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IF Ørnulf
Idrettsforeningen Ørnulf is a Norwegian sports club from Oslo. It has sections for amateur boxing and floorball. General history The club was founded in 1893, and was a founding member of the Norwegian Wrestling Federation. It formerly had sections for track and field and amateur wrestling. Sporting success Well-known boxers include Hjalmar Nygaard (1920 Olympian), Edgar Christensen (1924 Olympian), Arthur Olsen (1928 Olympian), Asbjørn Berg-Hansen (1936 Olympian), Simen Auseth (1984 Olympian) and Thomas Hansvoll (later professional). Well-known wrestlers include Karl Norbeck, Kjell Steen-Nilsen and Thorvald Olsen (1912 Olympian), Alfred Gundersen (1912 Olympian), Ansgar Løvold (1912 Olympian), Thorbjørn Frydenlund (1912 Olympian), Richard Frydenlund (1912 and 1920 Olympian), Bjørn Cook (1948 Olympian), Egil Solsvik (1948 Olympian), Bjørn Larsson (1952 Olympian). Well-known athletes include Per Oscar Andersen, Carl Albert Andersen (1900 Olympian in athletics) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansgar Løvold
Ansgar Løvold (19 November 1888 – 12 November 1961) was a Norwegian wrestler, butcher and philanthropist from Kristiansund. He is most known for participating at the 1912 Summer Olympics and for launching the idea for the Kristiansund and Frei Fixed Link. Løvold started wrestling during his journeyman years while living in Oslo. He joined IF Ørnulf and became Norwegian Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1912. This qualified him to the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, but Løvold lost both his matches in the light heavyweight event. He moved back to Kristiansund in 1913, where he founded a wrestling club and started as an instructor. He also founded wrestling clubs in Molde and Trondheim. As a butcher, he ran several butcher shops in town. From 1951, Løvold dedicated his time to working towards a fixed link for Kristiansund. Early life and professional career Løvold was born on 19 November 1888 in Kristiansund, Norway, as son of Missionary Ole Løvold (1846–1919). Là ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helge Løvland
Helge Andreas Løvland (11 May 1890, Froland – 26 April 1984, Oslo) was a Norwegian track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ... athlete. He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1920 Olympics. Løvland was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris in 1919. Representing the club IF Ørnulf, he died in Oslo in 1984. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was arrested in August 1943 during the crackdown on military officers. He was imprisoned in Schildberg concentration camp, Schildberg and Luckenwalde concentration camp, Luckenwalde. References External links * * * 1890 births 1984 deaths Norwegian pentathletes Norwegian decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Olympic gold med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Stenersen
Rolf Kristian Eckersberg Stenersen (13 February 1899 – 15 October 1978) was a Norwegian businessman, non-fiction writer, essayist, novelist, playwright and biographer. He was also a track and field athlete and art collector. Background Stenersen was born in Oslo, Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway as the son of bookseller Johan Martin Stenersen (1866–1948) and Martha Kathrine Eckersberg (1869–1930). He graduated from Oslo Commerce School, Kristiania Commerce School (now Oslo Commerce School) in 1918, and studied at The Queen's College, Oxford, Queen's College, Oxford, from 1922 to 1924. He was a Norwegian champion in 200 metres in 1919 and 1920, and in 4 x 100 metres relay in 1920. He participated at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, where he competed in Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres, 100 metres, Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres, 200 metres and Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfdan Bjølgerud
Halfdan Bjølgerud (13 February 1884 – 18 April 1970) was a Norwegian high jumper. He represented Ørnulf IF in Kristiania. At the 1906 Summer Olympics The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games (), held from 22 April 1906 to 2 May 1906, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Kingdom of Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were re ... he finished sixth in the high jump final with a jump of 1.67 metres. He became Norwegian champion in 1903 and 1906. References 1884 births 1970 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Skullerud
Fritz is a common German male name. The name originated as a German diminutive of Friedrich or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor), as well as of similar names including Fridolin and, less commonly, Francis. Fritz (Fryc) was also a name given to German troops by Allies soldier similar to the term Tommy. Other common bases for which the name Fritz was used include the surnames Fritsche, Fritzsche, Fritsch, Frisch(e) and Frycz. Below is a list of notable people with the name "Fritz". Surname *Amanda Fritz (born 1958), retired registered psychiatric nurse and politician from Oregon *Al Fritz (1924–2013), American businessman * Ben Fritz (born 1981), American baseball coach *Betty Jane Fritz (1924–1994), one of the original players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League *Clemens Fritz (born 1980), German footballer * Edmund Fritz (before 1918–after 1932), Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Alfred Pedersen
