{{Short description|Norwegian rower (1885–1967)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Leif Rode | image = LeifRode-OB.F06363a.jpg | caption = Rode in the 1930s | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date |1885|1|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Kristiania, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age |1967|11|2|1885|1|27|df=y}} | death_place = | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = competitive rower, jurist, sports official, poet and playwright | years_active = | employer = | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = }}
'''Leif Sundt Rode''' (27 January 1885 – 2 November 1967) was a Norwegian competitive rower, jurist, sports official, poet and playwright.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39128 |title=Leif Rode |work=Olympedia |access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life== Rode was born in Kristiania as the son of physician Emil Ferdinand Rode (1825–1921) and Ragna Louise Drejer Sundt (1857–1909).<ref name=nbl/> He was a maternal grandson of Lauritz Sundt,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Lauritz Sundt|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Else|last=Boye|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Lauritz_Sundt/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=21 January 2012}}</ref> and thus a great-grandnephew of Eilert Sundt<ref name=snl2>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Sundt – slekt fra Egersund|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no//Sundt/slekt_fra_Egersund|language=Norwegian|accessdate=21 January 2012}}</ref> and first cousin once removed of Harald, Halfdan and Vigleik Sundt.
He married Anna Sundt Bøckmann Puntervold Falkenberg, a maternal granddaughter of Tønnes Puntervold, in 1911. He died in Oslo in November 1967.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Leif S Rode |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Magne |last=Bolme |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Leif_S_Rode/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=28 February 2011}}</ref>
==Career== Rode finished his secondary education in 1903, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1908. While a student he joined the sports club Norske Studenters RK.<ref name=nbl/> He became a competitive rower, and competed in coxed fours at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.<ref name=sref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/leif-rode-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191653/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/leif-rode-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Leif Rode |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=28 February 2011 }}</ref> At the end of his active career he served as a sports administrator, as chairman of his club from 1913, and board member of the National rowing federation from 1914. He was president of {{lang|no|Norges Riksforbund for Idræt}} from 1918 to 1919, and of {{lang|no|Norges Landsforbund for Idræt}} from 1925 to 1930.<ref name=nbl/><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Leif S. Rode |first=Jon Gunnar |last=Arntzen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Leif_S._Rode |language=Norwegian | accessdate=28 February 2011 }}</ref> He chaired the Association for the Promotion of Skiing from 1951 to 1953.
He was a barrister at the Eidsivating Court of Appeal from 1933 to 1945. During the German occupation, in his role as a barrister, he appeared at the defence in German courts-martial. He contributed to the civil resistance through the establishment of the "sports front". After the war he took part as defender in the legal purge, and was a barrister at the Supreme Court of Norway from 1945 to 1955.<ref name=nbl/>
Rode published a song book in 1928, the poetry collection ''Men det steg en grotid'' in 1945, and the non-fiction book ''Forsvareren i praksis'' in 1949. His audio play ''Bevisbyrden'' was aired in 1950.<ref name=nbl/>
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{{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box |before=Johan Sverre |title=Chairman of the Norges Riksforbund for Idræt |years=1918–1919 |after=Hjalmar Krag }} {{succession box |before=Hjalmar Krag |title=Chairman of the Norges Landsforbund for Idræt |years=1930–1932 |after=Jørgen Martinius Jensen }} {{succession box |before=Ole Bøhn |title=Chairman of the Association for the Promotion of Skiing |years=1951–1953 |after=Carl Chr. Lange }} {{s-end}}
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