Halvor Heggtveit
1907–1996 (age 89)
Biography
Halvor Heggtveit (March 16, 1907, in Leland, North Dakota, U.S. – January 18, 1996, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) of Norwegian stock and a resident of Canada since the age of five.
He attended Ottawa Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, Ontario from 1918 to 1923.
He was a long time member of Ottawa Ski Club, including club director, captain of the Traffic Corps (ski safety - ca 1940s).
Family owned "Heggtveit Sporting Goods", who were specialists in ski equipment and repairs. They were located at Albert & O'Connor in Ottawa, Ontario. Anne Heggtveit Alpine Ski gold medalist at the 1960 Winter Olympic Games was his daughter.