Fritz R. Huitfeldt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian sports official
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Place of Birth: Borgund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
About Fritz R. Huitfeldt
- Nicolay Fritz Reichwein Huitfeldt (19 May 1851 – 24 April 1938) was a Norwegian sports official, writer and producer of skis and ski bindings. He was born in Borgund as a son of stipendiary magistrate Hans Jørgen Hansen Huitfeldt (1806–1857) and Fredrikke Ambjørnsen (1815–1897).
- The family also lived in Fredrikstad during Fritz' childhood, but when he was 13 years old the family moved to Christiania.
- He was a distant descendant of Tønne Huitfeldt.
- He was married twice; first between 1894 and 1900 to singer Marie Gløersen, then from September 1906 to Asta Marie Andersen (1877–1966).
- Through his sister, Fritz Huitfeldt was a brother-in-law of his own cousin Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas.He took the examen artium in 1870 and the "second examen" in 1872.
- Until 1880 he ran two sports stores, first in Drammen and later in Skien.
- He was then hired in a weapons store in Kristiania.
- He started his own sports store in the city in 1891, but was employed in another store between 1896 and 1915.
- He also ran a ski factory named Ull.
- He became famous all over the skiing world for his "Huitfeldt ski bindings", pioneered in 1894 with significant improvements in 1897 and 1904.
- His bindings and skis were used by ski jumpers, cross-country skiers and alpine skiers alike.Huitfeldt released several books about skiing, hunting and angling, and was an avid skier.
- He was a member of SK Ull from its founding year, served as its first deputy chairman (from 1883 to 1885) and its third chairman (from 1887 to 1891).
- He especially promoted the Telemark style of skiing, but was also involved in ski jumping.
- From 1886 to 1893 he was employed as a secretary in the Association for the Promotion of Skiing.
- Together with Hans Krag he was responsible for discontinuing the Husebyrennet and creating the hill Holmenkollbakken which arranged the Holmenkollen Ski Festival from 1892.He died in April 1938 in Oslo.
- A monument to him was unveiled near Tryvannstårnet in 1946.
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