Dagfinn Arthur Næss (8 January 1934 – 5 July 2008) was a Norwegian boxer. He was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

. He took nine individual national championships between 1953 and 1966, representing the club Bergen-Sparta. His classes were

lightweight Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxe ...

and

light welterweight Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional boxing In professional boxing, light welterweight is contested between the lightweight and welterweight divisions, ...

. At the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

he finished in tied ninth place. He was an honorary member of the

Norwegian Boxing Federation The Norwegian Boxing Federation (Norwegian Norges Bokseforbund - NBF) is the national federation of boxing in Norway. It organised its first Norwegian Championship in 1909, and the first Norwegian to win an Olympic gold medal was Otto Von Porat in t ...

. He died in 2008.

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1934 births 2008 deaths Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Norway Norwegian male boxers Lightweight boxers Sportspeople from Bergen 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-boxing-bio-stub