Peder Lunde Jr. (born 9 February 1942) is a retired Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1960, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics. In 1960, he won a gold medal in the ''

Flying Dutchman class Flying may refer to: * Flight, the process of flying * Aviation, the creation and operation of aircraft Music Albums * ''Flying'' (Grammatrain album), 1997 * ''Flying'' (Jonathan Fagerlund album), 2008 * ''Flying'' (UFO album), 1971 * ''Fl ...

'', together with

Bjørn Bergvall Bjørn Bergvall (born 13 February 1939) is a retired Norwegian sailor, born in Oslo. He won a gold medal in the ''Flying Dutchman class'' at the 1960 Olympics, together with Peder Lunde Jr. He placed fourth at the 1962 Flying Dutchman World Cha ...

. Eight years later, he earned a silver medal in the Star class, together with

Per Olav Wiken Per Olav Wiken (23 March 1937 – 14 January 2011) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in the Star class at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDM ...

. He placed sixth in the same event in 1972, and 16th in 1976 in the three-person keelboat. In 1981-82, he was a crewmember on the yacht Berge Viking in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. Lunde comes from a sailing family: his parents Peder and Vibeke Lunde together with uncle

Børre Falkum-Hansen Børre Erik Falkum-Hansen (13 August 1919 – 24 June 2006) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He was born and died in Oslo. He received a silver medal in the 5.5 metre class with the boat ''Encore'' at the 1952 Summer Olympics in He ...

won a silver medal at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

, and his grandfather

Eugen Lunde Eugen Peder Lunde (18 May 1887 – 17 June 1963) was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he won the gold medal as a crew member of the Norwegian boat ''Elisabeth V'' in the 6 metre class event. Personal E ...

became an Olympic champion in 1924. His wife Aud is an Olympic alpine skier, and their daughter Jeanette competed at Olympics both in

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and sailing. He resides at

Snarøya Snarøya is a populated peninsula in the inner Oslofjord in Norway. It belongs to Bærum municipality in Viken (formerly Akershus) county. It is located south of the districts Lysaker, Lagåsen and Fornebu, and has 2,940 inhabitants. Histo ...

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* * * 1942 births Living people Sailors (sport) from Oslo Norwegian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Norway Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Tempest Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in sailing Volvo Ocean Race sailors Royal Norwegian Yacht Club sailors Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics {{Norway-yachtracing-bio-stub