Birger Jansen

Birger Jansen was a Norwegian ice hockey player and sailor.
He was born in Bærum and represented the clubs Jar IL and IF Frisk Asker. He played for the Norway men's [national ice hockey team|Norwegian national ice hockey team], and participated at the Winter Olympics in Sapporo in 1972, where the Norwegian team placed 8th out of 11 teams.
He was Snipe [European Championship|European champion in the Snipe class] in 2000, Id Crook [Memorial Trophy|Masters World Champion] in 1996, and many times Norwegian champion. He also placed third at the 1991 Snipe Worlds. Birger was also SCIRA commodore in 2002. He died in 2016.