Axel Nielsen | |
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![]() 11th Chess Olympiad, 1954. Back row probably Axel Nielsen vs. Otto Birger Morcken | |
Country | Denmark |
Born | 9 January 1914 |
Died | 16 September 2004 | (aged 90)
Axel Jørgen Nielsen (9 January 1914 – 16 September 2004), was a Danish chess player, and six-times Danish Chess Championship medalist (1944, 1946, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1959).
From the end to 1940s to the early 1960s Axel Nielsen was one of the strongest Danish chess players. In Danish Chess Championships he won 3 silver (1946, 1954, 1955) and 3 bronze (1944, 1948, 1959) medals.
Axel Nielsen played for Denmark in the Chess Olympiads:[1]