Jacobsen was born in Vågå to physician Nils Laurits Severin Jacobsen and Johanne Jørgensen. He married Severine Elisabeth Holst in 1876.[1]
He graduated as military officer in 1865, was promoted lieutenant colonel in 1897, and colonel in 1901, commanding the Hallingdal Battalion from 1901 to 1908. He served as acting War Commissioner in Bodø from 1909 to 1910, and in Hamar from 1911 to 1916. From 1904 to 1906 he chaired the sports association Centralforeningen for utbredelse af idræt. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1905, and was a Knight, First Class of the Order of the Sword. He died in Kristiania in 1921.[1][2]
Referencesedit
^ abBrinchmann, Chr; Daae, Anders; Hammer, K.V., eds. (1912). "Jacobsen, Frithjof". Hvem er Hvem? Haandbog over samtidige norske mænd og kvinder (in Norwegian) (1 ed.). Kristiania: Aschehoug. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^Amundsen, O. Delphin (1947). Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden (in Norwegian). Oslo: Grøndahl. p. 349.
frithjof, jacobsen, sports, official, frithjof, jacobsen, october, 1843, february, 1921, norwegian, military, officer, sports, official, frithjof, jacobsenborn, 1843, october, 1843vågå, norwaydied12, february, 1921, 1921, aged, kristianianationalitynorwegianoc. Frithjof Jacobsen 31 October 1843 12 February 1921 was a Norwegian military officer and sports official Frithjof JacobsenBorn 1843 10 31 31 October 1843Vaga NorwayDied12 February 1921 1921 02 12 aged 77 KristianiaNationalityNorwegianOccupation s Military officerSports officialAwardsOrder of St OlavOrder of the Sword Jacobsen was born in Vaga to physician Nils Laurits Severin Jacobsen and Johanne Jorgensen He married Severine Elisabeth Holst in 1876 1 He graduated as military officer in 1865 was promoted lieutenant colonel in 1897 and colonel in 1901 commanding the Hallingdal Battalion from 1901 to 1908 He served as acting War Commissioner in Bodo from 1909 to 1910 and in Hamar from 1911 to 1916 From 1904 to 1906 he chaired the sports association Centralforeningen for utbredelse af idraet He was decorated Knight First Class of the Order of St Olav in 1905 and was a Knight First Class of the Order of the Sword He died in Kristiania in 1921 1 2 References edit a b Brinchmann Chr Daae Anders Hammer K V eds 1912 Jacobsen Frithjof Hvem er Hvem Haandbog over samtidige norske maend og kvinder in Norwegian 1 ed Kristiania Aschehoug Retrieved 8 October 2016 Amundsen O Delphin 1947 Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden in Norwegian Oslo Grondahl p 349 Sporting positions Preceded byThorvald Prydz Chairman of Centralforeningen1904 1906 Succeeded byOscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the Norwegian military is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frithjof Jacobsen sports official amp oldid 1191869998, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
