Jan Staubo (28 September 1920 – 15 June 2003) was a Norwegian sportsman, politician and sports official.
[2] During the Second World War he fought in the Norwegian Campaign and was later an air pilot in exile, and was imprisoned by the Germans for about three years in total.
He first tried to escape from Norway to neutral Sweden in 1941,[3] but was arrested in Verdal and imprisoned in Vollan prison in Trondheim.
He was shot down on 19 August 1942 in a Spitfire by a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 near Dieppe, and was captured by Germans again.
[6] He also invited former Stalag inmate Eric Sturgess from South Africa to play in Norway on several occasions.
[7] Staubo was also a national team player in bandy, and he played ice hockey.
He was a deputy chairman of the Oslo Port Authority, deputy board member of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association and a member of the marine committee of the International Chamber of Shipping.