Norwegian ski jumper, author, photographer, and environmentalist who won a bronze medal at the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland. In addition to skiing he travelled around the country to promote outdoor activities. He published 10 books, mostly about ski jumping and nature, including the first Norwegian textbook on environmentalism for the elementary school, in 1973.
He was the son of Ferdinand Schelderup who was a Supreme Court judge, a mountaineering pioneer, and a leader of the Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.
On 15 March 1950 he became the first Norwegian athlete to break the 100 m barrier when he jumped over 106 m in Planica, Yugoslavia. He retired in 1953 to become a ski jumping coach with Italian (1953–56) and Norwegian national teams (1956–1962).
In the 40’s he was married to actress Sossen Krohg, with whom he had two children. In 1948 he married singer Anne Brown, who created the role of “Bess” in the original production of George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess in 1935. They had one daughter. After their separation in 1969 he lived with the musical actress and singer Ranveig Eckhoff until 1985, and for several years they stayed in Stockholm.
Schjelderup died on 28 May 2006 in Oslo aged 86.
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