Biography.guide
Home › People › Fencer › Knut Enell
Portrait of Knut Enell

Knut Enell

1887 – 1985

Swedish fencer

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Knut Enell

Lived 1887 – 1985 (aged 98). Knut Enell was a Swedish fencer.

Knut Hugo Adolf Enell (19 March 1887 – 9 November 1985) was a Swedish officer, auditor and fencer. He competed at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.

Career Enell was born on 19 March 1887 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Otto Enell, a banker, and his wife Maria Forsell. and was commissioned as an officer in the Göta Life Guards (I 2) in 1908 with the rank of underlöjtnant. Enell attended the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute from 1913 to 1915 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1914. From February to May 1918, Enell served as a regimental adjutant during an expedition to Åland. He was then commanded to follow the teaching at Centre d'instruction physique in Joinville-le-Pont, France from 1920 to 1921.

Enell graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1930 had his own audit firm in Stockholm from 1937 and he became an authorized auditor in 1940. Three years after they divorced, the Countess Hamilton was murdered in Rome, Italy, by her lover, the Chilean student Carlos Cienfuegos.

In 1916, Enell married Carrie Lindström (born 1895), the daughter of Carl Oscar Lindström and Ellen Bergh. He had one child with Hamilton, the son Arthur (born 1912). In his second marriage to Lindström, Enell had two children: Viveca (born 1917) and Mary (born 1922). Swedish Sports Confederation Medal of Merit in Gold (Sveriges riksidrottsförbunds förtjänstmedalj i guld) Elite Badge in Fencing (Elitmärket i fäktning)

Foreign Knight 1st Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland Knight of the Order of Glory

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Education
Stockholm School of Economics
Also known as
Knut Hugo Adolf Enell

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Knut Enell's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Knut Enell?

Swedish fencer

When was Knut Enell born?

Knut Enell was born on 19 March 1887 in Stockholm.

When did Knut Enell die?

Knut Enell died on 9 November 1985 in Vallentuna.

What was Knut Enell's occupation?

Knut Enell was a fencer.

What nationality was Knut Enell?

Knut Enell was Swedish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Knut Enell

· Wikidata: Q6423879

· DBpedia: Knut Enell

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Knut Enell. https://biography.guide/knut-enell/

MLA: "Knut Enell." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/knut-enell/.

Chicago: "Knut Enell." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/knut-enell/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:10 UTC