Helge Løvland
Norwegian track and field athlete / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Full name | Helge Andreas Løvland | ||||||||||||||
Born | 11 May 1890 (1890-05-11) Froland, Norway | ||||||||||||||
Died | 26 April 1984 (1984-04-27) (aged 93) Oslo, Norway | ||||||||||||||
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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]