{{short description|Swedish equestrian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = | name = Axel Nordlander | honorific_suffix = | image = Axel Nordlander 1912.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Nordlander and ''Lady Artist'' in 1912 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = Axel Nils August Nordlander | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1879|09|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Hagge|Hagge bruk]], Sweden | death_date = {{death date and age|1962|04|30|1879|09|21|df=yes}} | death_place = | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> | allegiance = | branch = [[Swedish Army]] | service_years = 1900–1946<ref name="Harnesk (1948), pp. 409–410">{{cite book |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1948 |title=Vem är vem?. D. 4, Skånedelen |trans-title=Who is Who?. D. 4, Scania part |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=Swedish |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/skane48/0409.html |pages=409–410}}</ref> | rank = Cavalry captain | service_number = <!-- Do not use data from primary sources such as service records --> | unit = [[Scanian Hussar Regiment]] (1906–25)<br>Scanian Cavalry Regiment (1929–46) | commands = | battles = | battles_label = | awards = | memorials = | spouse = <!-- Add spouse if reliably sourced --> | relations = | other_work = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = }} {{MedalTableTop|name=no|medals= {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Equestrianism|equestrian]]}} {{Medal|Country|{{SWE}}}} {{Medal|Competition|[[Equestrian at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} [[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]] {{Medal|Gold|[[1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Stockholm]]|[[Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing|{{nowrap|Individual eventing}}]]}} {{Medal|Gold|[[1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Stockholm]]|[[Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Team eventing|Team eventing]]}} }}
'''Axel Nils August Nordlander''' (21 September 1879 – 30 April 1962) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] cavalry officer and [[Equestrianism|horse rider]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12502 |title=Axel Nordlander |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref> He competed at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]] and won the individual and team [[eventing]] competitions on the mare ''Lady Artist''.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/axel-nordlander-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203842/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/axel-nordlander-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Axel Nordlander}}</ref><ref name=sok>[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/a/axel-nordlander.html Axel Nordlander]. Swedish Olympic Committee</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Axel Nordlander}} * {{databaseOlympics|NORDLAXE01|archive=20070211025345}} * {{Olympics.com|axel-nordlander}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{SOK profile}}
{{Olympic champions – Equestrian individual eventing}} {{Olympic champions – Equestrian team eventing}}
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