Axel Grönberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Axel Grönberg

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 09-May-1918

Place of Birth: Norberg Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 23-Apr-1988

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Rolf Axel "Acke" Ejnar Grönberg (9 May 1918 – 23 April 1988) was a Swedish wrestler, who won the Greco-Roman middleweight division at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.Grönberg was raised in Norberg, but moved to Stockholm as a teenager.
There he worked as a plumber and masseur, and started wrestling following his elder brothers Fritz and Harald.
Besides his Olympic medals he won a world title in 1950, three European Championship medals, as well as 16 national titles between 1944 and 1958.