Misplaced Pages

Harry Kongshavn (23 February 1899 – 17 December 1969) was a Norwegian chess player, Norwegian Chess Championship winner (1951).

Biography

Harry Kongshavn was born in Hidra as the son of a fisherman. He worked as an electrician at Elektrisk Bureau, and built illegal radios in Oslo during the Second World War as a member of the Norwegian resistance group Wiedswang.

In the late 1940s and begin 1950s, Harry Kongshavn was one of the leading Norwegian chess players. In 1951, he won Norwegian Chess Championship.

Harry Kongshavn played for Norway in the Chess Olympiad:

• In 1950, at fourth board in the 9th Chess Olympiad in Dubrovnik (+3, =0, -7).

He died at age 70.

References

1. "Tidligere-vinnere av NM". www.sjakk.net.
2. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Harry Kongshavn". www.olimpbase.org.
3. Death announcement, Aftenposten 19 December 1969, p. 19

External links

• Harry Kongshavn player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Harry Kongshavn chess games at 365chess.com

This biographical article relating to a Norwegian chess figure is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1899 births
• 1969 deaths
• People from Flekkefjord
• Norwegian resistance members
• Chess Olympiad competitors
• 20th-century Norwegian chess players
• 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
• Norwegian chess biography stubs