Anders Nordberg

Anders Nordberg

Nordberg in 2007
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1978-02-17) 17 February 1978 (age 39) Skien, Norway
Sport
Sport	Orienteering
Medal record Men's orienteering Representing  Norway World Orienteering Championships 2008 Olomouc Long 2010 Trondheim Long 2011 Savoie Relay 2004 Västerås Middle distance 2007 Kiev Long distance Nordic Championships 2005 Long distance 2005 Middle distance 2005 Relay

Anders Nordberg (born 17 February 1978) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He received a bronze medal at the 2004 World Orienteering Championship, and again a bronze medal in 2007. He finished second in the overall World Cup 2007.

Nordberg was born in Skien, a small town of 50,000 people in Telemark county, Norway. An avid sportsmen, he had competed in cross country skiing, track and field athletics and football. He started training in orienteering relatively late, at the age of 14, and had no orienteering competitors in his family. However, already the next year he won a silver medal in the Norwegian youth championship in Hovedløpet.

After finishing school in 1997 he served for a year in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Then he began his studies at Agder University College, first for computer engineer (1998–2001) and then changed to the business administration and economics program (Siviløkonom, 2001 — 2005). In 2005, Nordberg completed his studies and became a professional sportsman, occasionally doing various part-time jobs. Before the 2006 World Orienteering Championship (WOC), he moved from Skien to Oslo. During the preparation, he trained in three high-altitude camps — two in winter in South Africa and one in summer in Italy. However, for the next WOC in 2007 he trained in Norway only. In orienteering, Nordberg specializes in long distance events. He is a football fan and an avid supporter of Norwegian club Odd Grenland and British Liverpool F.C..