Birger Jansen (7 January 1948 – 7 November 2016) 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 and sailor. He was born in

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...

and represented the clubs

Jar IL Jar Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Bærum, Akershus. It mainly covers the areas Jar, Lysaker and parts of Stabekk. Jar IL was founded on 2 February 1934 as a merger between the boys' clubs Freidig and Rapp. It had sections for bandy, ...

and

IF Frisk Asker Idrettsforeningen Frisk Asker is a Norwegian sports club from Asker, Akershus. It has sections for association football and ice hockey. It also used to play bandy. Ice hockey The men's ice hockey team are one of Norway's leading teams. Their ...

. He played for the

Norwegian national ice hockey team The Norway men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team from Norway that participates at the IIHF World Championships. The team is governed by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association and is coached by Petter Thoresen. History ...

, and participated at the Winter Olympics in

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in 1972, where the Norwegian team placed 8th out of 11 teams. He was European champion in the Snipe class in 2000, Masters World Champion in 1996, and many times Norwegian champion. He also placed third at the 1991 Snipe Worlds. Birger was also

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commodore in 2002. He died in 2016.

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* 1948 births 2016 deaths Sportspeople from Bærum Norwegian ice hockey players Frisk Asker Ishockey players Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Norway Norwegian male sailors (sport) Snipe class sailors {{norway-icehockey-bio-stub