Øivind Solheim (28 May 1928 – 24 July 2017)Øivind Solheim's obituary
was a Norwegian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player. He played for the

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, and participated at the

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in 1952. He was a brother of Olympian ice hockey player Leif Solheim.

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* 1928 births 2017 deaths Furuset Ishockey players Ice hockey people from Oslo Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Norwegian ice hockey players Olympic ice hockey players for Norway {{norway-icehockey-bio-stub