Knut Enell
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Knut Hugo Adolf Enell |
| Born | 19 March 1887 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 9 November 1985 (aged 98) Vallentuna, Sweden |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Knut Hugo Adolf Enell (19 March 1887 – 9 November 1985) was a Swedish officer, auditor and fencer.[1] He competed at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.[2]
Career[edit]
Enell was born on 19 March 1887 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Otto Enell, a banker, and his wife Maria Forsell.[3] He passed studentexamen in 1906[4] and was commissioned as an officer in the Göta Life Guards (I 2) in 1908 with the rank of underlöjtnant. Enell attended the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute from 1913 to 1915 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1914. From February to May 1918, Enell served as a regimental adjutant during an expedition to Åland. He was then commanded to follow the teaching at Centre d'instruction physique in Joinville-le-Pont, France from 1920 to 1921.[3] Enell was promoted to captain in 1922. He left the military in 1937. He was transferred to Dalarna Regiment's (I 13) reserve in 1940.[5]
Enell graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1930 had his own audit firm in Stockholm from 1937 and he became an authorized auditor in 1940.[5]
Enell was also a five-time Swedish floret champion and a four-time Swedish sword champion during the period 1921-1928.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Enell was married from 1910 to 1912 to Countess Blanche Hamilton (1890–1915), the daughter of Count James Hamilton and Thea Groms.[3] Three years after they divorced, the Countess Hamilton was murdered in Rome, Italy, by her lover, the Chilean student Carlos Cienfuegos.[6][7]
In 1916, Enell married Carrie Lindström (born 1895), the daughter of Carl Oscar Lindström and Ellen Bergh. He had one child with Hamilton, the son Arthur (born 1912). In his second marriage to Lindström, Enell had two children: Viveca (born 1917) and Mary (born 1922).[5]
Awards and decorations[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Knight of the Order of the Sword (1930)[8]- Swedish Sports Confederation Medal of Merit in Gold (Sveriges riksidrottsförbunds förtjänstmedalj i guld)[5]
- Elite Badge in Fencing (Elitmärket i fäktning)[5]
Foreign[edit]
Knight 1st Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland[5]
Knight of the Order of Glory[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Knut Enell". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Knut Enell Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b c Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1943 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1943] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1940. p. 214. SELIBR 10335454.
- ^ Lindblad, Göran, ed. (1924). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1925 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1925] (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söners. p. 190. SELIBR 6gnl7s754g5f6x82.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm [Who's Who? 1, Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 340. SELIBR 53509.
- ^ Skinner, Stephen, ed. (2019). Ideology and Criminal Law: Fascist, National Socialist and Authoritarian Regimes. Bloomsbury. p. 284. ISBN 9781509910830.
- ^ "Mordet på grefvinnan Hamilton i Rom". Vestkusten (in Swedish). No. 15. San Francisco & Oakland, Cal. 15 April 1915. p. 2. SELIBR 4085814. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1968 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1968. p. 113. SELIBR 8261599.
External links[edit]
- Knut Enell at Olympedia
- Knut Enell at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
