Background
Egeberg was born in Moss as the son of merchant Peder Cappelen Egeberg and Hanna Wilhelmine Scheel. He was a brother of Einar Westye Egeberg, Senior and a grandson of Westye Egeberg.
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Egeberg was born in Moss as the son of merchant Peder Cappelen Egeberg and Hanna Wilhelmine Scheel. He was a brother of Einar Westye Egeberg, Senior and a grandson of Westye Egeberg.
Egeberg was a Naval Officer from 1863, and served in the British Royal Navy from 1865. He was First Lieutenant à la suite from 1874, and discharged in 1875. He was an associate from 1879.
He served as Cabinet Chamberlain (Swedish: kabinettskammarherre) for Oscar II of Sweden from 1887 to 1905.
Upon his 75th birthday in 1917, Egeberg donated NOK 10,000 to the sports association Norges Riksforbund for Idræt. The donation was basis for the sports prize Kabinetskammerherre Egebergs ærespris for alsidig idrett.
According to the original statutes approved in 1920, the fund"s interests should be used for a stauette given to a sportsperson who, during the last two years, had excelled in one sport and also showed eminent performances in another, completely different sport. The first prize was awarded for 1918.
The statutes have changed slightly over the years.
Today the prize is awarded by the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports, and given to Norwegian sports people who have excelled nationally in at least two sports, and excelled internationally in at least one of these.
He is remembered for having founded the sports prize, which was regarded as the highest achievement in Norwegian sport. Egeberg was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav in 1891. He was a Commander, First Class of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog, Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Officer of the French Légion d"honneur, Commander of the Spanish Order of Charles III, Commander, First Class of the Spanish Order of Isabella the Catholic and the Swedish Order of the Polar Star, and recipient of King Oscar II"s Anniversary Meda Egeberg also funded a design competition for the trophy, won by sculptor Magnus Vigrestad. The statuette became regarded as the highest achievement in Norwegian sport at the time.
