Tor Birger Arneberg (4 September 1928 – 23 September 2015)Tor Arneberg's obituary
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and Olympic medalist. He was born in

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. He received a silver medal in the '' 6 metre class'' with the boat ''Elisabeth X'' at the 1952 Summer Olympics in

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, together with Johan Ferner,

Erik Heiberg Erik Heiberg (24 January 1916 – 30 December 1996) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He was born and died in Oslo. He received a silver medal in the '' 6 metre class'' with the boat ''Elisabeth X'' at the 1952 Summer Olympics in He ...

, Finn Ferner and Carl Mortensen. He was an all-American ski jumper at

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. He has been married to wife Jean for more than 50 years, and they have three daughters, Elisabeth, Marianne and Karin. He is a graduate of

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. He was on the board of directors of

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1928 births 2015 deaths Harvard Business School alumni Norwegian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Norway Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in sailing Norwegian expatriates in the United States {{Norway-yachtracing-bio-stub Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Oslo