Halvor Kongsjorden (5 November 1911 – 15 June 1990) was a Norwegian

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, World Champion from 1939 and 1947, Olympic competitor from 1948, and a resistance member during the

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Sports career

Kongsjorden was born in

Veggli Veggli is a village in the municipality of Rollag, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. Veggli is located about 66 kilometers north of Kongsberg. It is located in the traditional district and valley of Numedal. It is situated on the Numedals ...

Buskerud Buskerud () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Innlandet, Vestland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardanger ...

, and was affiliated with the club Oslo Østre Skytterlag. He achieved a bronze medal in the 1935 World Championships, and became individual World Champion in free rifle in 1939, winning the

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in Luzern. He was team World Champion from 1947 and 1949. He competed at the

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in London, placing fourth in the

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, and 7th in the

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. In 1949 he also won a World Championships bronze medal. He was five times individual Norwegian Champion between 1937 and 1951.

World War II

Towards the end of

he was one of the local

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leaders in

(second-in-command in the D16 north district 1612, and leader of the

Rollag Rollag is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Buskerud Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rollag, al ...

group). Living in the village Veggli in Rollag, his home district became part of the anti-demolition

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from 1944 to 1945. His Veggli/Rollag group consisted of around 100 troops, and was, along with other groups, prepared to prevent attempts of demolition by Germans of the Nore1 Power Station. The Nore1 Power Station was then the largest power station in Norway. He died in Veggli in 1990.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kongsjorden, Halvor 1911 births 1990 deaths People from Rollag Sportspeople from Buskerud Norwegian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters for Norway Shooters at the 1948 Summer Olympics Norwegian resistance members 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen