Personal Life
Hetland's parents are farmers in Helleland in Eigersund municipality in southwestern Norway.
In August 2004 he married Guri Knotten, his partner of ten years.
He is the only athlete from the county of Rogaland who have won a Winter Olympic Gold Medal.
He speaks Norwegian, English, and German, and enjoys telemark skiing, golf, rock climbing, hiking, football, watching television, and is a certified scuba diver.
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