Totte Åkerlund

Erik "Totte" Åkerlund (born March 6, 1915; died March 16, 2009) was a Swedish curler.[1]

Totte Åkerlund
Curler  ♂
Born	March 6, 1915
Died	March 16, 2009 (aged 94)
Team
Curling club	Fjällgårdens CK, Stockholm
Career
Member Association	Sweden
World Championship appearances	1 (1967)
Medal record Curling World Championships 1967 Perth Swedish Men's Championship 1947 1951 1959 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	Alternate Coach	Events
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

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

External links

• Totte Åkerlund on the World Curling Federation database