Aksel Gresvig

Aksel Gresvig OBE (16 August 1876 – 16 December 1958) was a Norwegian track cyclist, sports administrator, and businessman.

[1] His father died when he was six years old, and the family moved to Fredrikstad, an important port for timber export.

[2] He spent much time training at the area in front of the Akershus Fortress, and there he also met competition cyclists, including world champion Wilhelm Henie, as they used the area for training while the cycle racing track at Bygdøy converted from gravel to wooden tracks.

[2] Gresvig was board member of Christiania Skøiteklub from 1899, one year after the club's revival in 1898.

[5] Gresvig was honorary member of Nordisk Sykkelforbund, Norges Sportshandleres Forbund and Syklistenens Landsforening.

[2] He was decorated Officer of the Order of the British Empire,[1][6] and received the King's Medal of Merit,[citation needed] both for his negotiation of delivery of bicycle tyres and tubes from the United Kingdom to Norway during the First World War.