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Norwegian sailor (1900–1987)

Sigurd Herbern
Personal information
Full nameSigurd Frithjof Herbern
NationalityNorwegian
Born(1900-11-22)22 November 1900
Oslo, Norway
Died18 January 1987(1987-01-18) (aged 86)
Oslo, Norway
Sport
SportSailing

Sigurd Frithjof Herbern (22 November 1900 – 18 January 1987) was a Norwegian sailor. He competed, with Øivind Christensen as helm, in the Star event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

From 1942 to 1944, Herbern was responsible for 'For konge og fedreland' (tr. "For King and Fatherland"), one of the illegal newspapers published during the German occupation of Norway during World War II. He hosted a printing press in a summerhouse on the island of Killingen in the Oslo Fjord. For his pains, he was eventually arrested, together with a number of distributors, by the Gestapo in 1944.

He was also known for yacht building and for a number of yacht designs. The Norwegian Maritime Museum has a list of Hebern's designs. In the late 1940s Herbern designed the 'Killing [no]' sailboat, on the island of Killingen (hence the name). The design is a 5.25m-long one-design keelboat. He also designed the Junker 24.

References

  1. "Sigurd Herbern". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. Weber, Henrik; Hebern, Sigurd. "For konge og fedreland". digitalt.uib.no. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. "Sailing yachts Skarpsno day sailer". woodenships.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. "A selection of ship and boat plans at the Norwegian Maritime Museum". Norwegian Maritime Museum. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. "killing (seilbåt)". snl.no. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  6. "Junker 24". sailboat.guide. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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