Johan Petter Åhlén
Johan Petter Åhlén | |
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Åhlén at the age of 25 (from the archive of Åhléns) | |
| Born | Johan Petter Andersson 13 April 1879 Ål, Kopparberg County, Sweden |
| Died | 31 March 1939 (aged 59) Atlantic Ocean |
| Known for | Åhléns, Tempo, Åhlén & Åkerlund, Olympic curler |
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Boxen mentions his Tempo stores. | |
Åhlén at the 1924 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Curling | |||||||||||
| Club | Åre Curlingklubb | |||||||||||
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Johan Petter Åhlén (born Andersson; 13 April 1879 – 31 March 1939) was a Swedish businessperson who founded Åhléns. He was also a Swedish curling pioneer and winner of a silver medal in the 1924 Winter Olympics.