Finn Christian FernerProfile (with full name) geni.com; accessed 19 December 2015. (10 March 1920 – 11 March 2001) was a
Norwegian
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sailor
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and Olympic medalist.
He was born in
Oslo
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and died in Nesøya. He received a silver medal in the '' 6 metre class'' with the boat ''Elisabeth X'' at the
1952 Summer Olympics
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in
Helsinki
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, together with
Johan Ferner
Johan Martin Ferner ( né ''Johan Martin Jacobsen''; 22 July 192724 January 2015) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the 6 metre class with the boat ''Elisabeth X'' at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, tog ...
(his brother),
Erik Heiberg
Erik Heiberg (24 January 1916 – 30 December 1996) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He was born and died in Oslo. He received a silver medal in the '' 6 metre class'' with the boat ''Elisabeth X'' at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Hels ...
,
Tor Arneberg
Tor Birger Arneberg (4 September 1928 – 23 September 2015) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He was born in Oslo. He received a silver medal in the '' 6 metre class'' with the boat ''Elisabeth X'' at the 1952 Summer Olympics in ...
and
Carl Mortensen
Carl Lauritz Mortensen (2 March 1919 – 1 November 2005) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He was born and died in Oslo. He received a silver medal in the '' 6 metre class'' with the boat ''Elisabeth X'' at the 1952 Summer Ol ...