Per Fosser (born 1945) is 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 ...

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a s ...

competitor Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indivi ...

. He is Relay World Champion from

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, as a member of the Norwegian winning team, which consisted of

Ola Skarholt Ola Skarholt (30 November 1939 – 18 June 2017), was a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He became Relay World Champion in 1970 as a member of the Norwegian winning team, which also consisted of Stig Berge, Per Fosser and Åge Hadler. Ska ...

Stig Berge Stig Berge (born 28 March 1942 in Meldal) is a retired Norwegian orienteer, and Master of Science in engineering. Stig Berge won two gold at the World Orienteering Championships in 1970, one individually and one for the team relay.Åge Hadler Åge Hadler (born 14 August 1944) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, winner of the 1966 and 1972 individual World Orienteering Championships, relay champion from 1970, and individual bronze medalist from 1968. Early life and career Hadler w ...

. He won a bronze medal in the relay at the 1968 World Championships, again with Skarholt, Berge and Hadler on the team.

Personal life

Fosser is grandfather of

Kasper Fosser Kasper Harlem Fosser (born 1999) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor who represents Norwegian club IL Heming and Swedish club IFK Göteborg (sports club), IFK Göteborg. Career Fosser won a silver medal at the 2019 World Orienteering Champio ...

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* 1945 births Living people Norwegian orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub