Sverre Fredheim (December 10, 1907 – April 9, 1981) was an American Olympic skier. Fredheim was born at

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, Norway. He emigrated to the United States during 1927. He joined the St. Paul Ski Club and became a US citizen in 1935. He competed in

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at the

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, and at the

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, where he placed sixth in

. In 1951, he placed ninth place in the Olympic tryouts at

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. In 1955, he began competing in Veteran’s meets. Fredheim was elected to the

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in 1973. ''Sverre Fredheim'' (Sports Reference LLC)
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1907 births 1981 deaths American male ski jumpers People from Gran, Norway Norwegian emigrants to the United States Olympic ski jumpers for the United States Ski jumpers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1948 Winter Olympics 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-skijumping-bio-stub