Birth Date: | 13 October 1891 |
Birth Place: | Lidköping, Sweden |
Death Date: | 11 November 1958 (aged 67) |
Death Place: | Helsingborg, Sweden |
Sport: | Gymnastics |
Club: | Lidköpings GSS |
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Helge Gustaf Samuel Bäckander (13 October 1891 – 11 November 1958) was a Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] 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.