Toralf Lyng, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian sports official
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Place of Birth: Voss, Hordaland, Norway
About Toralf Lyng
- Toralf Lyng (6 July 1909 – 29 October 2005) was a Norwegian sports official. He was born in Voss 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 occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was imprisoned in Bredtveit concentration camp in January 1945, and was also held at Victoria Terrasse.He was the secretary-general of the Association for the Promotion of Skiing from 1947 to 1957, head of the venue office of the 1952 Winter Olympics from 1949 to 1952, and secretary-general of the Norwegian Trekking Association 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 SK Ull in 1950, two years after the death of his father, who was also an Ull member.
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