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Erik Schultz-Eklund

Erik Schultz-Eklund (born 14 August 1990 in Avesta) is a Swedish footballer currently playing for Avesta AIK.


1960 Danish football air crash

A smaller plane waiting for clearance to take off when the accident occurred was due to carry four other players to the same match: Erik Dyreborg, Hans Christian Andersen, Bent Jørgensen, and Bjarne Eklund.

Daniel Island, Antarctica

Named by Eklund for Commissaryman 2d Class David Daniel, U.S. Navy, cook and Navy support force member of the 1957 wintering party at Wilkes Station during the IGY.

David A. Eklund

In response to this opportunity, Eklund, along with Peter A. Appel, formed the Bermuda based reinsurer Aeolus Re to write property catastrophe business.

Hilding Ekelund

Among Ekelund's more notable buildings are the Taidehalli Art Gallery (together with Jarl Eklund) in Helsinki, Töölö Church in Helsinki, the Finnish Embassy in Moscow, and a number of buildings for the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, including the Olympic Rowing Stadium, the Olympic Velodrome, and the Olympic Games village.


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