Toralf Lyng (6 July 1909 – 29 October 2005) was a Norwegian sports official. He was born in

Voss Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Opphe ...

as a son of judge Ulrik Fredrik Lange Lyng (1868–1948) and Marie Aars Kaurin (1870–1951). In December 1939 he married Grethe Jørgensen (1913–2001). During the

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he was imprisoned in Bredtveit concentration camp in January 1945, and was also held at

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. He was the secretary-general of the

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from 1947 to 1957, head of the venue office of the

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from 1949 to 1952, and secretary-general of the

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from 1957 to 1977. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1969. Lyng was also admitted into the exclusive skiing-based social club

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in 1950, two years after the death of his father, who was also an Ull member.

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1909 births 2005 deaths Norwegian resistance members Bredtveit concentration camp survivors Norwegian sports executives and administrators SK Ull members People from Voss {{Norway-sport-bio-stub