| Thorvald Olsen | |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Oslo, Norway |
| Death Place: | Oslo, Norway |
Thorvald Matheus "Torden" Olsen (30 July 1889 - 2 November 1938) was a Norwegian wrestler and sports official.[1]
He became the Norwegian champion in his weight class in 1912, 1914, 1915, and 1918. He became Nordic champion in 1918.[2] He represented the club IF Ørnulf. He also wrestled two bouts at the 1912 Olympic Games, both against Finns.[3]
Olsen was a board member of Arbeidernes Idrettsopposisjon from its inception in May 1922.[4] 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 1927, a deputy board member from 1927 to 1928, and chairman from 1928 to 1931. He was responsible for arranging the Winter Spartakiad in 1928.[2]
IF Ørnulf was not a workers' sports club, thus Olsen resigned his membership.[5] He then set out to replace the distinguished wrestling club for union workers, Fagforeningenes IF, which had left the Workers' Confederation of Sports in 1926. Olsen founded a new club, Fagforeningenes IF av 1926, quickly achieving sporting success.[6] Olsen was also a wrestling coach in the club SK Sleipner.[7] Olsen died of a stroke in November 1938.[8]