Tormod Normann
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1905|3|10| df=y}}
| birth_place = Kristiania, Norway
| death_date = {{death year and age |1974|1905 }}
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| nationality = Norwegian
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| occupation = Lawyer and sports administrator
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Tormod Normann (10 March 1905 – 1974) was a Norwegian lawyer, competitive swimmer and sports administrator, who served as secretary general for the Norwegian Confederation of Sports for more than twenty years.
Personal life
Normann was born in Kristiania to Johan Kristian Olsen and Theodora Olsen, and married Olga Fredrikke Andersen in 1927. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1946.{{cite encyclopedia|year=1973|title=Normann, Tormod |encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem?|editor=Steenstrup, Bjørn|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1973/0419.html |page=419|language=Norwegian|access-date=20 May 2019}}
Career
Representing Oslo Atletklub and SK Speed, Normann was Norwegian champion in 200 metres breaststroke twelve times between 1923 and 1938, and Nordic champion in 1933 and 1935. He served as secretary general for the Norwegian Confederation of Sports from 1945 to 1968.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tormod Normann |first=Rolf |last=Bryhn |authorlink= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Tormod_Normann |language=Norwegian |accessdate=20 May 2019}} His published works include Norges deltakelse i De Olympiske Leker (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964). He edited the sports magazine Norsk idrett in 1958, and he was a regular contributor to the magazine Svensk idrett from 1957 to 1968.
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Category:20th-century Norwegian lawyers
Category:Norwegian male swimmers
Category:Norwegian sports executives and administrators
Category:Norwegian sports journalists
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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