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Åke Lindman (born Åke Leonard Järvinen; 11 January 1928 – 3 March 2009) was a Finnish director, actor and footballer.

Biography
Lindman was born in Helsinki 11 January 1928. At the age of twelwe he already knew he wanted to become a filmstar and footballer.

Football career
The Second World War had reduced the number of players in HIFK, and Lindman was chosen for the HIFK's Mestaruussarja team at the age of sixteen in 1944. He was known for his tackles, and received the nicknames "Kuristaja" (the strangler) and "Hamlet". He won the Mestaruussarja at the age of nineteen in 1947, and a second time in 1959.

Lindman was chosen for the Finnish National Team in 1947. He played 26 matches for the A-team and 3 matches for the B-team during the years 1947–1955. Lindman played for Finland during the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Lindman played his last Mestaruussarja match in 1959.

Acting career
Lindman attended Svenska Teatern's actor school 1944-1947. The first film Lindman acted in was Teuvo Tulio's Hornankoski in 1949.

Lindman's most famous role as an actor was as the stubborn soldier Lehto in Edvin Laine's film The Unknown Soldier from 1955.

In the 1960s Lindman also started directing films. Later, he would also achieve fame as captain Torsten Jansson in the Swedish soap opera Rederiet. Lindman also found success as the director of, amongst others, the TV-series Stormskärs Maja and the movie Framom främsta linjen, a movie about the Finland-Swedish infantry regiment 61 during the defence of the Karelian Isthmus in 1944. His last film was the war movie Tali-Ihantala 1944. Lindman won two Jussi Awards, one for best director in 1988 and a Lifetime Achievement award in 2008.

Lindman acted in over forty films and many TV-series.

Filmography (selection)

 * 1996 - The Hunters
 * 1988 - Kråsnålen
 * 1987 - Lysande landning
 * 1977 - Telefon
 * 1961 - Pojken i trädet
 * 1958 - Damen i svart
 * 1955 - The Unknown Soldier
 * 1952 - The White Reindeer

Directing

 * 2007 - Tali-Ihantala 1944
 * 2004 - Framom främsta linjen
 * 1999 - Lapin kullan kimallus