Carl Alfred Pedersen (5 May 1882 – 25 June 1960) was a Norwegian gymnast and triple jumper who competed in the Summer Olympics in 1906, 1908 and 1912. At the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, he was a member of the Norwegian team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics team event. He also participated in the triple jump competition and finished eighth. In 1908, he won a silver medal in the gymnastics team event with the Norwegian team. In 1912, again as a member of the Norwegian team, he won a bronze medal in the gymnastics team, Swedish system event. In national athletics he became Norwegian champion in the high jump in 1904, 1905 and 1907, and in the long jump in 1905, but never in triple jump. He represented |
Oscar Guttormsen
Oscar Guttormsen (27 March 1884 – 15 January 1964) was a Norwegian athlete who specialized in sprints, jumps, and hurdles. He represented the sports club Ørnulf IF in Oslo. He finished fourth in the triple jump at the 1906 Summer Olympics. At the 1908 Summer Olympics, he participated in several events, in addition to the triple jump where he finished fourteenth. Guttormsen ran in the second heat of the 100 metres, taking second place to John George to be eliminated. His time was 12.0 seconds. He advanced to the semifinals of the 200 metres after a walkover win in the preliminary heats. He placed fourth and last in his semifinal heat to not advance to the final. Finally, Guttormsen lost to George Nicol in the preliminary round of the 400 metres, not advancing to the semifinals. He was also eliminated in the heats of the 110 metres hurdles. He became Norwegian champion in triple jump in 1905, 1907 and 1909, in the 100 metres in 1907 and 1908, in the 110 metres hurdles in the y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Albert Andersen
Carl Albert Andersen (15 August 1876 in Østre Aker – 28 September 1951 in Oslo) was a Norwegian pole vaulter, high jumper, and gymnast who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1908 Summer Olympics. As an athlete Andersen represented the IF Ørnulf club and set many Norwegian national records as well as being national champion in the pole vault and high jump in 1896, 1897 and 1900. Andersen participated in Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and competed in two field events, and won the bronze medal in the Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault, pole vault, he jumped 3.20 metres and finished behind two Americans Irving Baxter and Meredith Colket, earlier in the day he had competed in the Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump, high jump and jumped 1.70 metres to finish tied for fourth place just 5 centimetres behind another bronze medal. At the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, he was a mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Oscar Andersen
Per or PER may refer to: Places * Peru (IOC country code) * Pér, a village in Hungary * Perthshire (Chapman code), historic county in Scotland Science and technology * Physics education research * Packed Encoding Rules, in computing, an ASN.1 wire format * Per (storm), a January 2007 storm in Sweden Mathematics * Rate (mathematics), ratio between quantities in different units * Price–earnings ratio, in finance, a measure of growth in earnings * Player efficiency rating, a measure of basketball player performance * Partial equivalence relation, class of relations that are symmetric and transitive Science * Perseus (constellation) (standard astronomical abbreviation) * Period (gene) or ''per'', that regulates the biological clock and its corresponding protein PER * Protein efficiency ratio, of food * PER or peregrinibacteria, a candidate bacterial phylum Media and entertainment * PeR (band), a Latvian pop band * ''Per'' (film), a 1975 Danish film Transport * Perth Airport ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørn Larsson
Bjørn Larsson (18 October 1924 – 23 November 2021) was a Norwegian sport wrestler. He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ..., where he reached the second round. He represented the club IF Ørnulf. Larsson died on 23 November 2021, at the age of 97. References External links * 1924 births 2021 deaths Norwegian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Norway Sport wrestlers from Oslo Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egil Solsvik
Egil Uno Solsvik (12 April 1916 – 6 October 2005) was a Norwegian wrestler. He was born in Kristiania, and represented the club IF Ørnulf. He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ... in London, where he placed sixth (shared) in his class. He won a bronze medal at the 1938 European championship. He died in California in 2005. References External links * 1916 births 2005 deaths Sport wrestlers from Oslo Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Norwegian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Norway 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
