Jacob Björnström | |
Birth Name: | Jacob Carl Gustaf Herman Björnström |
Birth Date: | 14 December 1881 |
Birth Place: | Uuras, Grand Duchy of Finland |
Death Place: | Inari, Finland |
Jacob Carl Gustaf Herman Björnström (December 14, 1881 – July 17, 1935) was a Finnish diplomat, businessman and sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was a crew member of the Finnish boat Nina, which won the silver medal in the 10 metre class.[1]
Björnström was born in Uuras, near Vyborg, in the Grand Duchy of Finland[2] to Gustaf Herman Björnström and Olga Maria Swahn.[3]
In 1935, Björnström was killed in an automobile accident on the Petsamo highway near Inari, Finland, that also severly injured Kristian Hanssen, the vice consul of Norway in Helsinki.[4]