Finn Ivar Tveter (19 November 1947 – 30 July 2018) was a Norwegian jurist and Olympic

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. He received a silver medal in

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at the

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, together with

Ole Nafstad Ole Sverre Nafstad (born 20 February 1946 in Bærum, Akershus) is a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist. Nafstad competed at the 1971 European Rowing Championships and won a silver medal with the coxless four. He competed at the 1 ...

Rolf Andreassen Rolf Siljan Andreassen (born 3 April 1949) is a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in the coxless four event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, larg ...

, and

Arne Bergodd Arne Bergodd (born 16 August 1948) is a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in ''coxless fours'' at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, together with Finn Tveter, Rolf Andreassen, and Ole Nafstad ...

."1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Rowing"
(Retrieved on 12 May 2008) He also competed at the

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, and won a bronze medal at the 1970 World Championships.Rowing: World Championships: Men: Coxed Fours
at Sports 123 By profession, Tveter was a jurist. He worked in the

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, as a lawyer, and chaired the Bankklagenemnda from 1988 to 1997. From 1997 on he was the director of the

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. Tveter grew up in

Skøyen Skøyen is a neighborhood of Oslo, Norway. It is located in the western part of the city, in the borough of Ullern. The district has an increasing share of business activities, a development started in the 80s. Skøyen is the site of Skøyenpa ...

and

Bøler Bøler () is a south-eastern suburb of Oslo, Norway. It is one of the more picturesque areas of Oslo. Østmarka forest and lake Nøklevann are in its immediate vicinity. Infrastructure-wise, it has a shopping cente two elementary schools, a pub ...

, but at the time of his death resided in

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. He was married and has three daughters.

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* * 1947 births 2018 deaths Norwegian male rowers Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Norwegian jurists Rowers from Oslo Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for Norway Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-rowing-bio-stub