Walter Andreas Jakobsson, (February 6, 1882 in Helsinki, Finland – July 10, 1957 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish figure skater, who became 1920 Olympic Champion in pairs, and is three-time World champion together with his skating partner and wife Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers.
Walter Jakobsson skated in pairs together with Ludowika Eilers, who was born in Germany. They married each other in 1911.
He was also amateur photographer and member of the "Fotografiamatörklubben i Helsingfors" (Helsinki Amateur photography Club, FiH). His specialty were dark city photographs with special light effects like rain or mist.
Walter Jakobsson was an engineer.
Results with Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers
Olympic Winter Games
- 1920 - 1st place
- 1924 - 2nd place
- 1928 - 5th place
World Championships
- 1910 - 2nd place
- 1911 - 1st place
- 1912 - 2nd place
- 1913 - 2nd place
- 1914 - 1st place
- 1922 - 2nd place
- 1923 - 1st place
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