Halvor Kongsjorden
{{Short description|Norwegian sport shooter (1911–1990)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|11|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Veggli in Rollag, Buskerud, Norway
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|6|15|1911|11|5|df=yes}}
| death_place = Veggli
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| sport = Sports shooting
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| club = Oslo Østre Skytterlag
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's shooting}}
{{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|ISSF World Shooting Championships}}
{{MedalGold |1939 Luzern| 300 metres free rifle, prone positions}}
{{MedalGold |1947 Stockholm|50 m rifle, standing, team}}
{{MedalBronze |1935 Rome| 300 metres free rifle, prone positions}}
{{MedalBronze |1949 Buenos Aires| 50 + 100 m rifle, prone positions}}
{{MedalBronze |1952 Oslo| 50 m rifle, three positions, team}}
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Halvor Kongsjorden (5 November 1911 – 15 June 1990) was a Norwegian sport shooter, World Champion from 1939 and 1947, Olympic competitor from 1948, and a resistance member during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany in World War II.
Sports career
Kongsjorden was born in Veggli in Buskerud, and was affiliated with the club Oslo Østre Skytterlag. He achieved a bronze medal in the 1935 World Championships, and became individual World Champion in free rifle in 1939, winning the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Luzern. He was team World Champion from 1947 and 1949.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Halvor Kongsjorden |first=Rolf |last=Bryhn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Halvor_Kongsjorden |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2 January 2010}} He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, placing fourth in the 50 metre rifle prone, and 7th in the 300 metre rifle three positions.{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/halvor-kongsjorden-1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034845/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/halvor-kongsjorden-1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 April 2020 | title=Profile: Halvor Kongsjorden |publisher=sports-reference.com |accessdate=1 January 2010}} In 1949 he also won a World Championships bronze medal. He was five times individual Norwegian Champion between 1937 and 1951.
World War II
Towards the end of World War II he was one of the local Milorg leaders in Buskerud (second-in-command in the D16 north district 1612, and leader of the Veggli-Rollag group).{{cite book |title=Soldaten som ikke ville gi seg |page=192 |first=John |last=Berg |year=1986|publisher=Metope| isbn=82-403-0002-2}} Living in the village Veggli in Rollag, his home district became part of the anti-demolition operation Sunshine from 1944 to 1945. His Veggli/Rollag group consisted of around 100 troops, and was, along with other groups, prepared to prevent attempts of demolition by Germans of the Nore1 Power Station. The Nore1 Power Station was then the largest power station in Norway.{{cite book |title=Soldaten som ikke ville gi seg |page=241 |first=John |last=Berg |year=1986|publisher=Metope| isbn=82-403-0002-2}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Buskerud
Category:Norwegian male sport shooters
Category:Olympic shooters for Norway
Category:Shooters at the 1948 Summer Olympics