Karl Roll

Karl Nikolai Roll (14 March 1868 – 29 September 1958 On his paternal side, he was a grandson of Jacob Roll and Nicoline Selmer, and a nephew of Oluf Nicolai Roll, Ferdinand Nicolai Roll and Selma Roll. Through his aunt Selma, he was a first cousin of Arthur and Jacob Roll Knagenhjelm. Through Ferdinand he was also a first cousin of Nini Roll Anker.

In 1894, he was employed as a secretary in the Association for the Promotion of Skiing, where he was responsible for their first yearbook in 1895. From 1898, he concentrated on his military career, as he was dispatched to Stockholm. Roll was promoted to captain in 1900, remained in Stockholm until 1904 and was responsible for ski tutoring in the Swedish royal family. When Norway abolished the personal union with Sweden and established its own monarchy in 1905, Roll served as aide-de-camp for Haakon VII of Norway from 1905 to 1907. Roll was also a member of the military winter gear commission, and advanced to major in 1914, lieutenant colonel in 1916 and colonel in 1919.