Axel Janse

{{short description|Swedish gymnast}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox gymnast

| name = Axel Janse

| image = Axel Janse.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Janse {{Circa|1910s}}

| full_name = Axel Johan Janse

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|03|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ärla, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|08|18|1888|03|18|df=yes}}

| death_place = Malmö, Sweden

| discipline = MAG

| country = Sweden

| natlteam =

| club = Skara Läroverks Idrottsförening

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's artistic gymnastics}}

{{MedalCountry|{{SWE}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1912 Stockholm|Team, Swedish system}}

}}

Axel Johan Janse (18 March 1888 – 18 August 1973) was a Swedish gymnast.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/31092 |title=Axel Janse |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=15 April 2021}} He was part of the Swedish team that won the gold medal in the Swedish system event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205109/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/axel-janse-1.html Axel Janse]. sports-reference.com He was also a military pilot and a model for the sculpture Deliverer in Örebro.[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/a/axel-janse.html Axel Janse]. Swedish Olympic Committee