Trygve Smith
The fact that the ski resort of Megève was created by Baroness Noemi de Rothschild is almost written in stone. But who was her Norwegian aide, peer, consultant, who found the site? In dusty tome, we have found the following;
Trygve Smith was born in 1880 in Oslo and died in 1948 in Oslo. In 1902 he wins Sweden’s first organized ski jumping contest in Gothenburg in front of 10,000 spectators. For the historically versed, this is the period of the Swedish Norwegian Union.
In the book “Ski-running” by Ernest Cushing Richardson from 1905 and dedicated to the Ski Club of Great Britain Trygve is mentioned “for many a useful hint and word of advice”.
1909 Trygve jumps 46m in Davos but falls while a Harald Smith (a relative?) sets the world record by 48m. This is all happening in the legendary ski jump Bolgenschanze which today is the name of a hot après-ski place just below the ancient ski jump.
During the Olympics in Stockholm in 1912 a Trygve Smith plays tennis. Might it be the same man?
