Johan Kemp Explained

Johan Kemp
Birth Name:	Johan Valdemar Kemppainen
Full Name:	Johan Valdemar Kemp
National Team:	Finland
Birth Date:	1 July 1881
Birth Place:	Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Death Place:	Lahti, Finland
Resting Place:	Old Cemetery, Lahti
Occupation:	Bank manager
Sport:	Gymnastics

Johan Valdemar Kemp (born Johan Valdemar Kemppainen; 1 July 1881 – 20 October 1941) was a Finnish athlete who won bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Sport

Kemp took part in two different sports in the Olympics.

Johan Kemp at the Olympic Games

Games	Sport	Event	Rank	Result	Notes
1908 Summer Olympics	Gymnastics	Team	style=background-color:#cc9966	3rd	405 points	Source: ^[1]
	Athletics	Freestyle javelin throw	10th–33rd	unknown	Source: ^[2]
		Shot put	Did not start
		Discus throw	Did not start
		Greek discus throw	Did not start

He was the commodore of the sailing club Lahden Purjehdusseura for over ten years.^[3]

Career

He performed his matriculation exam in the Kotka Swedish Co-educational School in 1904.^[4]

He started his career in banking in 1906.^[5] He became a bank manager in Helsingin Osakepankki in Lahti in 1919.^[6]

He was an independent member of the Lahti city council in 1930–1931.^{[7] [8]}

Activism

He was a resistance activist during the period of Russification of Finland, although he estimated his role as minor.^[9]

He was a founding member of the Lahti White Guard in August 1917 and joined the White Guard district staff in December. He took part in the Mommila skirmish as a leader in November 1917.^{[10] [11] [12]} He spent the Finnish Civil War obtaining rifles and ammunition and serving as an aide-de-camp and a chief of staff to various commanding officers.^[13]

He remained in the local White Guard leadership up to his death.^[14] He was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Frontman's Union of Liberation War.^[15]

Personal

His parents were coachman Juha Juhanpoika Kemppainen and Edla Gustava Helenius.^[16] He married Helmi Maria Markkanen in 1910. They had four daughters:

• Margareta Maria
• Vava Elisabet
• Inga Maija
• Asta Britta

They divorced in 1919. He married Ruth Elna Alanco in 1922. They had no children.^[17]

He died of a cardiac arrest.^[18] He is buried at the Old Cemetery in Lahti.^[19]

Sources

• Book: Schybergson . Carl Magnus . 1942 . Johan Kemp — en aktiv patriot i Finland 1881–1941 . sv . Turku . Bro.
  • Book: Siukonen . Markku . 2001 . Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000 . Suuri olympiateos . fi . 12 . Jyväskylä . Graface . 315 . 951-98673-1-7.

References

1. Book: The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary . Mallon . Bill . Buchanan . Ian . McFarland . Jefferson, North Carolina, United States . 2001 . 185 . 978-0-7864-0598-5 . registration .
2. Book: The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary . Mallon . Bill . Buchanan . Ian . McFarland . Jefferson, North Carolina, United States . 2001 . 98 . 978-0-7864-0598-5 . registration .
3. Book: Schybergson . Carl Magnus . Niemi . Jalmari . 1942 . Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä . fi . Lahti . 40.
4. Book: Schybergson . Carl Magnus . Niemi . Jalmari . 1942 . Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä . fi . Lahti . 25.
5. Book: Schybergson . Carl Magnus . Niemi . Jalmari . 1942 . Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä . fi . Lahti . 36.
6. Book: Schybergson . Carl Magnus . Niemi . Jalmari . 1942 . Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä . fi . Lahti . 58.
7. Book: Schybergson . Carl Magnus . Niemi . Jalmari . 1942 . Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä . fi . Lahti . 42.
8. Book: Halila . Aimo . 1958 . Lahden historia . fi . Lahti . Lahden kaupunki . 681.
9. Book: Schybergson . Carl Magnus . Niemi . Jalmari . 1942 . Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä . fi . Lahti . 27–32.
10. Book: Schybergson . Carl Magnus . Niemi . Jalmari . 1942 . Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä . fi . Lahti . 44–49.
11. Book: Hersalo . N. V. . 1955 . Puolustustahtoinen kansa. Muinaisitsenäisyydestä valtiolliseen riippumattomuuteen . Suojeluskuntain historia . fi . I . Helsinki . Hata . 264–267.
12. Book: Hurme . Matti . 1937 . Mommila . fi . Porvoo . WSOY . 67.
13. Book: Schybergson . Carl Magnus . Niemi . Jalmari . 1942 . Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä . fi . Lahti . 53–56.
14. Book: Schybergson . Carl Magnus . Niemi . Jalmari . 1942 . Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä . fi . Lahti . 63–64.
15. Book: Uola . Mikko . 1988 . Rintamamiesten liitto. Vapaussodan rintamamiesten liitto/Rintamamiesliitto 1929–1944 . fi . Tampere . Vapaussoturien huoltosäätiö . 109 . 9519989390.
16. Book: Schybergson . Carl Magnus . Niemi . Jalmari . 1942 . Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä . fi . Lahti . 11.
17. Book: Schybergson . Carl Magnus . Niemi . Jalmari . 1942 . Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä . fi . Lahti . 36–37.
18. Book: Schybergson . Carl Magnus . Niemi . Jalmari . 1942 . Johan Kemp. Aktivisti ja isänmaanystävä . fi . Lahti . 69.
19. News: Mellberg . Ira . 3 January 2020 . first edition published 20 July 2017 . Hautausmaiden muurit kätkevät sisäpuolelleen tuhansia tarinoita — osallistu aikamatkalle opastetulla kierroksella . Etelä-Suomen Sanomat . fi . 0359-5056 . 4 October 2023.