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Helge Bäckander

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Name
  
Helge Backander

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Died
  
November 11, 1958


Helge Gustaf Samuel Bäckander (13 October 1891 – 11 November 1958) was a Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Swedish team that won the gold medal in the Swedish system event. Bäckander was a military officer, and reached the rank of captain. He moved around Sweden as a gymnastics consultant, through Lidköping and Sundsvall, before settling in Helsingborg, where he died.

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Helge Bäckander Wikipedia