Carl Christiansen

{{Short description|Sports official from Norway}}

{{for|the Norwegian Olympic rower|Carl Christiansen (rower)}}

{{for|the Danish footballer|Carl Emil Christiansen}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|4|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tønsberg, Norway

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|7|23|1886|4|21|df=y}}

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| nationality = Norwegian

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| occupation = Post office official
Sports official
Organizational leader

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Carl Emil Christiansen (21 April 1886 – 23 July 1970) was a Norwegian post office official, sports official and organizational leader.

Christiansen was born in Tønsberg to merchant Carl Emil Christiansen and Harda Paulsen, and married Edna Louise Braastad in 1939.{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Hvem er Hvem? |year=1968 |title=Christiansen, Carl |edition=10 |editor-first=Bjørn |editor-last=Steenstrup |location=Oslo |publisher=Aschehoug |language=Norwegian }}

He served as president of the Football Association of Norway from 1918 to 1920, and chaired the Norges Landsforbund for Idræt from 1936 to 1940.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Carl Emil Christiansen |first=Rolf |last=Bryhn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Carl_Emil_Christiansen |language=Norwegian|accessdate=21 March 2016}} He chaired the trade union Det norske Postmannslag from 1923 to 1925. He was decorated Knight of the Swedish Order of Vasa.