Oscar Mathisen
Speedskating - Oscar Diary

Adelskalender complete (to our best knowledge) after the 1910 season:

1.Oscar Mathisen             44,8-2.20,6-8.40,2-18.01,8-197,777
2.Peder Østlund              45,2-2.22,6-8.51,8-17.50,6-199,443
3.Mauritz Öholm              44,8-2.23,6-9.01,2-18.24,0-201,987
4.Jaap Eden                  48,2-2.25,4-8.37,6-17.56,0-202,227
5.Johan Schwartz             46,6-2.26,0-8.51,2-18.09,4-202,857
6.Rudolf Gundersen           44,8-2.26,6-8.54,0-18.41,0-203,117
7.Sigurd Mathisen            44,4-2.26,2-9.05,2-18.35,2-203,413
8.Gunnar Strömstén           46,8-2.25,4-9.01,0-18.04,0-203,567
9.Thomas Bohrer              46,2-2.27,6-8.51,9-18.21,2-203,650
10.Martin Sæterhaug          46,2-2.23,4-9.04,4-18.28,6-203,870
11.Antti Wiklund             47,4-2.24,2-9.01,4-18.24,0-204,807
12.Franz F Wathén            46,2-2.27,8-8.58,0-18.44,0-205,467
13.Arne Schrey               46,2-2.24,4-9.07,6-18.55,2-205,853
14.Julius Seyler             46,2-2.28,6-9.04,6-18.35,0-205,943
15.Oluf Steen                46,0-2.30,6-8.58,8-18.47,4-206,450
16.Peter Sinnerud            46,2-2.28,8-9.07,8-18.50,0-207,080
17.Nikolaj Strunnikov        47,2-2.33,0-9.05,0-18.27,2-208,060
18.Magnus Johansen           47,6-2.28,6-9.07.4-18.48,2-208,283
19.Johan Vikander            44,4-2.23,4-9.17,4-20.19,8-208,930
Otto Andersson               48,6-2.34,2-8.53,4-18.31,8-208,930
21.Jevgenij Burnov           50,8-2.34,4-8.45,0-18.17,4-209,637
22.Gustav Estlander          47,6-2.29,8-9.15,0-18.55,8-209,823
23.Franz Schilling           47,8-2.31,4-9.17,6-18.44,0-210,227
24.Väinö Wickström           47,2-2.33,0-9.18,8-18.56,0-210,880
25.Jussi Wiinikainen         47,8-2.32,3-9.08,6-19.09,4-210,897
26.C Coen de Koning          48,4-2.32,6-9.16,8-18.50,2-211,457
27.Jan C Greve               49,0-2.36,6-9.01,8-18.46,4-211,700
28.Filip Petersen            49,8-2.33,0-9.00,6-19.05,4-212,130
29.Edvard Engelsaas          47,4-2.30,2-9.02,8-20.09,4-212,217
30.Trygve Lundgreen          48,2-2.35,6-9.17,6-18.53,0-212,477
31.Waldemar Ylander          48,2-2.33,2-9.18,2-19.18,0-212,987
32.Jan Titus Banning         47,8-2.32,4-9.11,6-19.45,2-213,020
33.Jean Pettersson           48,4-2.29,8-9.42,3-18.53,0-213,213
34.Alfred Næss               46,8-2.35,0-9.29,8-19.17,0-213,297
35.Oscar Fredriksen          47,4-2.31,8-9.04,2-20.21,4-213,490
36.Olaf Hansen.1882          49,8-2.37,6-9.10,0-18.56,0-214,133
37.Karinius Larsen-Stai      49,8-2.37,6-9.13,2-18.50,0-214,153
38.Toivo Tillander           47,6-2.33,6-9.16,0-20.00,0-214,400
39.Rudolf Røhne              47,0-2.34,2-9.30,0-19.47,0-214,750
40.Eino Vanhala              48,4-2.34,6-9.16,6-19.43,6-214,773
41.Alf Horne                 47,8-2.34,2-9.38,2-19.23,4-215,190
