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Åke Leonard Lindman (born Åke Leonard Järvinen; 11 January 1928 – 3 March 2009) was a Finnish director and actor.

Åke Lindman
Lindman in 1963
Born(1928-01-11)11 January 1928
Helsinki, Finland
Died3 March 2009(2009-03-03) (aged 81)
Espoo, Finland
Åke Lindman (Järvinen)
Personal information
Date of birth (1928-01-11)11 January 1928
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Date of death 3 March 2009(2009-03-03) (aged 81)
Place of death Espoo, Finland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1937-1945 HIFK[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946-1960 Helsingfors IFK
National team
1947-1955 Finland 25 (0[2])
1952 Finland Olympic 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In his youth Lindman was a football player, playing defence for the Finnish national team during the Olympics in Helsinki 1952.[3] He represented the football club HIFK in the Finnish league where he played 81 games and scored 9 goals, he also played in second division for 8 seasons.[4] In the 1960s, the British English Football League club Swindon Town F.C. wanted to sign him, but he turned them down to focus on his acting career.

Åke Lindman's breakthrough as an actor came with his role as the stubborn soldier Lehto in the Edvin Laine filmThe Unknown Soldier in 1955. Later, he would also achieve fame as captain Torsten Jansson in the Swedish soap opera Rederiet. Lindman also found success as the director of, amongst others, the television series Stormskärs Maja and the film Framom främsta linjen, a movie about the Finland-Swedish infantry regiment 61 during the defence of the Karelian Isthmus in 1944. His final film was the war film Tali-Ihantala 1944. Lindman won two Jussi Awards, one for Best Director in 1988 and a Lifetime Achievement award in 2008.


Personal life


Lindman was born in Helsinki and grew up in a working class Vallila neighbourhood. His father was a truck driver. His brother Tor, who also became a footballer, was born in 1930. In 1932, his father Väinö Järvinen died from pneumonia, and some years later his mother Edit remarried to Gösta Lindman. Lindman was already an adult when he was legally adopted and changed his surname to his step-fathers.[1]


Filmography (selection)


Åke Lindman (left) with Pirkko Mannola, Palmer Thompson, Mrs. Laihanen and Veikko Laihanen in 1964, when Thompson arrived to Finland to shoot Make Like a Thief.
Åke Lindman (left) with Pirkko Mannola, Palmer Thompson, Mrs. Laihanen and Veikko Laihanen in 1964, when Thompson arrived to Finland to shoot Make Like a Thief.

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References


  1. "Åke Lindman". Hifkfotboll.fi. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. "Åke Lindman » Internationals". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. "Åke Lindman". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha (2007). Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 187-188. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.



На других языках

- [en] Åke Lindman

[ru] Линдман, Оке

Оке Линдман (фин. Åke Lindman; 11 января 1928; Хельсинки, Финляндия - 3 марта 2009; Эспоо,Уусима, Финляндия) — финский актёр и режиссёр. В молодости был футболистом, играл в составе национальной сборной Финляндии во время Олимпийских игр в Хельсинки в 1952 году.


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