Birger Ruud

Norwegian skier and ski jumper (1911-1998)

Person human Q511003

Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: August 23, 1911
Date of death: June 13, 1998
Place of birth: Kongsberg
Place of death: Kongsberg
Country of citizenship: Norway^[10]
Occupation: alpine skier, ski jumper, businessperson
Award received: Egebergs Ærespris, Holmenkollen Medal^[11]^[12]
Child: Kari Anne Ruud^[9]
Sibling: Asbjørn Ruud, Sigmund Ruud^[26]^[27]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Norwegian^[21]
Country for sport: Norway^[22]
Family name: Ruud^[16]
Given name: Birger^[17]
Name in native language: Birger Ruud^[23]
P14536: 393425^[28]
Participant in: Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics, ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics, ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics^[18]^[19]^[20]
Place of burial: Kongsberg gravlund^[8]
Place of detention: Grini detention camp^[24]
Sport: alpine skiing, ski jumping^[14]^[15]
Subject has role: political prisoner^[25]

🏷️ Also known as

en Birger Johannes Ruud en Birger Ruud ar بيرغر رود cs Birger Johannes Ruud da Birger Johannes Ruud de Birger Johannes Ruud fa بیرگر رود fr Birger Johannes Ruud it Birger Johannes Ruud ja ビルガー・ルート ja ビルゲル・ルート nl Birger Johannes Ruud pl Birger Johannes Ruud ru Биргер Рууд ru Рууд, Биргер sv Birger Johannes Ruud sv Ruud uk Бірґер Рууд zh 比格尔·吕德

🔖 Identifiers · 43

ISNI: 0000000021096997
VIAF cluster ID: 37973641
GND ID: 128512148
BIBSYS ID: 90055422
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: ruud-birger
DDB person (GND) ID: 128512148
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 128512148
E-archiv.li ID: 29244
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Birger-Ruud
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: birger-ruud
FIS alpine skier ID: 52686
FIS ski jumper ID: 52687

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Filmportal ID: 1f7307620e194e849a8390c5c747aa6a
Freebase ID: /m/073yzr
GTAA ID: 149062
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000005013998989
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Birger_Ruud
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 3522971
IMDb ID: nm3215691
IdRef ID: 175958467
InterSportStats athlete ID: 2000011518
JRC Names ID: 652270
Munzinger Sport number: 01000005265
Munzinger person ID: 00000002239
NE.se ID: birger-ruud
NL CR AUT ID: jo2013787363
Norsk biografisk leksikon ID: Birger_Ruud
Norwegian historical register of persons ID: pc00000003032275
Norwegian prisoner register person ID: 8156
Obálky knih ID: jo2013787363
Olympedia people ID: 97018
Olympic.org athlete ID (archived): birger-ruud
Olympics.com athlete ID: birger-ruud
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3970232
Prabook ID: 2470239
SVKKL authority ID: p0093521-Ruud-Birger-19111998
Ski-DB skier ID: birger_ruud_nor_rudbi
Slekt og Data grave ID: e335e0e8-9397-45bf-9510-474ae115cb11
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived): ru/birger-ruud-1
Trading Card Database name ID: 158249
U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame athlete ID: birger-ruud
WikiTree person ID: Ruud-167
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJtCwxgRmrm63RWtc46dwC

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🔗 Connections

Participant in 3

ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics, ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Award received 2

Holmenkollen Medal, Egebergs Ærespris

Occupation 2

alpine skier, ski jumper

Sibling 2

Sigmund Ruud, Asbjørn Ruud

Siblings 2

Sigmund Ruud, Asbjørn Ruud

Sport 2

ski jumping, alpine skiing

← Winner 2

ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Country for sport 1

Norway

Country of citizenship 1

Norway

Given name 1

Birger

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Norwegian

Place of birth 1

Kongsberg

Place of death 1

Kongsberg

Sex or gender 1

male

Subject has role 1

political prisoner

← Flag bearer 1

Norway at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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Summary

Birger Ruud was born on August 23, 1911^[1], in Kongsberg^[2]. He died on June 13, 1998^[3], in Kongsberg^[4]. He worked as an alpine skier^[5], ski jumper^[6], and businessperson^[7].

FAQs

Where was Birger Ruud born?

Birger Ruud's place of birth was Kongsberg^[2].

Where did Birger Ruud die?

Birger Ruud passed away in Kongsberg^[4].

What did Birger Ruud do for work?

Birger Ruud worked as an alpine skier^[5], ski jumper^[6], and businessperson^[7].

What awards did Birger Ruud receive?

Honors received include Egebergs Ærespris^[11] and Holmenkollen Medal^[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Birger Ruud — place of birth (P19): Kongsberg. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-03-01. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Birger Ruud — place of death (P20): Kongsberg. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-03-01. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Birger Ruud — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-19. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Birger Ruud — country of citizenship (P27): Norway. Retrieved 2026-03-01. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Birger Ruud — child (P40): Kari Anne Ruud. urn.nb.no. Retrieved 2025-07-11. urn.nb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Birger Ruud — occupation (P106): alpine skier. International Ski and Snowboard Federation database. Retrieved 2022-04-26. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Birger Ruud — occupation (P106): ski jumper. International Ski and Snowboard Federation database. Retrieved 2022-04-26. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Birger Ruud — occupation (P106): businessperson. Retrieved 2026-03-01. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Birger Ruud — place of burial (P119): Kongsberg gravlund. slektogdata.no. Retrieved 2025-07-11. slektogdata.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Birger Ruud — award received (P166): Egebergs Ærespris. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Birger Ruud — award received (P166): Holmenkollen Medal. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Birger Ruud — date of birth (P569): August 23, 1911. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-02. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Birger Ruud — date of death (P570): June 13, 1998. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-02. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Birger Ruud — sport (P641): alpine skiing. Ski-DB.com. Retrieved 2022-05-10. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Birger Ruud — sport (P641): ski jumping. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Birger Ruud — family name (P734): Ruud. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Birger Ruud — given name (P735): Birger. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Birger Ruud — participant in (P1344): Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Birger Ruud — participant in (P1344): ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Birger Ruud — participant in (P1344): ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Birger Ruud — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Norwegian. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-11. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Birger Ruud — country for sport (P1532): Norway. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Birger Ruud — name in native language (P1559): Birger Ruud. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Birger Ruud — place of detention (P2632): Grini detention camp. Fanger.no. Retrieved 2026-03-01. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Birger Ruud — subject has role (P2868): political prisoner. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Birger Ruud — sibling (P3373): Asbjørn Ruud. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Birger Ruud — sibling (P3373): Sigmund Ruud. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Birger Ruud — P14536 (P14536): 393425. wikidata.org.

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Sibling → Asbjørn Ruud, Sigmund Ruud

Languages spoken, written or signed → Norwegian

Place of birth → Kongsberg

Award received → Egebergs Ærespris, Holmenkollen Medal

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