42.Theodor Bønsnæs           48,4-2.39,4-9.16,2-19.21,6-215,233
43.Wilhelm Sensburg          50,6-2.35,4-9.09,6-19.19,0-215,310
44.John Røst                 48,8-2.35,8-9.20,1-19.41,6-215,823
45.Ole Østlund               48,6-2.38,6-9.13,4-19.42,6-215,937
46.Ejnar Sørensen            49,0-2.33,2-9.50,2-19.07,4-216,457
47.Gotthard Thourén          52,4-2.39,8-9.09,8-18.37,6-216,527
48.Martinus Lørdahl          47,2-2.36,6-9.27,8-20.16,2-216,990
49.Konrad Andresen           49,8-2.37,2-9.22,0-19.32,4-217,020
50.Eduard Vollenvejder       48,6-2.37,4-9.35,4-19.30,0-217,107
51.Kalle Louhala             48,7-2.34,4-9.30,6-20.03,4-217,397
52.David Jahrl               47,6-2.38,4-9.26,4-20.12,2-217,650
53.Birger Carlsson           50,0-2.37,8-9.26,2-19.30,2-217,730
54.Nikolaj Sedov             53,0-2.37,8-9.16,2-19.03,6-218,400
55.Nikolaj Krjukov           52,6-2.37,0-9.28,6-18.53,0-218,443
56.Jack K McCulloch          48,2-2.40,8-9.25,4-20.02,4-218,460
57.Rudolf Ericsson           50,2-2.41,6-9.15,8-19.42,6-218,777
58.Johan Wink                51,2-2.37,4-9.25,0-19.34,0-218,867
59.Carl Frantzen             50,0-2.42,8-9.29,6-19.12,8-218,867
60.Aimar Olsen               50,0-2.42,0-9.38,0-19.03,2-218,960
61.Frithjof Ericsson         50,4-2.42,6-9.29,8-19.13,4-219,250
62.Björn Damstén             49,0-2.43,0-9.34,4-19.33,8-219,463
63.Harald Hagen              51,4-2.42,0-9.36,0-18.52,2-219,610
64.Hermann Kleeberg.1        48,6-2.34,4-9.45,8-20.21,8-219,737
65.Emil Helin                50,0-2.41,4-9.26,0-19.56,2-220,210
66.Halvdan Nielsen           52,4-2.38,8-9.17,0-19.43,8-220,223
67.Frederick W Dix           51,6-2.35,0-9.54,0-19.11,4-220,237
68.Konrad Liljeberg          52,8-2.43,6-9.19,0-19.15,0-220,983
69.Thorleif Torgersen        49,2-2.36,2-9.39,2-20.36,4-221,007
70.Walter Johansson          49,4-2.39,2-9.30,0-20.37,8-221,357
71.Maarten Kingma            48,6-2.42,2-9.39,6-20.15,0-221,377
72.Arthur Helenius           51,4-2.40,2-9.52,6-19.06,4-221,380
Einar Hansen.2               49,2-2.36,9-9.28,8-21.00,0-221,380
74.Oscar Stensrud            52,0-2.39,8-9.35,8-19.34,4-221,567
75.Georges de Stoppani       50,2-2.39,2-9.36,4-20.16,8-221,747
76.Herman Söderbäck          47,4-2.43,4-9.33,4-20.52,8-221,847
77.Arend Bouma               50,2-2.45,4-9.27,4-19.59,4-222,043
78.Leonhard Kristoffersen    48,6-2.37,2-9.19,2-21.42,6-222,050
79.Georg Bergström           50,8-2.40,8-9.39,8-19.54,0-222,080
80.Desider Gyurman           51,0-2.35,6-9.46,2-20.12,6-222,117
81.Olof Hofstedt             49,6-2.41,3-9.46,8-20.02,6-222,177
82.Thor B Poulsen            48,2-2.43,0-9.53,4-20.09,4-222,343
83.Mauritz Callin            50,8-2.43,4-9.36,2-19.51,2-222,447
84.Olaf Johansen.1879        51,2-2.43,0-9.38,6-19.42,6-222,523
