Peder Christian Andersen, often shortened to P. Chr. Andersen (5 April 1892 – 12 March 1964) was a Norwegian sports official and journalist. He was born in

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as a son of a weaver. He finished middle school in 1909, and was employed in the magazine ''Sport''. His most notable assignment here was reporting from the

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, the stay at which he paid himself. He was hired in the labour movement newspaper ''

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'' as a sports journalist. He left for political reasons in 1919 and was hired in ''

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''. He was promoted to sub-editor in 1925 and news editor in 1945. He retired in 1963. He is known for recruiting Sverre Mitsem to write the satirical column "SORRY e. Trollhaugens Tass" for ''Aftenposten''. Mitsem did so from 1946 to 1996. Andersen also founded, published and edited the magazine ''Idrettsliv'' from 1915 to 1928. In 1945 he contributed to '' Oslopressen''. He wrote several books. Andersen was active in the sport of

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, and officiated matches at the

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as well as three

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finals and the inauguration match of

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in 1926. He co-founded and played for SFK Njord from 1912; the club was a predecessor of Skeid. He was a board member of the

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from 1914 to 1918 and 1926 to 1926, and secretary from 1918 to 1925. He also commented football matches in the early age of Norwegian radio. Among the notable tournaments commented by Andersen were

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and the

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. Andersen received the

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for journalism in 1960, and was decorated with the

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. He was married to Mimi Petersen (1893–1975) since 1919, had two daughters, and died in March 1964 in Oslo.

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