Sigurd Thinn
Encyclopedia
Sigurd Thinn is a former Norwegian ice hockey
player. He was born in Oslo
, Norway
and played for the club Vålerengens IF
. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team at the 1988 Winter Olympics
.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player. He was born in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
and played for the club Vålerengens IF
Vålerengens IF
Vålerengens Idrettsforening is a Norwegian multi-sports club from the neighborhood Vålerenga in Oslo, founded on 29 July 1913.It has sections for football, ice hockey, american football, handball, floorball and skiing...
. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. The host was selected in 1981 after having beat Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy...
.