Kristian Adolf Fjerdingen (16 September 1884 – 5 February 1975) was 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 the ...

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

who competed in the

1906 Summer Olympics The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games i ...

. In 1906 he won the gold medal as member of the Norwegian gymnastics team in the team competition. He was born and died in Steinkjer and represented the club

Steinkjer TF Steinkjer Turnforening is a Norwegian gymnastics club from Steinkjer. It was founded as Stenkjær TF on 9 October 1888. Four Olympic gymnasts have represented the club: 1906 gold medalists Osvald Falch and Kristian Fjerdingen, as well as 1908 si ...

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1884 births 1975 deaths People from Steinkjer Norwegian male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Norway Gymnasts at the 1906 Intercalated Games Olympic gold medalists for Norway Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Sportspeople from Trøndelag 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub