Eilert Dietrichson Falch-Lund (27 January 1875 – 2 February 1960) was a Norwegian businessperson and sportsperson. As a yacht racer, he competed in the

1908 This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January ...

and

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

, winning one Olympic gold medal. He was born in

Kristiania Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, an ...

. He finished Kristiania Commerce School in 1894 and worked in the offices of the companies Fr. Meyer from 1894 to 1904 and J. E. Mowinckel in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

from 1904 to 1905. He then stayed in England for a year. In 1914 he started his own company E. Falch-Lund in ''Tollbodgaten''. In 1908, he was part of the Norwegian ''Fram'', which finished fourth in the 8 metre class competition. Four years later, he was a crew member of the Norwegian boat ''Magda IX'', which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class. He represented the clubs

Royal Norwegian Yacht Club The Royal Norwegian Yacht Club (, KNS) is a yacht club in Oslo, Norway. The club was founded in 1883 as country-wide organisation with affiliated local yacht clubs. In 1884, it was granted the right for members to fly the naval Ensign (flag), ...

and Bergen SF. He was also a co-founder of the skiing club SK Ondur in 1891, and was a member of Oslo Rotary Klub. He died in February 1960 and was buried in

Vestre gravlund Vestre Gravlund is a cemetery in the Frogner borough of Oslo, Norway. It is located next to the Borgen (station), Borgen metro station. At , it is the largest cemetery in Norway. It was inaugurated in September 1902 and also contains a cremator ...

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* 1875 births 1960 deaths Sailors (sport) from Oslo Norwegian company founders Norwegian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre Sailors at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 12 Metre Olympic sailors for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in sailing Burials at Vestre gravlund Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Royal Norwegian Yacht Club sailors {{Norway-yachtracing-bio-stub