Jens Birger Knudtzon (born 19 February 1936) is a retired Norwegian rower.
He was born in Oslo. Representing the club Bærum RK, he finished ninth in the coxed four event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. [1]
He resides in Oslo, and has a fortune of about US$6.2 million. [2]
Jørgen Juve was a Norwegian football player, jurist, journalist, and non-fiction writer. For most of his career, he played as a striker for Lyn. He also played for a season at Basel in Switzerland before retiring and earned a total of 45 caps for the Norway national team. He is the second highest-scoring player ever for Norway, with 33 goals in just 45 games, holding the record for most international goals in Norway from 1932 until 2024, when Erling Haaland surpassed his record. He was captain of the Norway team which won Olympic bronze medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He also had a career as a journalist for Dagbladet and Tidens Tegn, and wrote several books.
Birger Martin Bergersen was a Norwegian anatomist and politician for the Labour Party. He notably served as a professor (1932–1947) and rector (1938–1945) of Norges tannlegehøgskole, Norway's ambassador to Sweden (1947–1953), Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs (1953–1960) and chairman of the International Whaling Commission.
Birger Braadland was a Norwegian politician for the Agrarian Party. He served as foreign minister from 1931 to 1933.
Birger Kristian Eriksen was a Norwegian military officer who was instrumental in stopping the first wave of Gruppe 5 of the German invasion force outside Oslo. Eriksen was the commander of Oscarsborg Fortress when Nazi Germany attacked Norway in the early hours of 9 April 1940. He gained lasting recognition for ordering the fortress under his command to open fire on the vanguard forces of Operation Weserübung, sinking the 16,000-ton heavy cruiser Blücher.
Events in the year 2002 in Norway.
Events in the year 1921 in Norway.
Events in the year 1854 in Norway.
Ernst Orvil was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, poet and playwright.
Events in the year 1958 in Norway.
Events in the year 1864 in Norway.
Erling Knudtzon is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eliteserien club Lillestrøm.
Carl Jacob Arnholm was a Norwegian jurist.
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 in its ranks.
Arnt Jacobsen Mørland was a Norwegian ship-owner, resistance member, and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Broder Lysholm Knudtzon was a Norwegian merchant, politician and benefactor. Born into one of Trondheim's wealthiest mercantile families, he travelled to England where he developed a great admiration of English language and literature. Despite his commercial background he was more drawn towards the fields of politics, culture and art. He nevertheless administrated his father's family firm, acting as foreign correspondent with little interest in the everyday business. In England he befriended Lord Byron and came under the influence of the English national liberal movement. He bequeathed his entire library and several artworks to the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.
Jørgen von Cappelen Knudtzon was a Norwegian businessman and patron of the arts. Born in Trondheim to a prosperous mercantile family of German extraction, he travelled to Hamburg, Germany to study commerce. Upon his father's death, he inherited the family business, though his brother-in-law Lorentz Johannsen became its director. With the family firm's trade ships Knudtzon often travelled to foreign destinations in Southeast Asia. At one occasion the ship wrecked; in the subsequent tumult he made friends with the Scot Alexander Baillie, with whom he would later travel around Europe.
Birger Erling Nilsen was a Norwegian sport wrestler.
Lorentz Johannsen was a Norwegian merchant and member of the Norwegian Parliament.
Nicolay Heinrich Knudtzon was a Norwegian telecommunications engineer.
Knudtzon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: