Haukur Clausen


Haukur Clausen was an Olympian and a dentist.

Family life

Clausen's father was Arreboe Clausen, a merchant and later chauffeur and his mother was Sesselja Þorsteinsdóttir Clausen. Haukur had a twin brother, Örn, and a half-brother, Alfreð Clausen.
On January 6, 1951, Clausen married Margrét Þóra Hallgrímsson, with whom he had Örn Friðrik, but they separated just a year later. He married someone else thereafter, with whom he had Anna Marie and Haukur Arreboe. His last wife was Elín Hrefna Thorarensen, whom he married on 11 March 1967, and by whom he had Ragnheiður Elín and Þórunn Erna Clausen, an actress.

Athletic career

Haukur was an athlete from 1946-51. At the age of 19, he made it to the sixth heat of the men's 100 metres at the 1948 London Summer Olympics. He also competed in the European Championships in Brussels in 1950, with Europe's best time for the 200 metre sprint for 1950, and became Nordic Champion in the 200m sprint in 1947. He held a range of Icelandic records in athletics.

Later career

Haukur graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1948 and from the University of Iceland as a Candidate in Dentistry in 1952. He gained his dentistry license in 1952 and undertook his postgraduate studies at the University of Minnesota 1952-53. Returning to Iceland, be began his own practice, which he ran until July 1994, when he retired.
Haukur was the president of the Félag tannlæknanema in 1951, and involved in the Tannlæknafélag Íslands from 1972, acting in 1973-74 as deputy chair and 1974-76 as chair. He was on the board of the Tannsmíðaskóli 1979-83.

Art

Haukur was keen on painting and held two exhibitions at Kjarvalsstaðir in 1981 and 1987.

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