Tor Helness

Tor Helness (born 25 July 1957)[1] is a Norwegian professional bridge player.

He was a stalwart on Norway junior and open teams for thirty years before moving to Monaco.

For 25 years the open team regularly reached European semifinals, and it won world silver medals in 1993 and 2001.

[2] From 2011 Helness and his regular Norwegian partner Geir Helgemo are full-time members of a team led and paid by the Swiss real estate tycoon Pierre Zimmermann, under contract expiring 2016.

After that they switched back to Norway, and where eligible to represent their home country again from 2021.