Christoffer Svae
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Christoffer Svae (born 21 March 1982) is a Norwegian
curler who currently plays second for Team Thomas Ulsrud
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At Junior level, Svae played second for Team Thomas Løvold
and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships
"B" tournaments.
Svae formally joined Team Ulsrud in 2007 having played alternate since 2005. During the 2005-2010 seasons, Svae and his team won six World Curling Tour
events, three European Curling Championship
medals (silver in 2007 and 2008; bronze in 2009), four World Curling Championship
medals (bronze in 2006, 2008 and 2009; silver in 2010), and silver at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
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It was Svae who selected Loudmouth Golf
's colorful argyle
pants (Dixie and Red & Gray) as Team Norway's uniform at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics because they came close to matching the Norwegian flag colors – red, white and blue. The pants brought Team Norway unprecedented popularity as shown by the surge in sales at Loudmouth Golf as well as the number of followers at the Facebook
's Norwegian Olympic Curling Team's Pants fan page exceeding over 600,000 by the end of the 2009-10 curling season
.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
curler who currently plays second for Team Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal....
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At Junior level, Svae played second for Team Thomas Løvold
Thomas Løvold
Thomas Løvold is a Norwegian curler.At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments....
and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships
World Junior Curling Championships
The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988...
"B" tournaments.
Svae formally joined Team Ulsrud in 2007 having played alternate since 2005. During the 2005-2010 seasons, Svae and his team won six World Curling Tour
World Curling Tour
The Asham World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male curlers in the world. A Women's World Curling Tour also exists....
events, three European Curling Championship
European Curling Championships
The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations and hosted by the European Curling Federation. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December...
medals (silver in 2007 and 2008; bronze in 2009), four World Curling Championship
World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are annual curling events which showcase the world's best curlers, organized by the World Curling Federation. There are men's, women's and mixed championships. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's in 1979...
medals (bronze in 2006, 2008 and 2009; silver in 2010), and silver at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament
-Semi-finals:Thursday, February 25, 2:00 PM* - rock picked up debris-Bronze medal final:Saturday, February 27, 9:00 AM* - rock picked up debris-Gold medal final:Saturday, February 27, 3:00 PM...
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It was Svae who selected Loudmouth Golf
Loudmouth Golf
Loudmouth Golf is an American sportswear company based in Sonoma County, California known for "flamboyant" trousers.The company was established in 2000 by Scott "Woody" Woodworth, then a junior graphic designer. His first design involved a children's fabric with prints of Warner Brothers cartoon...
's colorful argyle
Argyle (pattern)
The argyle pattern is made of diamonds or lozenges. The word is sometimes used to refer to an individual diamond in the design but more commonly refers to the overall pattern. Most argyle layouts contain layers of overlapping motifs, adding a sense of three-dimensionality, movement, and texture...
pants (Dixie and Red & Gray) as Team Norway's uniform at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics because they came close to matching the Norwegian flag colors – red, white and blue. The pants brought Team Norway unprecedented popularity as shown by the surge in sales at Loudmouth Golf as well as the number of followers at the Facebook
Facebook
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's Norwegian Olympic Curling Team's Pants fan page exceeding over 600,000 by the end of the 2009-10 curling season
2009-10 curling season
The 2009–10 curling season began in September 2009 and ended in April 2010.-Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour events:-Women's World Curling Tour events:...
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Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
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| 1998-99 | Thomas Berntsen | Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold is a Norwegian curler.At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.... |
Jan Øivind Hewitt | Petter Moe | Christoffer Svae | 1999 World Junior Curling Challenge, Gold |
| Thomas Berntsen | Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold is a Norwegian curler.At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.... |
Jan Øivind Hewitt | Petter Moe | Christoffer Svae | 1999 WJCC World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988... |
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| 2000-01 | Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold is a Norwegian curler.At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.... |
Petter Moe | Fredrik Haaland | Christoffer Svae | Sindre Eirik Martinsen | 2001 WJCCB World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988... |
| 2001-02 | Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold is a Norwegian curler.At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.... |
Petter Moe | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Christopher Berntsen | 2002 WJCCB World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988... , Gold |
| Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold is a Norwegian curler.At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.... |
Petter Moe | Christoffer Svae | Fredrik Haaland | Christopher Berntsen | 2002 WJCC World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988... |
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| 2002-03 | Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold is a Norwegian curler.At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.... |
Petter Moe | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Bård Rieber-Mohn | 2003 WJCCB World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988... , Gold |
| 2005-06 | Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.... |
Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
Thomas Due Thomas Due Thomas Due is a Norwegian curler.Thomas Due has been part of the Norwegian National Curling team since he was a junior. Altogether he holds 6 Norwegian Championship Gold Medals... |
Jan Thoresen Jan Thoresen Jan Thoresen is a Norwegian curler. He currently plays lead for Tormod Andreasen.Thoresen played juniors for Anthon Grimsmo. He won a bronze medal at the 1987 World Junior Curling Championships playing second for Grimsmo.... |
Christoffer Svae | 2006 WCC 2006 World Men's Curling Championship -Draw 2:April 1, 16:00-Draw 3:April 2, 09:00-Draw 4:April 2, 14:00-Draw 5:April 2, 19:00-Draw 6:April 3, 09:00-Draw 7:April 3, 14:00-Draw 8:April 3, 19:00-Draw 9:April 4, 09:00... , Bronze |
| 2006-07 | Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.... |
Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
Thomas Due Thomas Due Thomas Due is a Norwegian curler.Thomas Due has been part of the Norwegian National Curling team since he was a junior. Altogether he holds 6 Norwegian Championship Gold Medals... |
Jan Thoresen Jan Thoresen Jan Thoresen is a Norwegian curler. He currently plays lead for Tormod Andreasen.Thoresen played juniors for Anthon Grimsmo. He won a bronze medal at the 1987 World Junior Curling Championships playing second for Grimsmo.... |
Christoffer Svae | 2006 Baden Masters Baden Masters The Baden Masters is an annual curling tournament, held in early September in Baden, Switzerland. It is the first curling tournament of the World Curling Tour season. It was first held in 2000 and it became a WCT event in 2005.-Past champions:... , Bronze |
| 2007-08 | Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.... |
Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | 2007 Baden Masters Baden Masters The Baden Masters is an annual curling tournament, held in early September in Baden, Switzerland. It is the first curling tournament of the World Curling Tour season. It was first held in 2000 and it became a WCT event in 2005.-Past champions:... 2007 Lucerne Curling Trophy World Curling Tour The Asham World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male curlers in the world. A Women's World Curling Tour also exists.... , Champion |
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| Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.... |
Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Thomas Due Thomas Due Thomas Due is a Norwegian curler.Thomas Due has been part of the Norwegian National Curling team since he was a junior. Altogether he holds 6 Norwegian Championship Gold Medals... |
2007 ECC 2007 European Curling Championships The 2007 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Füssen, Germany December 1-8, 2007. Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch, won the gold medal by beating Norway's Thomas Ulsrud 5-3 in the final. Norway had not lost a single game entering the final.... , Silver 2008 WCC 2008 World Men's Curling Championship -Draw 2:April 5, 19:00-Draw 3:April 6, 09:00-Draw 4:April 6, 14:00-Draw 5:April 6, 19:00-Draw 6:April 7, 09:00-Draw 7:April 7, 14:00-Draw 8:April 7, 19:00-Draw 9:April 8, 09:00... , Bronze |
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| 2008-09 | Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.... |
Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | 2008 Baden Masters 2008 Baden Masters The 2008 Baden Masters was the fourth time the Baden Masters curling event was held. It was held from September 5 - 7, 2008 and was the first even of the 2008-09 World Curling Tour season.-Competing Teams:... , Champion 2008 Radisson SAS Oslo Cup Radisson SAS Oslo Cup The Radisson Blu Oslo Cup is an annual curling tournament, held in September in Oslo. It is one of the first curling tournaments of the World Curling Tour season.... , Champion |
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| Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.... |
Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Thomas Due Thomas Due Thomas Due is a Norwegian curler.Thomas Due has been part of the Norwegian National Curling team since he was a junior. Altogether he holds 6 Norwegian Championship Gold Medals... |
2008 ECC 2008 European Curling Championships The 2008 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held held at Swedbank Arena in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden December 6-13, 2008. In a rematch of the men's A-Group final from the 2007 European Curling Championships, David Murdoch led Scotland to a second straight gold medal over Norway's Thomas... , Silver |
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| Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.... |
Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold is a Norwegian curler.At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.... |
2009 WCC 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship The 2009 Ford Men's World Curling Championship was held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from the 4th to the 12th of April, 2009 at the Moncton Coliseum... , Bronze |
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| 2009-10 | Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.... |
Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | 2009 Baden Masters 2009 Baden Masters The 2009 Baden Masters was the fifth time the Baden Masters curling event was held. It was held from September 11 - 13 2009 and was the first even of the 2009-10 World Curling Tour season... , Silver 2009 Swiss Cup Basel Swiss Cup Basel The Swiss Cup Basel is an annual curling tournament held in October in Basel, Switzerland. It is one of the earlier curling tournaments of the World Curling Tour season.-Past men's champions:... , Champion 2009 Bern Open World Curling Tour The Asham World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male curlers in the world. A Women's World Curling Tour also exists.... , Champion 2009 Lucerne Curling Trophy World Curling Tour The Asham World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male curlers in the world. A Women's World Curling Tour also exists.... , Champion |
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| Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.... |
Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold is a Norwegian curler.At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.... |
2009 ECC 2009 European Curling Championships The 2009 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Aberdeen, Scotland from December 4-12, 2009. The A-Group tournament is took place at the Linx Ice Arena, and the B-Group are playing at Curl Aberdeen.... , Bronze 2010 OG Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics The curling competition of the 2010 Olympics was held at Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre in Vancouver. It is the fifth time that curling was on the Olympic program, after having been staged in 1924, 1998, 2002 and 2006... , Silver |
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| Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold is a Norwegian curler.At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.... |
Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | 2010 WCC 2010 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship -Draw 2:Saturday, April 3, 19:00-Draw 3:Sunday, April 4th, 9:00-Draw 4:Sunday, April 4th, 14:00-Draw 5:Sunday, April 4th, 19:00-Draw 6:Monday, April 5th, 8:00-Draw 7:Monday, April 5th, 13:00-Draw 8:... , Silver |
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| 2010-11 | Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.... |
Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | 2010 Radisson SAS Oslo Cup Radisson SAS Oslo Cup The Radisson Blu Oslo Cup is an annual curling tournament, held in September in Oslo. It is one of the first curling tournaments of the World Curling Tour season.... , Silver |
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| Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.... |
Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Markus Snove Hoiberg | 2010 ECC 2010 European Curling Championships Gold Medal GameSaturday, December 11, 16:00Bronze Medal GameSaturday, December 11, 8:00-Group B:16 men's berths were qualified for Group B, including the teams advancing from Group C and the teams relegated from last year's A Group... , Gold |
External links
- Official homepage of Team Ulsrud
- Profile at ASHAM World Curling Tour
- Facebook fan page for The Norwegian Olympic Curling Team's Pants
- Complete coverages of Team Norway's Olympics performances at the official Vancouver Olympic Games 2010 Channel
- Team Ulsrud in training on Eurosport Norge. "EurosportNorge møter curlinggutta". 4 December 2009.
- Team Norway interviewed on Grand Slam of Curling. Olympic Curling - Team Norway. 17 February 2010.
- Christoffer Svae interviewed on ABC NewsABC NewsABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
(Video). "The Conversation: pants from the curlers of Norway. 26 February 2010.