Fredrik Svanström

Aadolf Fredrik Svanström (3 December 1885 – 17 April 1959) was a Finnish middle-distance runner who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

Athletics

Olympics

Other

He won the Finnish national championship gold in 1500 metres in 1907.

He broke a few Finnish records in middle-distance running, but only one of them was ratified: 1000 metres with the time 2:38.2 in Braunschweig, German Empire, in 1907. However, before 1923, only races in Finland were ratified as national records. 1500 metres, 4:22.0, Turku, 1 September 1907. Was ratified. Mile, 4:38.8, Stockholm, Sweden, 14 September 1907. Not ratified. He was the chief of the veterinary materiel office during the Continuation War.

He retired from the military with the rank of veterinary colonel in 1945 and continued working as a foodstuff hygienist and an official veterinarian for a further 13 years.

Accolades

He was made an honorary member of the Finnish Veterinary Association in 1951.