Career
At the 10,000 m, he was in second place, 0.1 seconds behind Irving Jaffee, when the competition was cancelled because the ice had started thawing. Evensen and compatriot Ivar Ballangrud were the only European Olympic speed skating medalists during those games. This can mostly be attributed to the fact that the races were skated in packstyle (having all competitors skate at the same time), a format that most European skaters were not familiar with.
After World World War II, he was a speed skating coach for Oslo Skøiteklub (OSK) before the speed skating revolution in 1962-1963.
To put these personal records in perspective, the last column (Notes) lists the official world records on the dates that Evensen skated his personal records. Evensen has an Adelskalender score of 194.246 points.
His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a fourth place.