Tor Lian (13 June 1945 – 14 July 2016) was a Norwegian sports official. Lian was the president of the

Norwegian Handball Federation The Norwegian Handball Federation (, NHF) is the national handball association in Norway. The Norwegian Handball Federation was founded in 1937, and is a member of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF) ...

from 1985 to 1999 and the

European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, Au ...

from 2004 to 2012. He was the vice president of the

Norwegian Olympic Committee The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports ( NIF), commonly known as the Norwegian Sports Confederation () is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in Norway, ...

from 1990 to 1996 and board member of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports from 1991 to 1996. He became an honorary member of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports in 2010. He died in July 2016.

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1945 births 2016 deaths Norwegian sports executives and administrators Handball administrators Handball in Norway {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub