Gustaf Weidel

Olympic medal record
Men's Gymnastics

Nils Gustaf Weidel, né Johnsson (7 March 1890 – 11 December 1959) was a Swedish diplomat and gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Gustaf Weidel during his time as a student at Lund University.

Career

Gustaf Weidel was born as Gustaf Johnsson in Malmö, Sweden as the son of a local police chief inspector. As a youngster Weidel was a gymnast and was part of the Swedish team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team event.[1] He was enrolled as a student at Lund University in 1909, becoming a Bachelor of Arts in 1910 and a Candidate of Law in 1914. It was during his time at the university that he changed his last name to Weidel.[1]

In 1921 Weidel became employed by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs as an acting vice consul. He was commercial attaché and commercial counsellor in Washington, D.C. from 1922 to 1933. He was then consul general in New York City from 1933 to 1935 and Sweden's envoy in Rio de Janeiro from 1936 to 1943 and in Lisbon from 1943 to 1951. Weidel was envoy in Cairo, also accredited to Beirut and Damascus, from 1951 to 1955.[2]

Personal life

Gustaf Weidel was from 1921 married to Louisa Pape.[2] He died in Washington, D.C.[1]

Awards and decorations

Commander First Class of the Order of the Polar Star[3]
Knight of the Order of Vasa[3]
Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross[3]
Grand Cross of the Order of Christ[3]
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary[3]

References

Notes

"Gustaf Johnsson" (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1020.
Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1955. p. 308.

Sources

Malmö nation vid Universitetet i Lund - Porträtt och biografiska uppgifter (Malmö 1913), page 60.
Lunds Kungl. Universitets katalog, various issues 1909-1914.

External links

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Olof Lamm	Consul General of Sweden to New York City 1933–1935	Succeeded by Martin Kastengren
Preceded by Johan Paues	Envoy of Sweden to Brazil 1936–1943	Succeeded by Ragnar Kumlin
Preceded by Johan Beck–Friis	Envoy of Sweden to Portugal 1943–1951	Succeeded by Jan Stenström as Chargé d'affaires
Preceded by Widar Bagge	Envoy of Sweden to Egypt 1951–1955	Succeeded by Brynolf Eng
Preceded by Widar Bagge	Envoy of Sweden to Lebanon 1951–1955	Succeeded by Brynolf Eng
Preceded by Widar Bagge	Envoy of Sweden to Syria 1951–1955	Succeeded by Brynolf Eng

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[SOK-1] "Gustaf Johnsson" (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[Burling_(1956),_p._1020-2] Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1020.

[Sveriges_statskalender_(1955),_p._308-3] Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1955. p. 308.