Editing 1952 Summer Olympics (section)

===Organizing Committee===
After confirmation that Helsinki would host the Games, the "XV Olympia Helsinki 1952" was established as the organizing committee of the Games on 8 September 1947. Its members were the Finnish Olympic Committee, the Finnish State, the City of Helsinki and 26 various sports organizations. The mayor of Helsinki [[Erik von Frenckell]] was elected chairman of the committee, who at the time also chaired [[Finnish Football Association]]. {{ill|Akseli Kaskela|fi}}, {{ill|Olavi Suvanto|fi}} and [[Armas-Eino Martola]] were elected Vice-Chairs.<ref name = "Nygren">{{cite book |editor1-last= Nygrén |editor1-first=Helge |editor2-last=Siukonen |editor2-first=Markku |title =Suuri Olympiateos |trans-title=Great Olympic Work |pages = 268–269 | year = 1978 |location = Jyväskylä |publisher = |isbn=951-9466-05-3 |language=Finnish}}</ref> Among them, Kaskela and Suvanto were elected on political grounds as representatives of the bourgeois {{ill|Finnish Sports Federation|fi|Suomen Valtakunnan Urheiluliitto}} (SVUL) and the leftist [[Finnish Workers' Sports Federation]] (TUL), Martola, on the other hand, got a former officer to lead the organization of the practical arrangements.<ref>{{cite book | editor1-last=Findling |editor1-first=John E. |editor2-last=Pelle |editor2-first=Kimberly |title = Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement | page = 117 |year = 2004| location = Westport, Connecticut |publisher = Greenwood Press |isbn= 978-031-33227-8-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmo0000unse_u3e3 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

Other members of the Organizing Committee were {{ill|Yrjö Enne|fi}}, {{ill|Väinö A. M. Karikoski|fi}}, [[Urho Kekkonen]], [[Ernst Krogius]], [[William Lehtinen]], {{ill|Aarne K. Leskinen|fi}}, [[Eino Pekkala]], [[Väinö Salovaara]] and [[Erik Åström]]. In 1948–1949, Karikoski, Kekkonen, Krogius and Lehtinen resigned from the committee, and {{ill|Lauri Miettinen|fi}}, {{ill|Arno Tuurna|fi}} and [[Yrjö Valkama]] were elected to replace them. In the spring of 1952, Ente was replaced by {{ill|Arvi E. Heiskanen|fi}} and as completely new members by [[Mauno Pekkala]] and [[Aaro Tynell]].<ref name = "Nygren" />

Erik von Frenckell was the chairman of the organizing committee and the other members were Armas-Eino Martola (competition director), Yrjö Valkama (sports director), Olavi Suvanto (maintenance director), Akseli Kaskela, Aarne K. Leskinen and {{ill|Niilo Koskinen|fi|Niilo Koskinen (jalkapalloilija)}}. In addition, the head of the central office {{ill|Kallio Kotkas|fi}} and the head of information {{ill|Eero Petäjäniemi|fi}} were involved in the competition organization.<ref name = Nygren />