Ole Jacob Bangstad

Ole Jacob Bangstad (1917–2010) was a Norwegian military officer and sports official. During World War II he participated in the Norwegian Campaign in Trøndelag and Northern Norway in 1940, was leader of the first Norwegian parachute company in Great Britain from 1943 to 1945, and leader of railway sabotage operations at the Nordland Line in 1945. He continued his military career after the war, a Major General from 1964 and appointed "generalinspektør for Hæren" from 1971 to 1979.

He was president of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports from 1973 to 1984.