Hjalmar Lundin
Encyclopedia
Hjalmar Lundin was a Swedish
wrestler and strongman who was for many years the undefeated champion of New York
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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. In January 1910 Mitsuyo Maeda
and Hjalmar Lundin took part in a wrestling tournament in Mexico City
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
wrestler and strongman who was for many years the undefeated champion of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Biography
Lundin was from the RoslagenRoslagen
Roslagen is the name of the coastal areas of Uppland province in Sweden, which also constitutes the northern part of the Stockholm archipelago....
area in Sweden and was one of his country's wrestling pioneers. He later moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
where he started out as a professional "giant" in Ringling Brothers
Ringling brothers
The Ringling brothers were seven siblings who transformed their small touring company of performers into one of America's largest circuses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in McGregor, Iowa and raised in Baraboo, Wisconsin, they were the children of Heinrich Friedrich August Ringling...
circus. In January 1910 Mitsuyo Maeda
Mitsuyo Maeda
,a Brazilian naturalized as Otávio Maeda,was a Japanese judōka and prizefighter in no holds barred competitions. He was also known as Count Combat or Conde Koma in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, a nickname he picked up in Spain in 1908...
and Hjalmar Lundin took part in a wrestling tournament in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
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