Niels Christian Oskar Nørland[1] (4 October 1882 in Roskilde – 18 May 1941 in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen) was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player, who played 14 games as a forward for the Denmark national football team and won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.[2] He also won a gold medal at the unofficial 1906 Summer Olympics. Nørlund played his entire career with Copenhagen club KB, with whom he won several Danish football championships.

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Oskar Nørland

Nørland with Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Niels Christian Oskar Nørland
Birth name	Niels Christian Oskar Nielsen
Date of birth	(1882-10-04)4 October 1882
Place of birth	Roskilde, Denmark
Date of death	18 May 1941(1941-05-18) (aged 58)
Place of death	Frederiksberg, Denmark
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1898–1918	Copenhagen	133	(?)
National team
1908–1916	Denmark	14	(0)
Honours Men's Football 1908 London Team Competition 1912 Stockholm Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was selected for the unofficial Danish national team at the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, which Denmark went on to win. He played in Denmark's first official national team game at the 1908 Summer Olympics, where he played two games as Denmark won silver medals. Four years later, he played another two games at the 1912 Summer Olympics, as Denmark won silver yet again. He ended his Danish national team career in October 1916, having played 14 games, though scoring no goals despite his forward position.

References

External links

• Danish national team profile
• DatabaseOlympics profile

На других языках

[fr] Oskar Nielsen

[it] Oskar Nørland