Hjalmar Lundin

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Hjalmar Lundin circa 1913

Hjalmar Lundin (1871-1941) was a Swedish wrestler and strongman who was for many years the undefeated champion of New York.^[1]

Biography

Lundin was from the Roslagen area in Sweden and was one of his country's wrestling pioneers. He later moved to the United States where he started out as a professional "giant" in Ringling Brothers circus.^[1] In January 1910 Mitsuyo Maeda and Hjalmar Lundin took part in a wrestling tournament in Mexico City.

Publication

On the Mat-and Off: Memoirs of a Wrestler (1937)

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Americans from Sweden. Lippincott. 1950. "... wrestler Hjalmar Lundin who was for many years the undefeated champion of New York. He had started out as a professional "giant" in Ringling Brothers' ..."

Persondata
Name	Lundin, Hjalmar
Alternative names
Short description	Swedish wrestler
Date of birth	1871
Place of birth
Date of death	1941
Place of death

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