Fred Børre Lundberg (born 25 December 1969 in

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and raised in

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) is a former

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skier from

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. He dominated the sport in the 1990s, winning both at the

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and at the

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. Lundberg won six medals at the Nordic skiing world championships, including three golds (15 km individual: 1991, 1995; 4 x 5 km team: 1997) and three silvers (3 x 10 km team: 1993, 4 x 5 km team: 1995, and 1999). At the

, he won four medals, including two golds (15 km individual: 1994, 4 x 5 km team 1998) and two silvers (3 x 10 km team: 1992, 1994). He won the Holmenkollen medal in 1998 (shared with

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, and

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). Lundberg lives with

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, an Olympic champion in

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, in

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, Oslo. NTBbr>Marit Bjørgen på flyttefot

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. Retrieved 7 November 2013

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Holmenkollen medalists
– click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file {{DEFAULTSORT:Lundberg, Fred Borre 1969 births Nordic combined skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Holmenkollen medalists Living people Norwegian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway FIS Nordic Combined World Cup winners Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Norway People from Hammerfest Sportspeople from Finnmark People from Bardu Skiers from Troms Olympic medalists in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen