Niels Christian Oskar Nørland (4 October 1882 in

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– 18 May 1941 in

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) was a Danish amateur

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player, who played 14 games as a forward for the

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and won

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s at the

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and

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. He also won a

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at the unofficial

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. Nørlund played his entire career with Copenhagen club KB, with whom he won several

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hips. He was selected for the unofficial Danish national team at the 1906 Summer Olympics in

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, which Denmark went on to win. He played in Denmark's first official national team game at the 1908 Summer Olympics, where he played two games as Denmark won silver medals. Four years later, he played another two games at the 1912 Summer Olympics, as Denmark won silver yet again. He ended his Danish national team career in October 1916, having played 14 games, though scoring no goals despite his forward position. On 6 February 1914, he left the folk church; he married Julÿette Frederikke Jenny Fischer on 21 February 1914, and changed his last name on 24 February 1914.Denmark Church Records, 1812-1924: Copenhagen. In The Danish National Archives - Rigsarkivet

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