Johan Chr. Schønheyder
{{Short description|Norwegian orienteer}}
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| birth_place = Kristiania, Norway
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- Insurance manager
- Sports administrator }}
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Johan Chr. Schønheyder (12 February 1915 – 14 March 2015) was a Norwegian insurance manager, orienteer and sports official.
Personal life
Schønheyder was born in Kristiania to engineer Johan Franciscus Schønheyder and Anna Kristine Schjold. He married Anne Lise Gulsrud in 1941, and resided in Bærum.{{cite encyclopedia|year=1973|title=Schønheyder, Johan Chr|encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem?|editor=Steenstrup, Bjørn|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1973/0492.html|page=492 |language=Norwegian|access-date=17 April 2015}}
Career
Schønheyder chaired Norges Orienteringsforbund from 1948 to 1953, and the Norwegian Confederation of Sports from 1965 to 1967.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Johan Christian Schønheyder – idrettsleder |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/Johan_Christian_Sch%C3%B8nheyder/idrettsleder |language=Norwegian |accessdate=30 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019204929/http://snl.no/Johan_Christian_Sch%C3%B8nheyder/idrettsleder |archivedate=19 October 2012 }} He competed for the Norwegian national orienteering team at the international match between Norway and Sweden in 1939.{{cite book |title=Orienteringsidretten i Norge gjennom 90 år |editor1=Berglia, Knut |editor2=Brohaug, Tom-Erik |editor3=Staver, Kristoffer |editor4=Thuesen, Kaare |editor5=Strandhagen, Torgeir |page=73 |year=1987 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Norges Orienteringsforbund |location=Oslo }} He was a board member of Norsk Tipping from 1966 to 1970.
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Category:Sportspeople from Oslo
Category:Norwegian male orienteers
Category:Norwegian sports executives and administrators
Category:Norwegian men centenarians
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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