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Rolf Stenersen
Norwegian sprinter, businessman and art collector
Rolf Kristian Eckersberg Stenersen (13 February 1899 – 15 October 1978) was a Norwegian businessman, non-fiction writer, essayist, novelist, playwright and biographer.
He was also a track and field athlete and art collector.[1][2]
Background
Stenersen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway as the son of bookseller Johan Martin Stenersen (1866–1948) and Martha Kathrine Eckersberg (1869–1930).
He graduated from Kristiania Commerce School (now Oslo Commerce School) in 1918, and studied at Queen's College, Oxford, from 1922 to 1924.[3][4]
He was a Norwegian champion in 200 metres in 1919 and 1920, and in 4 x 100 metres relay in 1920.[5] He participated at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, where he competed in 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay.[6]
Career
He was active on the stock market already as a teenager.
From 1925