The Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee or LOOC was the company responsible for organizing the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , Norway . The company was founded on 15 November 1988, after Lillehammer's successful bid to host the games, and led by Gerhard Heiberg .[1] It was reorganized several times with various subsidiaries, but from 1993 consisted of a single company owned 51% of Lillehammer Municipality , 24.5% by the Government of Norway and 24.5% by the Norwegian Olympic Committee .[2]
Chief executive Henrik Andenæs and vice chief executive Petter Rønningen were both decorated as Knights, First Class of the Order of St. Olav for their efforts in LOOC; Heiberg was decorated as Commander.[3]
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^ LOOC (I): 19
^ LOOC (I): 22
^ "St. Olav til Heiberg, Rønningen og Andenæs" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency . 26 February 1994.
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