# Edvard Linna

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**Edvard Ferdinand Linna** (26 August 1886 – 30 December 1974) was a Finnish gymnast who won bronze in the [1908 Summer Olympics](/source/1908_Summer_Olympics).[1]

## Sport

### Gymnastics

Edvard Linna at the Olympic Games Games Event Rank Notes 1908 Summer Olympics Men's team 3rd Source: [2]

He was also selected to Finland's [1912 Olympic gymnastics team](/source/Gymnastics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team,_free_system), but dropped out due to an injury.[3]

He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909.[3]

### Figure skating

He won the [Finnish figure skating championship](/source/Finnish_Figure_Skating_Championships) in pair skating five times:

- pair Olga Saario: [1924](/source/1924_Finnish_Figure_Skating_Championships), [1926](/source/1926_Finnish_Figure_Skating_Championships) and [1927](/source/1927_Finnish_Figure_Skating_Championships)
- pair daughter Hilkka Linna: [1938](/source/1938_Finnish_Figure_Skating_Championships) and [1939](/source/1939_Finnish_Figure_Skating_Championships)

### Other

He was a founding member of the club [Helsingin Luistelijat](/source/Helsingin_Luistelijat),[4] and its chairman in 1929–1947.[3]

He was the chairman of the Finnish Skating Association, the predecessor of the [Finnish Figure Skating Association](/source/Finnish_Figure_Skating_Association), in 1931–1946.[5]

He was a board member of the [Finnish Olympic Committee](/source/Finnish_Olympic_Committee) in 1934–1937.[3]

## Family

He finnicized his family name from Borg to Linna on 23 June 1906.[6] Politically he was a [Fennoman](/source/Fennoman_movement).[4]

Successful athletic family members:[3]

- Daughter Hilkka Linna (1919–1956) won two Finnish pair skating championships with him. - Her granddaughter Liisa Kiuru (1981–) won a junior Finnish and Nordic championship in [synchronized skating](/source/Synchronized_skating).
- Daughter [Riitta Linna](/source/Riitta_Linna) (1922–2016) won a Finnish figure skating championship.
- Daughter [Kirsti Linna](/source/Kirsti_Linna) (1926–) won five Finnish figure skating championships.

## References

1. ["Edvard Linna"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/29804). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

1. Mallon, Bill & Buchanan, Ian (2001). [*The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary*](https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0/page/185). Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. pp. [185](https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0/page/185). ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.

1. Siukonen, Markku (2001). *Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000* (in Finnish). Suuri olympiateos. Jyväskylä: Graface. p. 186. ISBN 951-98673-1-7.

1. Puromies, Anu (2008). *Tähtiä jäällä. Tarinoita taitoluistelusta* (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Figure Skating Association. p. 65. ISBN 978-951-0-34897-0.

1. Virtapohja, Kalle (ed.) (2022). *SVUL:n vuosisata. Suomen suurin ja vaikutusvaltaisin urheilujärjestö* [The Century of SVUL] (in Finnish). Vol. 4. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiön tutkimuksia. Helsinki: Urheilun ja liikunnan kulttuurikeskus TAHTO, SVUL. p. 466. ISBN 9789526644219. [ISSN 2243-1489](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/2243-1489)

1. ["Nimenmuuttoja. Namnförändringar"](https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/binding/703727?page=17) (in Finnish, Swedish). *Suomen Wirallinen Lehti*. 23 June 1906. p. 11. [ISSN 1457-4675](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1457-4675). Retrieved 2 July 2019. – via Digital Collections of National Library of Finland.

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