85.Wynout Hendrik Taconis    52,6-2.37,8-9.45,8-19.42,0-222,880
86.Jul H Hansen              52,4-2.41,0-9.38,4-19.45,0-223,157
87.Ernst Westling            51,5-2.42,2-9.40,2-19.54,2-223,297
88.Adolph Költzow            48,0-2.34,2-9.11,7-22.56,4-223,390
89.Asbjørn Bye               46,8-2.37,6-9.32,2-22.21,8-223,643
90.Iver Dahl                 52,0-2.46,8-9.33,6-19.41,2-224,020
91.Miltiadesz Mannó          47,6-2.38,0-9.52,2-21.45,6-224,767
92.Paul Behrens              52,4-2.48,0-9.37,6-19.33,6-224,840
93.Harald Svensson           50,2-2.41,2-9.39,4-21.00,4-224,893
94.Emerik Larsson            51,6-2.40,8-9.39,4-20.37,4-225,010
95.Arthur Berttula           50,8-2.38,6-9.57,6-20.34,2-225,137
96.Charles Edgington         53,0-2.44,6-9.44,2-19.42,0-225,387
97.Carsten Carlsen           47,7-2.41,8-10.01,4-21.13,2-225,433
98.Carl-August Elfversson    50,4-2.40,8-9.54,8-20.46,8-225,820
99.Edvin Andersson           50,0-2.42,8-9.59,9-20.36,0-226,057
100.Anton Paternioner        52,2-2.48,2-9.46,2-19.54,2-226,597
101.Paul Pettersson          52,0-2.43,6-9.49,4-20.23,0-226,623
102.Imre Wampetics           48,9-2.41,0-10.02,2-21.19,1-226,742
103.Henrik Morén             54,2-2.45,8-9.43,0-19.41,4-226,837
104.Reinhold Thorssin        53,4-2.42,0-9.47,2-20.16,4-226,940
105.Andor Péczely            50,6-2.47,2-9.53,0-20.27,0-226,983
106.Andreas Nicolai Baardsen 51,4-2.47,2-9.34,2-20.50,8-227,093
107.Trygve Huse              50,0-2.42,4-10.26,2-20.07,2-227,113
108.Einar Hansen.1887        48,6-2.39,6-10.25,2-20.59,8-227,310
109.Axel Andersson.1         52,8-2.44,9-9.42,0-20.27,6-227,347
110.Bernhard Bezemer         54,0-2.47,8-9.41,0-19.47,8-227,423
111.Viktor Thorild           53,2-2.43,8-10.10,0-19.56,0-227,700
112.Nils Nilsen              52,2-2.50,2-9.41,2-20.17,2-227,913
113.Sergej Puresev           55,8-2.42,0-9.29,0-20.28,6-228,130
114.John Davidson            50,2-2.47,4-10.00,6-20.43,4-228,230
115.Thorvald Thomsen         51,2-2.46,6-9.45,6-20.59,8-228,283
116.Einar Stamberg           52,6-2.43,3-10.17,0-19.56,4-228,553
117.Uno Eklund               52,2-2.43,8-9.52,2-20.52,6-228,650
118.Gustaf Sörman            51,0-2.45,4-10.20,2-20.12,0-228,753
119.Roy Weibel               50,8-2.41,8-10.14,2-20.58,2-229,063
120.Sven P Bodé              54,0-2.49,0-9.28,6-20.42,0-229,293
121.Kristian Lindman         52,0-2.49,2-10.56,4-21.45,6-229,320
122.Lauri Koskinen           52,0-2.52,6-9.39,4-20.37,6-229,353
Herbert Nordkvist            54,6-2.49,0-9.51,0-19.46,4-229,353
Jacob Frang                  49,1-2.34,6-9.25,6-24.03,2-229,353
125.Erik Carlsson            51,8-2.48,4-10.24,0-23.00,6-229,363
126.Olaf Onsøien             51,4-2.40,4-9.36,6-22.22,8-229,667
127.August Underborg         52,4-2.44,8-10.05,8-20.36,0-229,713
