Gjermund Eggen

Gjermund Eggen (1941 to 2019) was a Norwegian cross-country skier from Engerdal who reached his peak at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, held in Oslo alongside the Holmenkollen ski festival, where he won three gold medals. Because the championships took place in conjunction with the Holmenkollen festival, those victories also counted as Holmenkollen wins, and he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1968, sharing the honour with King Olav V, Assar Rönnlund and Bjørn Wirkola. He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in the 30 km event and finished 34th. Away from the snow he published an autobiography, told to Stein Berg, in 1966 and released the music album Engerdalsvalsen in 1967. He died in Elverum at the age of 77.