Karl Frogner
Full Name: Karl Frogner
Date of birth: 1964
Birth Place: Northern Norway
Current City of Residence: Oslo, the Capitol of Norway
Occupation: Telecom Engineer
How I Started playing Backgammon: By coincidence in the Norwegian Championship 2000 winning the Last Chance in the Intermediate Class
Backgammon Nickname: karlfro
Number of years playing Backgammon live: October 2007, 7 years
Favorite Tournament Venue: Nordic Open and the Norwegian Championship
Titles won:
– Spring 2006 the Oslo League
– Spring 2005 the Oslo League
– 2005 Team Event in Oslo Open International Tournament
– 2004 Doubles Consultation in the Norwegian Championship
– 2004 Oslo City Championship
– 2001 Nordic Open, Intermediate Last Chance
– 2000 the Norwegian Championship, Intermediate Last Chance
Other important finishes:
– Autumn 2006 the Oslo League, Second Place
– 2006 Bodö City Championship, Finalist
– 2006 Team Event in the Norwegian Championship, Second Place
– 2006 Team Event in Oslo Open International Tournament, Second Place
– 2005 Autumn the Oslo League, Third Place
– 2004 Autumn the Oslo League, Second Place
– 2004 the Norwegian Championship, Consolation, Finalist
– 2003 the Norwegian Championship, Consolation, Finalist
– Spring 2002 Oslo Backgammon series for team, Second Place
– 2002 Nordic Open, Intermediate Consolation, Finalist
– 2000 the Arctic Open Challenge, Consolation, Finalist
Favorite Backgammon books:
– Backgammon Boot Camp by Walter Trice
– How to play tournament backgammon by Kit Woolsey
Favorite Music: The Beatles
Favorite Films: The Road to Istanbul, Liverpool’s Champions League Triumph in 2005
Favorite Food: Chinese Beef Chop Suey
Other Interests & Hobbies: English football, yatzi and reading books
Person I’d like most to meet: Kevin Keegan together with my Norwegian Backgammon friend, “Swelle”
If I could change anything in the world, I would… make the countries talk with each other not about each other
If I could change anything in the Backgammon world…I would start a Backgammon series for nation’s teams