128.Josef Jahnzon            51,6-2.44,2-10.12,2-20.46,4-229,873
129.K Henriksson             51,4-2.45,6-9.44,6-21.47,0-230,410
130.Alfred Lauenburg         49,6-2.47,2-10.12,0-21.18,6-230,463
131.Wilhelm Gustafsson       52,0-2.49,2-9.46,0-21.09,4-230,470
132.Osvald Låstbom           53,2-2.50,2-9.58,2-20.25,2-231,013
133.David Pettersson         51,1-2.52,5-9.57,1-20.57,0-231,160
134.Henning Vestin           52,4-2.49,2-9.57,6-20.39,6-231,540
135.Alexis Ekström           55,4-2.47,8-10.01,4-20.01,8-231,563
136.Carl Wickholm            51,8-2.45,4-10.18,0-20.58,0-231,633
137.Theodor Baltscheffsky   51,25-2.46,6-10.02,0-21.41,0-232,033
138.Kristian Eriksen         53,4-2.49,8-10.01,2-20.40,8-232,160
139.Carl Carlsson.1          55,0-2.48,5-9.56,8-20.39,8-232,837
140.Heinrich Weidinger       55,0-2.52,7-9.57,2-20.11,4-232,857
141.Olof Orrstadius          51,2-2.40,0-9.42,2-23.29,4-233,223
142.Gustaf Svensson          55,0-2.51,6-9.53,6-20.40,0-233,560
143.Fredrik Gölin            51,2-2.55,0-10.05,0-21.10,8-233,573
144.István Szabó             50,8-2.49,8-9.40,6-22.47,0-233,810
145.J A Westerlund           51,0-2.51,8-10.02,8-21.46,2-233,857
146.Erik W Thour             53,8-2.49,8-10.05,6-21.01,0-234,010
147.John Brage               52,4-2.51,4-10.13,2-21.08,0-234,253
148.Franz Sattler            52,4-2.53,0-10.15,2-20.54,4-234,307
149.Bernhard Qvick           54,4-2.52,0-10.08,8-20.34,0-234,313
150.Arvid berg              54,3-2.51,2-9.46,8-21.25,4-234,317
151.Oscar Skramstad          55,2-2.57,6-9.51,0-20.20,0-234,500
152.Helmer Langborg          49,6-2.51,8-10.24,6-21.45,0-234,577
153.Josef Lindbom            50,2-2.47,8-10.09,4-22.31,2-234,633
154.J Paul Mündner           51,0-2.53,4-9.56,2-22.10,6-234,950
155.Patrick Löfgren          51,5-2.54,0-10.02,8-21.45,4-235,050
156.Jac P de Koning          52,6-2.47,4-10.49,6-20.34,4-235,080
157.Walther Linke            54,0-2.56,8-9.50,2-21.03,2-235,113
158.Sigurd Thoen             53,4-2.53,8-10.03,8-21.16,0-235,513
159.Sven Andersson.1         53,4-2.48,4-10.07,8-21.45,6-235,593
160.Henry Gundersen.1888     53,4-2.55,2-10.00.2-21.16,0-235,620
161.Gustaf Johansson         52,0-2.55,8-10.28,0-20.45,4-235,670
162.A Andersson.1            52,2-2.46,8-9.44,8-23.08,8-235,720
163.Bernhard Pettersson      53,0-2.52,8-10.07,0-21.30,0-235,800
164.Sigvard Lundgren         52,2-3.03,2-9.59,6-20.52,4-235,847
165.Jaroslav Potuček         51,2-2.58,2-10.34,4-20.39,8-236,030
166.Zoltán Halmay            53,1-2.51,8-10.22,6-21.10,0-236,127
167.Gunnar Langborg          53,0-2.54,0-10.15,2-21.23,0-236,670
168.Johan Carlström          52,5-2.48,0-10.29,8-21.53,5-237,155
169.G Asplund                51,8-2.54,8-10.10,8-22.04,0-237,347
170.Charles Sabouret         53,6-2.53,8-10.20,0-21.16,4-237,353
