Walter Jakobsson

Walter Andreas Jakobsson, (born February 6 1882 in Helsinki, Finland; died July 10 1957 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish figure skater, who became 1920 Olympic Champion in pairs, and is three-time World champion together with his skating partner and wife Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers.

Walter Jakobsson skated in pairs together with Ludowika Eilers, who was born in Germany. They married each other in 1911.

He was also amateur photographer and member of the "Fotografiamatörklubben i Helsingfors" (Helsinki Amateur photography Club, FiH). His specialty were dark city photographs with special light effects like rain or mist.

Walter Jakobsson was an engineer.

Results with Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers

Olympic Winter Games

* 1920 - 1st place
* 1924 - 2nd place
* 1928 - 5th place

World Championships

* 1910 - 2nd place
* 1911 - 1st place
* 1912 - 2nd place
* 1913 - 2nd place
* 1914 - 1st place
* 1922 - 2nd place
* 1923 - 1st place

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