Norwegian speed skaters

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Chapters: Johann Olav Koss, Alfred Ingvald Næss, Hjalmar Andersen, Oscar Mathisen, Ivar Ballangrud, Sverre Farstad, Wilhelm Henie, Wilhelm Mauseth, Jan Egil Storholt, Rolf Falk-Larssen, Knut Johannesen, Håvard Bøkko, Bjørg Eva Jensen, Fred Anton Maier, Randi Thorvaldsen, Roald Larsen, Charles Mathiesen, Andreas Claussen, Laila Schou Nilsen, Michael Staksrud, Synnøve Lie, Per Ivar Moe, Magne Thomassen, Per Willy Guttormsen, Bernt Evensen, Ådne Søndrål, Kay Stenshjemmet, Dag Fornæss, Geir Karlstad, Sten Stensen, Roald Aas, Terje Andersen, Eskil Ervik, Roar Grønvold, Rudolf Gundersen, Lasse Efskind, Reidar Liaklev, Edel Therese Høiseth, Nils Aaness, Mari Hemmer, Hege Bøkko, Odd Lundberg, Tom Erik Oxholm, Maren Haugli, Kai Arne Engelstad, Sverre Ingolf Haugli, Hans Engnestangen, Amund Sjøbrend, Knut Bjørnsen, Finn Helgesen, Georg Krog, Harald Strøm, Sverre Haugli, Sverre Lunde Pedersen, Henrik Christiansen, Jarle Pedersen, Frode Rønning, Armand Carlsen, Ivar Eriksen, Peder Østlund, Øystein Grødum, Jørn Didriksen, Hroar Elvenes, Axel Paulsen, Olaf Poulsen, Odd Borgersen, Kristian Strøm, Lasse Sætre, Edvard Engelsaas, Sigurd Mathisen, Undis Blikken, Villy Haugen, Alv Gjestvang, Kjell Storelid, Sigrid Sundby, Per Bjørang, Erik Vea, Willy Olsen, Thomas Byberg, Roger Strøm, Kari Kåring, Svein-Erik Stiansen, Torstein Seiersten, Finn Hodt, Bjørn Tveter, Oskar Olsen, Sigurd Moen, Arnulf Sunde, Arne Johansen, Lisbeth Korsmo, Even Wetten, Oskar Fredriksen, Sigmund Søfteland, Rune Stordal, Øyvind Tveter, Einar Halvorsen, Maggi Kvestad, Ivar Martinsen, Erling Lindboe, Haakon Pedersen, Mikael Flygind Larsen, Ragnhild Mikkelsen, Wollert Nygren, Else Marie Christiansen, Christoffer Fagerli Rukke, Fredrik van der Horst, Fridtjof Paulsen, Halfdan Nielsen, Wiggo Hanssen, Harry Haraldsen, Gunnar Konsmo, Torodd Hauer, Edvard Wangberg. Excerpt: Karl Alfred Ingvald Næss (April 26, 1877 - July 6, 1955) was a Norwegian speedskater. He set the men's world record for 500 meter speed skating on February 5, 1893 at 49.4 seconds in Hamar, Norway. He then broke his own world record 21 days later on February 26, 1893 at 48.0 seconds, then lowered it to 47.0 seconds on February 24, 1894 at Hamar, Norway. He was the youngest European champion of all time, in 1895 he was 17 years and 276 days when he won the European Speed Skating Championships for Men. He was the son of Anne Jette Jensen (1847-?) of Kragerø or Skåtøy; and Kristian Andersen Næss (1848-?) of Grue, Norway. Karl Alfred was baptized as "Karl Alfred Ingvald Næss" on May 27, 1877 in the Garnison Menighet, in Oslo but he always used the name "Alfred Næss". His father, Christian, was an army sergeant. Alfred had two siblings: Carl Albert Næss (1874-?); and Alvilde Marie Magdalene Næss (1875-1933) who married Thorvald Martin Tandberg (1874-1970). Naess grew up in Vika. On February 6, 1897 in Montreal, Canada, he competed against Canadian Jack McCulloch in the 1,500-meter race, McCulloch and Næss tied, invoking a run-off. McCulloch won the run-off by two-fifths of a second. Also on February 6, 1897 Naess equaled the world's record of 46.8 seconds set by Wilhelm Mauseth on February 3, 1895 in Trondheim, Norway, but on February 7, 1897, the record was broken by Peder Østlund with a time of 46.6. After Montreal he visited his sister in Portland, Maine and gave a demonstration on February 17, 1897. Næss won the Norway Allround Speed Skating Championships in Oslo in 1898, wit...