2016 Norwegian Figure Skating Championships
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The Norwegian Figure Skating Championships are held annually to crown the
national champions National champions are corporations which are technically private businesses but due to governmental policy are ceded a dominant position in a national economy. In this system, these large organizations are expected not only to seek profit but als ...
of Norway. Skaters compete in men's singles, women's singles,
pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...
, and
ice dance Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. The event is organized by the
Norwegian Skating Association The Norwegian Skating Association (, NSF) is the main skating authoritative body in Norway. It oversees speed skating, figure skating, short track speed skating on ice, and more recently inline and roller skating. The Norwegian Skating Associatio ...
(), the sport's national governing body.
Martin Stixrud Martin Stixrud (9 February 1876 – 8 January 1964) was a Norwegian figure skater. He was the 1920 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, 1923 European silver medalist, and 1912 European bronze medalist. He was 44 years old when he won the Olym ...
currently holds the record for winning the most Norwegian championships in men's singles (with ten), while Anita Thorenfeldt holds the record in women's singles (with eight). Alexia Schøien Bryn and
Yngvar Bryn Yngvar Bryn (17 December 1881 – 30 April 1947) was a Norwegian track and field athlete and pairs figure skater who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium. At jus ...
hold the record in pair skating (with ten).


Senior medalists


Men's singles


Women's singles


Pairs


Junior medalists


Men's singles


Women's singles


Records


References


External links


Norwegian Skating Union


''(This page's sources are from Results until the late 1990's come from research in the digital collections of the
Nasjonalbiblioteket The National Library of Norway () was established in 1989. Its principal task is "to preserve the past for the future". The library is located both in Oslo and in Mo i Rana. The building in Oslo was restored and reopened in 2005. Prior to the ex ...
and more recent results were published online by the
Norges Skøyteforbund The Norwegian Skating Association (, NSF) is the main skating authoritative body in Norway. It oversees speed skating, figure skating, short track speed skating on ice, and more recently inline and roller skating. The Norwegian Skating Associatio ...
.)''
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