Bjørn Tveter is a former Norwegian speed skater

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

 who competed internationally in the 1960s and 1970s. At the 1968 Winter Olympics

1968 Winter Olympics

The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France and opened on 6 February. Thirty-seven countries participated...

 in Grenoble he finished 5th in the 1500 metres. At the 1972 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics was a series of skating events whose results are below. They happened at the Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan.-500 m:February 5, 1972 — 38 competitors from 16 countries-1,500 m:...

 in Sapporo he finished 4th in the 1500 metres.

In 1973, Tveter joined the professional skating league, and in 1974 he won gold medals at the Professional European Allround Championships. The professional league was dissolved in 1974.

Tveter's younger brother Øyvind

Øyvind Tveter

Øyvind Tveter is a former Norwegian speed skater who competed internationally in the 1970s and 1980s. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid he finished 5th in the 5000 metres and 5th in the 10000 metres....

was also a speed skater who competed in international championships and in the Olympics.