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Sverre Knutsønn Seeberg (born 3 December 1950) is a Norwegian sports official.
He was an active
He was an active dog sled race
Sled dog racing (sometimes termed dog sled racing) is a winter dog sport most popular in the Arctic regions of the United States, Canada, Russia, Greenland and some European countries. It involves the timed competition of teams of sled dogs t ...
r, being national champion in the sport. He served as president of the Norwegian Sled Dog Racing Association
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*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
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, co-founded the European Sled Dog Racing Association and in 1986 became an honorary member of his local club Holmenkollen Hundekjørerklubb. From 1983 to 1988 he was the secretary-general of the Norwegian Ski Federation
The Norwegian Ski Federation ( no, Norges Skiforbund) is headquartered in Oslo, Norway and is the national representative of the International Ski Federation.
Founded on 21 February 1908, it covers the skiing disciplines of alpine, cross-countr ...
. In skiing, he represents the club IL Heming
Idrettslaget Heming is a Norwegian sports club from Slemdal, Oslo. It has sections for association football, Nordic skiing, alpine skiing, orienteering and tennis, previously also for bandy.
General history
It was founded on 25 May 1916, and ...
.
Seeberg became president of the Norwegian Ski Federation in 2002 upon Jan Jensen's death, and in 2004 he also became a board member of the International Ski Federation
The ''Fédération internationale de ski et de snowboard'' (FIS; en, International Ski and Snowboard Federation) is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding. Founded on 2 February 1924 in Chamonix, France during the ...
. In 2011 he was rumored to be a candidate as president of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports
The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports ( no, Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité; NIF) is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in No ...
, but it did not go through. He stepped down from the Norwegian Ski Federation in 2012.
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