Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency |
Tor Lian | |
Office: | 2nd Honorary President of European Handball Federation |
President: | Jean Brihault |
Vicepresident: | Arne Elovsson |
Term Start: | 22 June 2012 |
Term End: | 17 June 2016 |
Predecessor: | Staffan Holmqvist |
Successor: | Jean Brihault |
Office2: | 2nd President of European Handball Federation |
Term Start2: | 18 December 2004 |
Term End2: | 22 June 2012 |
Vicepresident2: | Jean Brihault |
Predecessor2: | Staffan Holmqvist |
Successor2: | Jean Brihault |
Office3: | 11th President of Norwegian Handball Federation |
Term Start3: | 1985 |
Term End3: | 1999 |
Predecessor3: | Thorleif Gange |
Successor3: | Karl-Arne Johannessen |
Birth Date: | 13 June 1945 |
Birth Place: | Trondheim (Kingdom of Norway) |
Death Place: | Oslo (Kingdom of Norway) |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Profession: | Sports Administrator |
Tor Lian (13 June 1945 – 14 July 2016) was a Norwegian sports official.
Lian was the president of the Norwegian Handball Federation from 1985 to 1999 and the European Handball Federation from 2004 to 2012. He was the vice president of the Norwegian Olympic Committee from 1990 to 1996 and board member of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports from 1991 to 1996.[1] He became an honorary member of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports in 2010. He died in July 2016.[2] [3]