Helge Løvland
Løvland at the 1920 Olympic Games
Personal information
Full nameHelge Andreas Løvland
Born11 May 1890 (1890-05-11)
Froland, Norway
Died26 April 1984 (1984-04-27) (aged 93)
Oslo, Norway
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1920 Antwerp Decathlon

Helge Andreas Løvland (11 May 1890, Froland – 26 April 1984, Oslo) was a Norwegian track and field athlete. He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1920 Olympics. Løvland was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris in 1919. Representing the club IF Ørnulf, he died in Oslo in 1984.[1]

During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was arrested in August 1943 during the crackdown on military officers. He was imprisoned in Schildberg and Luckenwalde.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Helge Løvland". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Ottosen, Kristian, ed. (1995). Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 429. ISBN 82-15-00288-9.


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