Niels Christian Hertzberg (16 January 1941 - 1 March 2013) was the
Norwegian
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sports official.
He was the secretary-general of the
Norwegian Handball Federation
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from 1984 to 2003. He was credited as having the strongest influence on the development of the Norwegian Handball Federation. He was also married to former national team coach for women,
Marit Breivik
Marit Breivik (born 10 April 1955) is a former Norwegian team handball player, and former head coach for the Norway women's national handball team. As coach, she has led the team to victory in the 2008 Olympic tournament, the World Women's Handb ...
. He died in March 2013 in their vacation home in Brazil, most probably from a fall accident.
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1941 births
2013 deaths
Norwegian sports executives and administrators
Accidental deaths in Brazil
Deaths from falls
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