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Norwegian Championship for five successive years between 1967 and 1971, and won the Nordic Championship in 1972. He finished in thirteenth place in the 1968
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373:World final appearances
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248:Spring Gold Cup Winner
230:Scottish Open Champion
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309:, before signing for
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667:1999 deaths
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367:brucellosis
353:World Pairs
259:Reidar Eide
64:Nationality
20:Reidar Eide
656:Categories
530:, p. 185-6
434:References
427:Dag Lövaas
360:Sandnes IL
349:Dag Lövaas
40:1940-11-06
640:29 August
602:Backtrack
581:26 August
553:26 August
485:11 August
457:11 August
269:Biography
157:1979-1980
137:1976-1977
127:1973-1975
87:1968-1969
77:1966-1967
67:Norwegian
395:Göteborg
273:Born in
59:Thailand
49:, Norway
275:Høyland
131:Newport
47:Høyland
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