Carl Emil Christiansen (21 April 1886 – 23 July 1970) was a Norwegian post office official, sports official and organizational leader. Christiansen was born in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative c ...

to merchant Carl Emil Christiansen and Harda Paulsen, and married Edna Louise Braastad in 1939. He served as president of the

Football Association of Norway The Norwegian Football Federation ( nb, Norges Fotballforbund, nn, Noregs Fotballforbund; NFF) is the governing body of football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the league systems ...

from 1918 to 1920, and chaired the Norges Landsforbund for Idræt from 1936 to 1940. He chaired the trade union ''Det norske Postmannslag'' from 1923 to 1925. He was decorated Knight of the Swedish

Order of Vasa The Royal Order of Vasa () is a Swedish order of chivalry, awarded to citizens of Sweden for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce. It was instituted on 29 May 1772 by King Gustav III. It was ...

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1886 births 1970 deaths People from Tønsberg Norwegian sports executives and administrators {{norway-sport-bio-stub