171.John Larsson             52,4-2.58,8-10.37,0-20.35,0-237,450
172.Sigvard Karlsson         53,4-2.54,4-10.07.8-21.44,2-237,523
173.Toivo Kestilä            54,2-2.48,6-10.45,4-20.53,0-237,590
174.Hans Johansen.1875       55,8-2.52,0-10.08,0-21.13,4-237,603
175.Ernst Karlsson           52,4-2.54,4-10.24,4-21.35,0-237,723
176.Ladislaus Schick         55,1-2.50,5-10.21,0-21.13,9-237,728
177.Jørgen Sørensen          55,2-2.55,4-10.04,0-21.15,6-237,847
178.Sigvard Anell            54,6-2.54,2-10.11,0-21.23,0-237,917
179.August Eriksson          53,0-2.55,0-10.11,4-21.54,6-238,203
180.Steven George Ashe       56,4-2.49,4-10.19,0-21.09,0-238,217
181.Oscar Ericson            54,4-2.51,2-10.26,6-21.31,2-238,687
182.Sigurd M Røhne           52,4-2.50,4-10.06,8-23.00,2-238,890
183.Paul Poss                57,8-2.51,0-10.23,4-20.36,5-238,965
184.Grigorij Kiselev         52,6-2.54,0-10.01,2-22.48,2-239,130
185.Eugen H Freytag          54,4-2.49,2-10.36,6-21.44,4-239,680
186.E J ter Molen            51,4-2.52,2-10.45,2-22.08,2-239,730
187.A Almqvist               53,8-2.54,8-10.37,2-21.25,4-240,057
188.Edvin Andersson          56,6-2.50,6-9.59,9-22.19,0-240,407
189.Bart Martin              53,2-2.53,2-10.30,2-22.14,6-240,683
190.R Sundqvist              58,8-2.55,2-10.06,0-20.58,4-240,720
191.E Johansson.1            54,4-2.49,2-10.05,8-23.08,0-240,780
192.N Verkaik                52,6-2.53,0-10.40,4-22.09,8-240,797
193.Nils Willnow             54,6-2.54,3-10.25,8-21.52,0-240,880
194.Julius von Salzen        53,2-2.58,0-10.16,0-22.23,4-241,303
195.Oscar Julius             60,2-2.57,2-9.52,4-20.57,0-241,357
196.John Dahlberg            53,6-2.52,0-10.33,0-22.26,0-241,533
197.W Forsgren               53,4-2.56,6-10.29,4-22.19,8-242,197
198.Wilhelm Henie            53,2-2.53,2-11.00,2-21.47,8-242,343
199.Julius Jahnzon           59,0-3.01,6-10.03,2-20.50,6-242,383
200.Johann Pichler           53,2-2.53,6-10.40,4-22.29,0-242,557
201.O B Olsen                53,0-2.55,0-10.27,0-22.53,4-242,703
202.Sietse van der Schaaf    54,6-2.57,2-10.30,6-22.07,8-243,117
203.Jószef Bihary            51,6-2.51,8-10.25,2-23.56,6-243,217
204.Valter Friberg           55,0-2.53,1-10.26,2-22.54,6-244,050
205.T Lindbom                53,2-3.05,8-10.47,6-21.31,0-244,443
206.Albert van Wely          52,8-2.55,0-10.21,0-23.52,0-244,833
207.Albin Nygren             56,4-2.56,8-10.21,8-22.32,6-245,143
208.Otto Björkebaum          57,2-2.55,8-10.43,2-21.43,0-245,270
209.Sergej Grigorjev.1       53,2-2.51,4-10.18,4-24.29,0-245,623
210.Ernst Robert             53,4-3.19,0-10.16,4-21.29,0-245,823
211.Kálmán Chovan            55,4-3.00,8-10.34,2-22.15,0-245,837
212.E Stenmark               55,2-3.00,6-10.50,6-21.54,4-246,180
