Richard Skog

Richard Skog, born on 16 June 1981, is a Norwegian strongman competitor who served in the Norwegian Armed Forces before turning to strength sport. He was part of the World's Strongest Man competition for four straight years from 2007 to 2010 without qualifying for the final, placed third at two World's Strongest Man Super Series events in 2008, and was second at Norway's Strongest Viking and the Viking Power Challenge in 2009. His best results are his two Norway's Strongest Man titles, in 2009 and 2010, and he holds a world record in Fingal's Fingers, five fingers of 350 kilograms in 42.30 seconds at the 2009 Norway's Strongest Man. Outside the sport he acts, playing Oddjob in the Netflix series Lilyhammer and Sturla Bonecrusher in the NRK series Norsemen.