# Eugen Lunde
**Eugen Lunde** (full name Eugen Peder Pedersen Lunde; 18 May 1887 – 17 June 1963) was a Norwegian sailor who won the gold medal in the three-person keelboat (6 meter class) at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, helming the boat *Elisabeth V*.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62833) He was the first of four generations of Lunde family Olympic sailors.[2](https://www.sailing.org/2012/02/29/retracing-roots-paris-1924-olympic-sailing-competition/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born / died | 18 May 1887, Oslo, Norway; 17 June 1963, Oslo, aged 76[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62833) |
| Olympic result | Gold, Three-Person Keelboat (6 meter class), Paris 1924, aboard *Elisabeth V*[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62833) |
| Club | Kongelig Norsk Seilforening (KNS), Oslo; chairman 1940–1945[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62833) • [3](https://snl.no/Eugen_Peder_Lunde) |
| Other trophies | Gullpokalen twice, Kattegatpokalen twice, Øresundpokalen four times[3](https://snl.no/Eugen_Peder_Lunde) |
| Olympic family | Father of Peder Lunde Sr., grandfather of Peder Lunde Jr., great-grandfather of Jeanette Lunde[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62833) |
## The 1924 Olympic regatta
The decisive races were held on 25 and 26 July 1924. *Elisabeth V* won both heats, finishing with 2 points against 5 each for the Danish *Bonzo* (Vilhelm Vett, Knud Degn, Christian Nielsen) and the Dutch *Willem-Six* ([Joop Carp](https://www.edgepedia.org/joop-carp), Anthonij Guépin, Jan Vreede), which took silver and bronze.[4](https://olympedia-pro.t5tyuwenpa.eu-west-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/results/9319) Norway also won the 8 meter class that year with *Bera*, giving the country two sailing golds in Paris.[5](https://www.olympedia.org/countries/NOR/editions/8)
## Sailing career in Norway
**A leading helmsman of his era.** Lunde was a wholesale merchant (grosshandlare) in Oslo, and the Swedish *Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon* counted him, alongside [Johan Anker](https://www.edgepedia.org/johan-anker) and [Magnus Konow](https://www.edgepedia.org/magnus-konow), among Norway's best helmsmen and named him the most successful Norwegian regatta sailor of 1920 to 1930.[6](https://runeberg.org/sportlex/5/0110.html) Beyond the Olympic title, he won the Gullpokalen in 1922 with *Irene V* and in 1925 with *Elisabeth VI*, the Kattegatpokalen in 1927 and 1928 with *Irene VI*, and the Øresundpokalen four times: 1918 with *Ambition*, 1925 and 1926 with *Irene V*, and 1928 with *Lisbeth 3*.[6](https://runeberg.org/sportlex/5/0110.html) He also took up model-boat sport, especially after 1930.[6](https://runeberg.org/sportlex/5/0110.html)
**Administrative roles.** Lunde sat on the board of the Kongelig Norsk Seilforening (KNS) from 1915 to 1931 and was elected its chairman in 1940, serving until 1945; from 1919 he was also a board member of the Scandinavian Sailing Federation (Skandinaviska Seglarförbundet).[6](https://runeberg.org/sportlex/5/0110.html) • [3](https://snl.no/Eugen_Peder_Lunde)
## The Lunde Olympic dynasty
Lunde started a family line that spans four generations of Norwegian Olympic sailors.[2](https://www.sailing.org/2012/02/29/retracing-roots-paris-1924-olympic-sailing-competition/) His son Peder Lunde Sr. and daughter-in-law Vibeke Lunde won silver in the 5.5 meter class at Helsinki 1952, sailing together.[2](https://www.sailing.org/2012/02/29/retracing-roots-paris-1924-olympic-sailing-competition/) His grandson Peder Lunde Jr. won gold in the [Flying Dutchman](https://www.edgepedia.org/flying-dutchman) at Rome 1960 and silver in the Star class at Mexico City 1968.[2](https://www.sailing.org/2012/02/29/retracing-roots-paris-1924-olympic-sailing-competition/) His great-granddaughter Jeanette Lunde, after an Olympic alpine skiing career in 1994, sailed the 470 class at Sydney 2000, finishing 16th.[2](https://www.sailing.org/2012/02/29/retracing-roots-paris-1924-olympic-sailing-competition/) Olympic medals in three consecutive generations of one family are rare internationally, and in 2013 the Olympic Museum at [Lillehammer](https://www.edgepedia.org/lillehammer) received the Lunde family's medals on loan.[7](https://media.wpd.digital/idrettsveteraner/uploads/2015/11/NIV-NYTT-4-2013.pdf)
## References
1. [Eugen Lunde, Olympedia](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62833)
2. [Retracing Roots – Paris 1924 Olympic Sailing Competition, World Sailing](https://www.sailing.org/2012/02/29/retracing-roots-paris-1924-olympic-sailing-competition/)
3. [Eugen Peder Lunde, Store norske leksikon (Rolf Bryhn)](https://snl.no/Eugen_Peder_Lunde)
4. [Three-Person Keelboat (6 metres), Open – Results, Olympedia](https://olympedia-pro.t5tyuwenpa.eu-west-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/results/9319)
5. [Norway at the 1924 Summer Olympics, Olympedia](https://www.olympedia.org/countries/NOR/editions/8)
6. [Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon, vol. 5 (Lunde, Eugen)](https://runeberg.org/sportlex/5/0110.html)
7. [Eksklusive Lunde-medaljer til OL-museet, NIV-NYTT 4/2013](https://media.wpd.digital/idrettsveteraner/uploads/2015/11/NIV-NYTT-4-2013.pdf)
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