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Harald Natvig

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Harald Natvig
Natvig, photograph from 1911 book
Personal information
Born(1872-06-10)10 June 1872
Stavanger, Norway
Died1 August 1947(1947-08-01) (aged 75)
Hjerkinn, Norway
Sport
SportSports shooting
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1920 Antwerp team 100 m running deer, single shots
Gold medal – first place 1920 Antwerp team 100 m running deer, double shots
Gold medal – first place 1924 Paris team 100 m running deer, single shots
Silver medal – second place 1924 Paris team 100 m running deer, double shots
Bronze medal – third place 1920 Antwerp 100 m running deer, single shots

Harald Natvig (10 June 1872 – 1 August 1947) was a Norwegian physician and a sport shooter, who won three gold medals in the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]

Life

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Natvig graduated in 1898 and worked as a municipal doctor in Lyngør, Kristiansund, and Flakstad. Since 1905 Natvig ran his own medical practice in Bergen, and from 1908 in Oslo. During the 1912–1913 First Balkan War, he worked as a surgeon in a Serbian field hospital. In the 1918 Finnish Civil War, Natvig led a Norwegian Red Cross ambulance on the White side.[2] In late 1918, Natvig published a book of his photographs on the Finnish Civil War.[3] Especially those taken in the Battle of Länkipohja have become famous.

Sports career

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He participated in shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and won the gold medals both in team 100 meter running deer, single shots and team 100 meter running deer, double shots. He won the individual bronze medal in 100 meter running deer, single shot. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris he won the gold medal in team 100 meter running deer, single shots and the silver medal in team 100 meter running deer, double shots.[4]

War photographer

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Natvig's images of the Finnish Civil War featured in his book Fra den finske frihedskrig 1918: Vestarméen, which he published in late 1918. Following the Battle of Länkipohja, Natvig also took a series of photographs of the execution of 13 surrendered Red Guard fighters, who were found and shot on 17 March. A series of images showing the Red Guard fighters being executed, including one showing them being hit by bullets, are some of the best-known images of the Finnish Civil War.[5]

Bibliography

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  • Fra den finske frihedskrig 1918: Vestarméen, Kristiania: Mittet & Co. Kunstforlag, 1918.

References

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  1. ^ "Harald Natvig". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Hvem er Hvem? / 1930". Projekt Runeberg. 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Fra den finske frihedskrig 1918 : Vestarméen". Europeana 1914–1918. 2016. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Harald Natvig". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. ^ Ylikangas, Heikki (1993). Tie Tampereelle. Porvoo: WSOY. pp. 103–146. ISBN 951-01889-7-2.