Axel Proet Høst

Axel Proet Høst (16 April 1907 – 19 October 1985) was a Norwegian lawyer and sports executive.

Personal life and education Proet Høst was born in Horten on 16 April 1907, to Iens Ludvig Høst and Caroline Proet. He finished his secondary education in 1926 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University as cand.jur. in 1930, and married Øivor Grethe Johansen in 1936.

After the Second World War, most of the boxing equipment in Norway was gone, and one of Proet Høst's first tasks was to order boxing gloves from the United Kingdom and the United States. In 1946 he entered the Norwegian Confederation of Sports board as well as the Norwegian Olympic Committee. He was vice president of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports from 1950 to 1959 and president from 1961 to 1965, when he was succeeded by Johan Chr. Schønheyder. Among others, Proet Høst led the Norwegian delegation to the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was a believer in amateurism in sports, stating that professional boxing "has nothing to do with sport".

He worked as a barrister in his hometown Horten, He returned to Norway via airplane to Stavanger on 10 May 1945.

Awards and recognitions His decorations include the Norwegian King's Medal of Merit in gold, the Defence Medal 1940–1945 with rosette, and the American Legion of Merit.