213.A Johansson.1            54,0-3.02,2-10.44,0-22.21,8-246,223
214.Sigfrid Nejström         55,6-3.00,8-10.30,0-22.32,0-246,467
215.Axel Marin               57,2-3.05,2-10.32,2-21.40,8-247,193
216.G Sahlin                 59,0-2.59,8-10.45,0-21.38,0-248,333
217.August Schelin           50,6-2.47,8-10.11,2-27.02,6-248,783
218.Hjalmar Ellström         57,0-2.55,8-10.28,0-23.31,0-248,950
219.Nils Sjögren             54,9-3.04,2-10.55,4-22.27,2-249,200
220.James C Aveling          56,0-3.06,8-11.02,8-21.51,0-250,097
221.Heimer Lundgren          59,8-2.59,2-10.03,8-23.26,2-250,223
222.K Thelander              56,8-2.55,6-10.44,1-23.37,8-250,633
223.Per Fjästad              56,2-3.10,0-11.02,6-22.25,8-253,083
224.Gösta Smitt              61,8-3.06,8-10.50,8-22.17,0-255,997
225.Adrian Maucourt          58,6-3.01,8-11.28,8-22.57,0-256,930
226.André Ballintijn         60,2-3.04,0-11.23,8-22.46,2-258,223
227.P H van Sminia           55,2-3.07,0-11.03,6-25.00,0-258,893
228.Gyula Herczeg            58,2-3.07,5-11.25,6-23.43,4-260,430
229.Nikolaj Fjodorov         60,8-3.12,6-11.01,2-23.11,6-260,700
230.M C Cartier van Dissel   59,6-3.18,0-11.24,4-23.04,0-263,240
231.Willem F de Boer         59,0-3.13,2-11.38,2-23.39,2-264,180
232.Joszef Halmay            58,8-3.08,8-11.40,4-24.14,6-264,503
233.J Laitinen              64,25-3.13,4-11.10,8-23.09,75-265,285
234.Guy Breteau              60,0-3.05,4-12.12,4-24.07,8-267,430
235.Franz Gregoritsch        65,4-3.21,4-11.12,4-22.38,6-267,703
236.J Vervoort               61,0-3.28,4-11.57,6-23.57,0-274,077
237.W Gronert                61,2-3.38,4-11.52,0-23.45,0-276,450

It may not be so complete after all. Because I have included only the results we know about, according to Preben's files, which he has kindly given me access to. And because I have had the pleasure of doing all this by hand, thus risking mistakes.

Some notable facts:

#70 also was a very good figure skater, gold medallist in fact. #200 may be a relative of a current skater, as may a lot of the others too, of course.

Best Norwegian: Oscar Mathisen, #1.
Best Swede: Moje Öholm, #3.
Best Dutchman: Jaap Eden, #4.
Best Finn: Gunnar Strömstén, #8.
Best Austrian: Thomas Bohrer, #9.
Best German: Julius Seyler, #14.
Best Russian: Nikolaj Strunnikov, #17.
Best Dane: Ejnar Sørensen, #46.
Best Canadian: Jack K McCulloch, #56.
Best Briton: Frederick W Dix, #67.
Best Frenchman: Georges de Stoppani, #75.
Best Hungarian: Desider Gyurman, #80.
Best Swiss: Roy Weibel, #119.
Best Bohemian: Jaroslav Potuček, #165.

14 countries represented.

Swedes: 88
Norwegians: 55
Finns: 26
Dutch: 19
Hungarians: 11
Russians: 9
Germans: 8
Austrians: 7
Britons: 4
French: 4
Canadians: 2
Swiss: 2
Danes: 1
Bohemians: 1

What does this tell us?