Åke Lindman

Finnish footballer and actor (1928–2009)

Åke Lindman
Lindman in 1963
Born	(1928-01-11)11 January 1928 Helsinki, Finland
Died	3 March 2009(2009-03-03) (aged 81) Espoo, Finland

Åke Lindman (Järvinen)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1928-01-11)11 January 1928
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Date of death	3 March 2009(2009-03-03) (aged 81)
Place of death	Espoo, Finland
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1937-1945	HIFK^[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946-1960	Helsingfors IFK
International career
1947-1955	Finland	25	(0^[2])
1952	Finland Olympic	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Åke Leonard Lindman (born Åke Leonard Järvinen; born 11 January 1928 – 3 March 2009) was a Finnish director and actor.^[3]

In his youth Lindman was a football player, playing defence for the Finland national team during the Olympics in Helsinki 1952.^[3]^[4] He represented the football club HIFK in the Finnish league where he played 81 games and scored 9 goals, he also played in second division for 8 seasons.^[5] In the 1960s, the British English Football League club Swindon Town F.C. wanted to sign him, but he turned them down to focus on his acting career.^[6]

Lindman began his movie career as an errand boy for Warner Bros. His first larger role as an actor was in Teuvo Tulio's Hornankoski, but his breakthrough as an actor came with his role as the stubborn soldier Lehto in the Edvin Laine film The Unknown Soldier in 1955 for which he received his first Jussi award. He was also the director or assistant director for several movies, starting with the 1957 film 1918 and continuing to the 2004 movie Beyond the Front Line and the 2007 movie Tali-Ihantala 1944. In addition to cinema, Lindman was active in television, both as an actor and a director of, amongst others, the television series Stormskärs Maja.^[3]^[7]

Awards

Lindman received various awards during his career. These include the Finnish State Movie Award in 1968, the Pro Finlandia medal in 1982, the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture's Suomi award [fi] in 1995 and the Swedish Order of the Polar Star 1st class in 2007. He also received three Jussi awards: the first for his role in The Unknown Soldier, the second for directing Den förtrollade vägen in 1988, and the last as recognition of his lifetime works.^[3]^[8]^[9]

Personal life

Lindman was born in Helsinki and grew up in a working class Vallila neighbourhood. His father was a truck driver. His brother Tor, who also became a footballer, was born in 1930. In 1932, his father Väinö Järvinen died from pneumonia, and some years later his mother Edit remarried to Gösta Lindman. Lindman was already an adult when he was legally adopted and changed his surname to his step-fathers.^[3]^[1]

Lindman was granted a honorary title of Professor in 2000, and he received a honorary doctorate in political science from Åbo Akademi in 2005.^[3]

Filmography (selection)

Åke Lindman (left) with Pirkko Mannola, Palmer Thompson, Mrs. Laihanen and Veikko Laihanen in 1964, when Thompson arrived to Finland to shoot *Make Like a Thief*.

Actor

1949: Hornankoski – Artturi Yli-Koskela
1950: Tanssi yli hautojen – Suomalainen upseeri
1950: Hallin Janne – Vallankumoukseen yllyttävä vanki Siperiassa
1952: Suomalaistyttöjä Tukholmassa – Erik
1952: The White Reindeer – forest ranger
1952: Yö on pitkä – Åke Strandberg
1953: Varsovan laulu – Captain
1953: Pekka Puupää – Petteri, the criminal (uncredited)
1953: We Come During Spring – Kymppi, lumberjack boss
1954: Kovanaama – Prisoner #2
1954: Niskavuoren Aarne – Steward
1954: Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä – Riku Sundman
1955: Kiinni on ja pysyy – Arpi
1955: Kukonlaulusta kukonlauluun – Eino Kustaala
1955: Rakkaus kahleissa – Pertti Kuusi
1955: Viettelysten tie – Martti
1955: The Unknown Soldier – Lehto
1956: Silja – nuorena nukkunut – Valkoisten komppanianpäällikkö
1956: Olet mennyt minun vereeni – Erkki, captain
1957: Risti ja liekki – Inkvisiittori
1957: 1918 – Samuel Bro
1957: Herra Sotaministeri – German ambassador (uncredited)
1957: Vihdoinkin hääyö... – Teemu Järvinen
1957: No Tomorrow – Förrymd fånge
1958: The Lady in Black – David Frohm
1959: Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen – Mike
1959: Moonwolf – Lumberjack
1959: Kohtalo tekee siirron – Mauri Petäjämaa
1960: Lumisten metsien tyttö – Jukka
1960: Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut – Anselmi Körmy
1961: Pojken i trädet – Sten Sundberg
1961: Kuu on vaarallinen – Nimismies
1961: Kertokaa se hänelle... – Ambulanceman
1961: Me – Urpo
1962: Älä nuolase... – Muuttomies (uncredited)
1962: Hän varasti elämän – Detective Oke Järvinen
1962: Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
1963: Villin Pohjolan kulta – Joel Vorna
1963: Teerenpeliä – Technical Manager (uncredited)
1963: Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso – Joel Vorna
1964: Make Like a Thief – Arvo Mäki
1965: Laukaus Kyproksessa – Vääpeli Onni Lintula
1967: Billion Dollar Brain – Minor Role (uncredited)
1968: The Shoes of the Fisherman – Soldier Releasing Lakota (uncredited)
1972: The Day the Clown Cried – Stout Prisoner
1977: Telefon – Lieutenant Alexandrov
1978: Tuntematon ystävä – Olavi Susikoski
1978: Bomsalva – Rurik Lindgren
1981: Reds – Scandinavian Escort
1982: Jousiampuja – Eino
1982: Klippet – Lagerförmannen
1983: Kalabaliken i Bender
1984: Dirty Story – Erik Järnstedt
1987: Lysande landning (TV Movie) – David Dreyer
1987: Lain ulkopuolella – Principal
1988: Kråsnålen (TV Mini-Series) – Ågren the Smith
1990: Ameriikan raitti – Otto
1991: Riktiga män bär alltid slips – Stålhane
1993: Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät – Emergency response center (voice, uncredited)
1995: Mannen utan ansikte – President (voice)
1996: The Hunters – The Boss
1996: Yöjuna – Kalevi Wallin
1999: En liten julsaga – Pekka
2003: Kohtalon kirja – Galagf (final film role)

Director

1964: Make Like a Thief (co-director with Richard Long and Palmer Thompson)
1999: Lapin kullan kimallus
2004: Framom främsta linjen
2007: Tali-Ihantala 1944

References

^ ^a ^b "Åke Lindman". Hifkfotboll.fi. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^ "Åke Lindman » Internationals". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Uusitalo, Kari. "Lindman, Åke (1928–2009)". Kansallisbiografia. Studia Biographica (in Finnish). Vol. 4. Finnish Literature Society. ISSN 1799-4349.
^ "Åke Lindman". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha (2007). Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. pp. 187–188. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
^ "Åke Lindman oli konna myös jalkapallokentillä". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 3 March 2009.
^ "Tali-Ihantala 1944". Elonet. National Audiovisual Institute. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ Tainola, Rita (3 December 2007). "Ruotsin kuningas palkitsi Åke Lindmanin" [Swedish King Awards Åke Lindman]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish).
^ "Åke Lindmanille Betoni-jussi" [Åke Lindman Receives Concrete Jussi]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). 4 February 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009.