Svein-Erik Stiansen (born 6 May 1942) is a Norwegian former

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. He participated in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, and in the

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he finished 7th in the 1500 m and 12th in the 5000 m. Stiansen set the

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in the all-round

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event at

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at 13–14 January 1968, after skating 41.8, 7:27.6, 2:07.7 and 15:57.1, achieving a sum of 176.982. He became Norwegian all-round champion in 1966 and in 1967. Stiansen is the father of

Tom Stiansen Tom Stiansen (born 3 September 1970 in Borgen) is a Norwegian former alpine skier. The highlight of his career came in 1997 when he won the World Championship slalom in Sestriere, Italy. In the Alpine skiing World Cup he obtained five podium ...

, world champion in

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in 1997.

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* 1942 births Living people Norwegian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of Norway Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics World record setters in speed skating Sportspeople from Oslo {{Norway-speed-skater-bio-stub