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Ernst Andreas Rojahn (13 August 1909 – 24 July 1977) was a Norwegian
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player, two times
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winner (1945, 1958),
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individual gold medal winner (
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Biography

From the late 1930s to the late 1950s, Ernst Rojahn was one of the leading Norwegian chess players. He twice won the Norwegian Chess Championship (1945, 1958). Ernst Rojahn played for Norway in the
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s: * In 1939, at first board in the
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Ernst Rojahn
chess games at 365chess.com 1909 births 1977 deaths Sportspeople from Tønsberg Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century Norwegian chess players 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-chess-bio-stub