Background
Berg-Hansen was born and worked in Oslo as an electrician.
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Asbjorn Berg-Hansen
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Norway"s most successful flyweight boxer, winning eight national championships between 1936 and 1950 (no championships were held during the war) - seven in the flyweigh class, and one in bantam. In 1936 he competed in the flyweight class and lost in the round of 16. Defeated Alfred Russell (United Kingdom) points Lost to Louis Laurie (United States of America) points.
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Membership
He was a member of the first official boxing contest between England and Norway on December 8, 1935 in the Oslo Colosseum. His opponent was Alfred Russell, which he would meet again a year later in the Olympics.
