Einar Laurentius "Linkan" Lindqvist (31 May 1895 – 26 April 1972) was a Swedish
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
and bandy player. He competed in the
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...
. He died in
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...
,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
. In 1920 he was a member of the
Swedish ice hockey team which finished fourth in the
Summer Olympics tournament. He played all six matches and scored three goals.
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1895 births
1972 deaths
Ice hockey players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
IFK Uppsala Bandy players
IFK Uppsala Ishockey players
Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden
Swedish bandy players
Swedish ice hockey players
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