarby Hockey.Retrieved28 February2021.
- ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Gunnar Landelius Olympic Results".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 17 April 2020.Retrieved12 May2019.
- ^"The Sweden team rosters in Olympic Games year by year since 1920"(PDF)(in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^"The Sweden team rosters in World Championship, Olympic Games, World Cup of Hockey and Canada Cup year by year since 1920"(PDF)(in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association.Retrieved30 October2020.
- ^ab"1941"(in Swedish). HIF Historia.Retrieved28 February2021.
- ^ab"1946"(in Swedish). HIF Historia.Retrieved28 February2021.
- ^"1944"(in Swedish). HIF Historia.Retrieved28 February2021.
- ^"1952"(in Swedish). HIF Historia.Retrieved28 February2021.
External links
edit- Gunnar Landeliusat EliteProspects
- Gunnar Landeliusat Eurohockey
- Gunnar LandeliusatOlympedia
- Gunnar Landeliusat theSwedish Olympic Committee(in Swedish)
