Carl Aejemelaeus

Finnish colonel and modern pentathlete

Born

20 May 1882, Porvoo

Died

13 July 1935, Kiel

Citizenship

Finland, Grand Duchy of Finland

Sport

fencing

Occupation

fencer, pentathlete, military personnel

Carl Aejemelaeus (20 May 1882 – 13 July 1935) was a Finnish colonel, modern pentathlete and fencer.

Aejemelaeus was educated in St. Petersburg at the Nicholas Cavalry College, Main Officer's Gymnastics and Fencing School and Imperial Archaeological Institute. He competed for the Russian Empire in the 1912 Olympic Games. After the establishment of Finland's independence, he served as the First Adjutant of president K. J. Ståhlberg from 1919 to 1925 and was a military attaché in London and Moscow. Aejemelaeus is a recipient of the Cross of Liberty of Estonia.

Aejemelaeus competed for Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics in the modern pentathlon. He was a member of Finnish Olympic Committee and a co-founder of the fencing club HFM Helsinki, which is the oldest fencing club in Finland.

Competitions

Awards and honours

• Estonian Red Cross Order Third Class 1921
• Cross of Liberty 3rd Division, 2nd Class 1925

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.