Eilert Dietrichson Falch-Lund (27 January 1875 – 2 February 1960) was a

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businessperson and sportsperson. As a yacht racer he competed in the 1908 and

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

, winning one Olympic gold medal. 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 ...

. He finished Kristiania Commerce School in 1894, and worked in the offices of the companies Fr. Meyer from 1894 to 1904 and J. E. Mowinckel in

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from 1904 to 1905. He then stayed in England for a year. In 1914 he started his own company E. Falch-Lund in ''Tollbodgaten''. In 1908 he was part of the Norwegian ''Fram'', which finished fourth in the 8 metre class competition. Four years later he was a crew member of the Norwegian boat ''Magda IX'', which won the gold medal in the 12 metre class. He represented the clubs

Royal Norwegian Yacht Club The Royal Norwegian Yacht Club ( no, Kongelig Norsk Seilforening, KNS) is a yacht club in Oslo, Norway. The club was founded in 1883 as country-wide organisation with affiliated local yacht clubs. In 1884, it was granted the right for members ...

and Bergen SF. He was also a co-founder of the skiing club SK Ondur in 1891, and was a member of Oslo Rotary Klub. He died in February 1960 and was buried in

Vestre gravlund Vestre Gravlund is a cemetery in the Frogner borough of Oslo, Norway. It is located next to the Borgen metro station. At , it is the largest cemetery in Norway. It was inaugurated in September 1902 and also contains a crematorium (''Vestre kre ...

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1875 births 1960 deaths Sportspeople from Oslo Norwegian company founders Norwegian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre Sailors at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 12 Metre Olympic sailors of Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in sailing Burials at Vestre gravlund Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics {{Norway-yachtracing-bio-stub