Børre Rognlien (born 26 December 1944) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

sports official and politician for the

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. He started his career as a journalist and military officer. He is best known for administrating

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marath ...

, and as a politician he has been a member of the

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Professional life and politics

He was born in

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as a son of shop owners Bjarne Rognlien (1914–1988) and Annie Hagen (1916–1989). He started his career in the press, with a time as apprentice in '' Eidsvold Blad'' from 1963 to 1964 and journalist in

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from 1964 to 1966. For the next year he attended journalist school, from 1967 to 1973 he was subeditor in Forsvarets Pressetjeneste and from 1973 to 1974 he was news editor in '' Hamar Dagblad''. Involved in the armed forces, he held the rank of Captain from 1975. He was an information director until 1991, when he became secretary-general of the Norwegian Institute of Public Accountants. He left in 1993, and from 1994 to 2006 he was secretary-general of the sports district of Oslo ( no, Oslo Idrettskrets). Rognlien also became involved in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

politics, as a borough council member of Oslo's Borough 18 from 1972 to 1973 and Oslo city council member from 1979 to 1983. In the city branch of the Conservative Party he was a board member from 1978 to 1994 (second deputy leader from 1992 to 1994) and leader of the party platform committee from 1984 to 1985. He was also a deputy representative to the

from Oslo during the terms 1977–1981, 1981–1985 and 1993–1997. During Willoch's First and Second Cabinet in the 1980s Rognlien held a regular seat in Parliament, covering for

Lars Roar Langslet Lars Roar Langslet (5 March 1936, Nes, Buskerud – 18 January 2016) was the Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs (culture and science affairs only, not church affairs) in 1981, and Minister of Culture and Science from 1982 until 19 ...

from 1981 to 1983 and

Jan P. Syse (25 November 1930 – 17 September 1997) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician from the Conservative Party. He was the 31st Prime Minister of Norway from 1989 to 1990. He also served as the minister of Industry from 1983 to 1985. Syse was the pr ...

from 1983 to 1985. When Syse died in September 1997, Rognlien became a full representative for the short remainder of the term (

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s do not exist in Norway).

Sports

Rognlien founded the amateur boxing club Eidsvold BK in 1963, and was chairman until 1965, and was also a board member of the county's administrative body of

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. He made his definite mark as a

administrator. In the speed skating club Arbeidernes SK he was a board member from 1972 to 1975 and then chairman until 1977. From 1979 to 1981 he was president of the

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. From 1980 to 1982 he was a member of the

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. He was the leader of

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and a member of the main arranging committee of the

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(chairman),

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in 1979 (chairman), 1975, 1983, 1989 and 1993; the

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in 1978 (chairman), 1976, 1982 and 1986; and the

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in 1980. He later chaired the club

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from 1987 to 1991, was a board member of the

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from 2003 to 2006 and deputy vice president from 2007, and chairman of the sports district of Oslo from 2006 to 2009 (after his period as secretary-general). He was also a board member of the Norwegian Speed Skating Museum from 1995 and a deputy board member of the

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from 2009, in addition to ''Eidsvold Blad'' from 1989 to 1992 and ''Norsk Idrettsmedisinsk Institutt'' (NIMI) from 1999 to 2002. He was also a member of the committee that planned the new Bislett Stadion, opened in 2005. He has been awarded with lifetime membership in the speed skating club

Oslo SK Oslo Skøiteklub (OSK) is a sports club in Oslo. Its home arena is Frogner Stadion. The club has departments for speed skating and figure skating. Establishment Christiania Skøiteklub - later Kristiania Skøiteklub (KSK) - was founded 18 February ...

, and became an honorary member of

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in 1990 and Arbeidernes SK in 1991. He was decorated by the

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and the Bislett Alliance in 2006, and received the

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in 2010. On 8 May 2011 he was elected as the new President of the

References

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