Olaf Dahll Explained

Olaf Dahll
Birth Date:	19 December 1889
Birth Place:	Kristiania, Norway
Occupation:	Lawyer

Olaf Dahll (19 December 1889 – 27 May 1968) was a Norwegian lawyer, competitive rower and sports administrator.^[1]

Working career

Dahll was born in Kristiania, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1913. After various assignments, including for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he started his own practice as barrister in Kristiania from 1921, eventually with access to work with Supreme Court cases.^[2]

Sporting career

Dahll participated in coxed four at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.^[3] He chaired Norske Studenters Roklub 1915–1916, and was president of the Norwegian Fencing Federation from 1929 to 1934.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olaf Dahll . Olympedia . 28 May 2021.
2. Encyclopedia: Dahll, Olaf (Ottesen) . Merkantilt biografisk leksikon. Yrkesforlaget. Oslo. 1st. Hoffstad. Einar. Einar Hoffstad. 1935. 157. 15 June 2019. Norwegian.
3. Web site: Olaf Dahll . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034610/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/olaf-dahll-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports-reference.com . 1 March 2011 .