Vidar Lindboe-Hansen Explained

Birth Date:6 May 1920
Birth Place:Kongsberg, Norway
Death Date:21 March 1976 (aged 55)
Death Place:Sydvaranger, Norway
Sport:Ski jumping
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Vidar Lindboe-Hansen (6 May 1920 – 21 March 1976) was a Norwegian ski jumper and mining engineer.

He was born in Kongsberg, and studied at the Norwegian Institute of Technology before settling in Løkken Verk as a mining engineer. Here he joined the local sports club Løkken IF.[1]

He finished tenth at the 1950 World Ski Championships. Three other Løkken IF members (former) participated here; Evert Karlsson, Kåre Karlsson and Arthur E. Tokle. Lindboe-Hansen also participated in the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1940, 1947, 1948 and 1949. His career was interrupted by the German occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945,[1] then in December 1950 he was badly injured when a mine explosion came out of control.[2]

In 1963 he went from Løkken Verk to Sydvaranger in Kirkenes.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Løkken IFs historie fra 1896. Løkken IF. Norwegian. 16 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724181301/http://www.lokken-if.no/index.php?artikkelvalg=vis_innhold&visning=1&id=1&kat=62. 24 July 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  2. News: Vidar Lindboe Hansen stygt skadd ved mineringsulykke. 7 December 1950. Verdens Gang. 8. Norwegian.
  3. News: Ingeniør Vidar Lindboe-Hansen. 31 January 1963. Aftenposten. 8. Norwegian.