Berger Torrissen or Birger Tørrissen (September 16, 1901 – February 28, 1991) was an American skier. He was born in

Sørreisa Municipality Sørreisa ( sme, Ráisavuona suohkan) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sørreisa. Other villages include Grunnreisa, Skøelva, and Smørsgård. The munici ...

, Norway, and later immigrated to the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

. He competed for the United States in Nordic combined and

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

with the best result of 11th place in the 4 × 10 km relay. Torrissen coached the US cross-country team at the 1950 World Championships and oversaw the biathlon competition and ski-jumping hill at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ...

. He was a brother-in-law of

Karl Magnus Satre Karl Magnus Satre (February 6, 1904 – January 14, 1955) was a Norwegian-born American skier. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team in 1936. Karl Magnus Satre (né Sætre) was born at Trysil in Hedmark, Norway. He was a brother of Olym ...

and

Paul Ottar Satre Paul Ottar Satre (September 9, 1908 – July 5, 1984) was an American ski jumping, ski jumper and cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier Paul Ottar Sætre was born at Trysil in Hedmark, Norway and emigrated to the United States. Bet ...

.Berger Torrissen
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* 1901 births 1991 deaths People from Sørreisa Sportspeople from Troms Norwegian emigrants to the United States American male cross-country skiers American male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers for the United States Olympic cross-country skiers for the United States Nordic combined skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics {{US-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub