Gunnar Åkerlund, Swedish sprint canoer (died 2006)

Gunnar Åkerlund

Swedish canoeist (1923–2006)

Ernst Gunnar Åkerlund was a Swedish canoe sprinter who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won two Olympic medals in the K-2 10000 m event: a gold in 1948 and a silver in 1952.