Olaf Dahll


Olaf Dahll was a Norwegian lawyer, competitive rower and sports administrator.

Working career

Dahll was born in Kristiania, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1913. After various assignments, including for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he started his own practice as a barrister in Kristiania in 1921, eventually with access to work with Supreme Court cases.

Sporting career

Dahll participated in coxed four at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He chaired Norske Studenters Roklub 1915–1916 and was president of the Norwegian Fencing Federation from 1929 to 1934.