Conrad Langaard (6 August 1890 – 24 December 1950) was a Norwegian

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. He was born in

Kristiania 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 ...

as a son of merchant and factory owner Rasmus Agerup Langaard (1860–1908) and his wife Laura Nannestad Holmboe (b. 1869). His paternal grandfather was

Conrad Langaard Conrad Christian Parnemann Langaard (18 November 1823 – 11 August 1897) was a Norwegian businessman. He was the founder of the tobacco company, Conrad Langaard A/S. Biography Langaard was born at Lillesand in Aust-Agder, Norway as a son o ...

(1823–1897), founder of the company of the same name. As such he was a grandnephew of

Mads Langaard Mads Ellef Langaard (3 May 1815 – 23 March 1891) was a Norwegian brewery owner and industrialist. He was the founder of the brewery Frydenlunds bryggeri, now a division of Ringnes. Personal life Langaard was born at Lillesand in Aust- ...

, and a first cousin once removed of Christian Langaard and a second cousin of

Johan Henrik Langaard Johan * Johan (given name) * Johan (film), ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller * Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group ** Johan (album), ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group * Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunav ...

.Genealogical entry
for Rasmus Agerup Langaard He represented the club Oslo TK. He participated at the Summer Olympics in

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

and

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

. In 1912 he placed fifth in doubles, and in 1920 he placed fifth in doubles together with Jack Nielsen.

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1890 births 1950 deaths Tennis players from Oslo Norwegian male tennis players Olympic tennis players for Norway Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-tennis-bio-stub