Gadolin, Axel von, 1898-1972

Carl Axel Johan Gadolin (14 November 1898 – 21 October 1972) was a Finnish doctor of philosophy and a writer in Swedish. He also used the pseudonyms Alexander Gaditz and Kristian Ulfsby. Gadolin was born in Espoo to professor Alexander Gadolin and Signe Adéle von Alfthan. He graduated in 1916 with a master's degree in philosophy in 1920 and a licentiate and doctorate in 1937. He married Ingrid Mary Anita Stackelberg on 30 July 1924, with whom he had three children: Bo Wolter Alexander, Ingegerd Rubia Anitra, and Innet Iza Helena. Gadolin was the secretary of the Turku Chamber of Commerce from 1924 to 1940, the director of the Turku Stock Exchange from 1924 to 1940, an associate professor at Åbo Akademi University from 1938 and the General Counsel of the Central Chamber of Commerce in 1940 and 1941. Gadolin was a member of the trade delegation in Germany and England in 1929, in Russia in 1934 and in Latvia in 1938. He was head of the German delegation to the Central Chamber of Commerce in 1940. Gadolin wrote numerous antisemitic writings and denied the Holocaust in his writings.