Helge Løvland

Helge Løvland

Løvland at the 1920 Olympic Games
Personal information
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
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Norway Olympic Games 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.

External links

• Helge Løvland at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Helge Løvland at Olympedia (archive)
• Helge Løvland at Olympics.com
• Helge Løvland at Olympic.org (archived)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Gunnar Andersen	Egebergs Ærespris 1919	Succeeded by Harald Strøm