Olav Tendeland

Olav Tendeland (29 June 1904 – 25 December 1996) was a Norwegian barrister and sports administrator.

Olav Tendeland
Born(1904-06-29)29 June 1904
Drøbak, Norway
Died25 December 1996(1996-12-25) (aged 92)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationLawyer and sports administrator
OrganizationIL Bjart
Awards

Career

Tendeland was born in Drøbak to headmaster Thormod Tendeland and Kari Haadem. He passed examen artium in 1922 and graduated as cand.jur. in 1927. He started his own practice as barrister from 1938, and had access to work with Supreme Court cases from 1953,[1] retiring in 1980.[2]

He had a long-term career as sports administrator. He was a board member of the Norwegian Athletics Association from 1932 to 1939 and 1945 to 1946,[3] chaired the Norwegian Athletics Association from 1946 to 1948, was a board member of the International Amateur Athletic Federation from 1950 to 1956, and board member of the Association for the Promotion of Skiing from 1951 to 1958. He was also an international ski jumping referee.[1]

Honors

Tendeland was decorated Knight, First Class of the Swedish Order of Vasa, and Knight, First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland.[1]

References
  1. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Tendeland, Olav". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 556. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. "Olav Tendeland 90 år 29. juni" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 8 June 1994.
  3. K, C (9 September 1946). "Olav Tendeland - sterk ny styrer i norsk fri-idrett". Morgenbladet (in Norwegian). p. 7.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Mogens Oppegaard		 President of the Norwegian Athletics Association
1946–1948		 Succeeded by
Bjørn Benterud


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.