Karsten Buer (22 May 1913 – 29 November 1993) was a Norwegian harness coach. He was born in

Øymark Øymark is a former municipality now located in Marker municipality in Østfold county, Norway. Øymark was originally a part of Aremark formannskapsdistrikt (from 1837), but on 1 July 1903 Øymark was separated from Aremark to form a separat ...

. Buer was the leading harness racer in Norway in the 1950s and 1960s. During his career he won more than 2,000 races. He became the first European Champion in harness racing, in Germany in 1969, and earned a

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

at the 1971 European Championships. In 1969 he published the autobiography ''10 ganger rundt jorden med hest''. He was an honorary member of the

Norwegian Trotting Association The Norwegian Trotting Association (, DNT) is the sports federation organizing horse racing in Norway. It is an umbrella for the 13 regional federations and 185 local chapters with 17,000 members. Tote betting takes place at eleven harness race c ...

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1913 births 1993 deaths People from Marker, Norway Norwegian harness racers Norwegian autobiographers 20th-century Norwegian writers {{Norway-sport-bio-stub