Rolf Hofmo

{{Short description|Norwegian politician and sports official}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date |1898|8|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kristiania, Norway

| death_date = {{death date and age |1966|5|11|1898|8|10|df=y}}

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| nationality = Norwegian

| occupation = Politician and sports official

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| relations = Gunvor Hofmo (niece)

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Rolf Hofmo (10 August 1898, in Kristiania – 11 May 1966, in Oslo) was a Norwegian politician and sports official.

He was chairman of Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund (AIF) from 1939 to 1940,{{cite encyclopedia |title=Rolf Hofmo |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Rolf_Hofmo |language=Norwegian |accessdate=15 March 2010}} and central in the merge negotiations with Norges Landsforbund for Idræt.{{cite book |title=Krigens Dagbok |chapter=Idretts-samling i havn |language=Norwegian |editor=Voksø, Per |editor-link=Per Voksø |year=1984 |publisher=Det Beste |location=Oslo |isbn=82-7010-166-4 |page=70 }} He was arrested in December 1940,{{cite encyclopedia |title=1680. Hofmo, Rolf Halfdan |encyclopedia=Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene |editor=Giertsen, Børre R. | page=62 |year=1946 |language=Norwegian|publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo}} and transferred to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1942.{{cite book |title=Krigens Dagbok |chapter=Påskesending til Sachsenhausen |language=Norwegian |editor=Voksø, Per |editor-link=Per Voksø |year=1984 |publisher=Det Beste |location=Oslo |isbn=82-7010-166-4 |page=227 }} From 1946 to 1947 he was vice chairman of Norges Idrettsforbund, and manager of Statens Idrettsråd (later STUI) until his death in 1966.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Rolf Hofmo |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Matti |last=Goksøyr |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Rolf_Hofmo/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=15 March 2010}}

He participated in the Left Communist Youth League's military strike action of 1924. He was convicted for assisting in this crime and sentenced to 75 days of prison.{{cite book|last=Maurseth|first=Per|author-link=Per Maurseth|title=Gjennom kriser til makt 1920-1935|year=1987|series=Volume three of Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge|publisher=Tiden|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|isbn=82-10-02753-0|page=502}}

He was also active in amateur wrestling in the club SK Sleipner.{{cite book|last=Larsen|first=Petter|title=Med AIF-stjerna på brystet|year=1979|publisher=Tiden|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|isbn=82-10-01853-1|page=252}}