Arthur North Swan
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Arthur Georg Nordenswan (born January 27, 1883 in Stockholm , † December 29, 1970 ibid) was a Swedish marksman and colonel in the Swedish army .
successes
Arthur Nordenswan took part in the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm in three disciplines. With the small-bore rifle, he did not get past 16th place in any position in the competition; on the vanishing target he reached 28th place. In the prone stop over 50 m, he completed the team competition with Ruben Örtegren , Vilhelm Carlberg and Eric Carlberg behind Great Britain and ahead of the United States in second place. Nordenswan was the team's best shooter with 190 points.
Nordenswan was a colonel in the Swedish army . At the Battle of Salla , he was one of the commanding officers of the Swedish Volunteer Corps during the Winter War . His father, Carl Otto Nordensvan, was a major general in the army.
Web links
- Arthur Nordenswan in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Arthur Nordenswan at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nordenswan, Arthur Georg . In: Vem är Vem? . Stockholmsdelen 1945, p. 600 (Swedish, online [accessed February 7, 2020]).
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| SURNAME | North Swan, Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nordenswan, Arthur Georg (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1970 |
| Place of death | Stockholm , Sweden |