Select Page

Odd Roar Lofterød

Odd Roar Lofterød (8 April 1947 – 14 September 2012) was a Norwegian sailor and business executive.

Personal life

Lofterød was born in Oslo on 8 April 1947, and was a brother of Bjørn Lofterød.[1]

Sports career

He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.[2]

He won the One Ton Cup, the sailing world championship in the One Ton class, in 1987, as a crew for Crown Prince Harald.[3][4]

Business career

His father, Odd Roar Lofterød senior [no], established the Swiss sportswear company Odlo [de], originally founded in Oppegård in Norway in 1945 as Odd Lofterød A/S.[5] The trade mark Odlo was registered in 1946,[citation needed] and the company was renamed to Odlo Fabrikker in 1948. In 1979 Odd Roar Lofterød junior took over the company, and in 1986 they established Odlo International as the new company head quarter in Switzerland.[5]

Lofterød died on 14 September 2012, at the age of 65.[3][6]

References

  1. ^ "Odd Roar Lofterød". olympedia. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Odd Roar Lofterød". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b Thommessen, Mikkel (15 September 2012). "Odd Roar Lofterød er død". Seilmagasinet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  4. ^ Fuglum, Arve; Bryhn, Rolf; Jensen, Morten. "seilsport (norske verdensmestere)". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  5. ^ a b Linder, Mats. "Odlo". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Ehemaliger Odlo-Präsident Lofterød gestorben". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 19 September 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2025.