Magne Lystad (12 November 1932, in

Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...

– 21 January 1999, in

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) was a Norwegian

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...

competitor Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, individ ...

. Magne Lystad won the first ever European championships in

in 1962, and finished second in the team relay. He became Nordic champion in 1957 and 1959. Lystad was crowned Norwegian champion seven times between 1954 and 1962. In 1957 Lystad shared the title

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with speedskater Knut Johannesen.

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1932 births 1999 deaths Norwegian male orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers Sportspeople from Kongsvinger 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub