Morten Hans von Krogh (27 May 1948 – 25 September 2015) was a Norwegian fencer and actor. He won five Norwegian championships between 1969 and 1986, and competed in the individual

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

event at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. He was one of the spearheads of the Norwegian

1980 Olympic boycott The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott was one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Soviet Union, which hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and its allies later ...

. Krogh later served as

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of the

Norwegian National Academy of Theatre The Oslo National Academy of the Arts ( no, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, ''KHiO'') is a university college in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in N ...

. He died in September 2015.

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* 1948 births 2015 deaths Fencers from Oslo Norwegian male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Norway Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Norwegian male stage actors Rectors of universities and colleges in Norway Von Krogh family 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-fencing-bio-stub