Thorvald Olsen
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Thorvald Matheus "Torden" Olsen (30 July 1889 – 3 November 1938) was a Norwegian
wrestler and sports official.
He became Norwegian champion in his weight class in 1912, 1914, 1915 and 1918. He became Nordic champion in 1918. He represented the club IF Ørnulf
. He also wrestled two bouts at the 1912 Olympic Games, both against Finns.
Olsen was a board member of Arbeidernes Idrettsopposisjon from its inception in May 1922. After the creation of the Workers' Confederation of Sports
in 1924, Olsen became Norwegian workers' champion in wrestling in 1925, 1927 and 1928. He served as a board member of the Workers' Confederation of Sports from 1925 to 1928, deputy board member from 1927 to 1928 and chairman from 1928 to 1931. He headed the arrangement of the Winter Spartakiad in 1928.
IF Ørnulf was not a workers' sports club, so Olsen left it. A distinguished club in workers' wrestling was Fagforeningenes IF
, but when that club left the Workers' Confederation of Sports in 1926, Olsen founded a new club, Fagforeningenes IF av 1926, which quickly achieved sporting success. Olsen was also a wrestling coach in the club SK Sleipner.
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...
wrestler and sports official.
He became Norwegian champion in his weight class in 1912, 1914, 1915 and 1918. He became Nordic champion in 1918. He represented the club IF Ørnulf
IF Ørnulf
Idrettsforeningen Ørnulf is a Norwegian sports club from Oslo. It has sections for amateur boxing and floorball.-General history:The club was founded in 1893, and was a founding member of the Norwegian Wrestling Federation...
. He also wrestled two bouts at the 1912 Olympic Games, both against Finns.
Olsen was a board member of Arbeidernes Idrettsopposisjon from its inception in May 1922. After the creation of the Workers' Confederation of Sports
Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund
Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund was a sporting organization in Norway between 1924 and 1946. As of 1935, AIF had around 50,000 members. AIF published the magazine Arbeideridrett.-Foundation and early growth:...
in 1924, Olsen became Norwegian workers' champion in wrestling in 1925, 1927 and 1928. He served as a board member of the Workers' Confederation of Sports from 1925 to 1928, deputy board member from 1927 to 1928 and chairman from 1928 to 1931. He headed the arrangement of the Winter Spartakiad in 1928.
IF Ørnulf was not a workers' sports club, so Olsen left it. A distinguished club in workers' wrestling was Fagforeningenes IF
SK av 1909
Sportsklubben av 1909, often shortened as Sp-09 or Sportsklubben, is a Norwegian sports club from Oslo, founded in 1909. It has sections for amateur boxing and amateur wrestling, and has had several Olympians on its books.-History:...
, but when that club left the Workers' Confederation of Sports in 1926, Olsen founded a new club, Fagforeningenes IF av 1926, which quickly achieved sporting success. Olsen was also a wrestling coach in the club SK Sleipner.