Axel Janse

{{short description|Swedish gymnast}}

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|birth_date=18 March 1888

|birth_place= Ärla, Sweden

|death_date=18 August 1973 (aged 85)

|death_place=Malmö, Sweden

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|sport=Gymnastics

| club = Skara Läroverks IF

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{{MedalGold|1912 Stockholm | Gymnastics team,
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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