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The father has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is seeking full acquittal.
Double Olympic gold medallist Jakob Ingebrigtsen insisted he had no motives for lying and admitted he felt embarrassed at being the victim of alleged domestic violence on the final day of his father's criminal trial.
Jakob, 24, gave an emotional statement in which he also said he would carry 'baggage' from the case against his father Gjert, 59 according to the Daily Mail.
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Prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of two-and-a-half years for Gjert, who has pleaded not guilty to the alleged physical and emotional abuse of Jakob and his sister Ingrid, 19.
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Jakob at the start of the trial told the court of his father's 'manipulation' and how he was subject to beatings while he was just a child.
Gjert, who coached Jakob to gold in the 1,500m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, allegedly hit an eight-year-old Jakob on several occasions due to behaviour at school and being late for a race.
Prosecutors allege Gjert Ingebrigtsen struck Jakob Ingebrigtsen numerous times after he received a negative report while still in primary school.
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen delivered an emotional statement on the final day of his father's criminal trial.
The Norwegian track star also described other traumatising incidents during four hours of testimony when the trial began in Sandnes, Norway.
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Jakob also told the court of how his teenage years were particularly tough and that his father, who he called the 'defendant', aimed to disturb his relationship with now-wife Elisabeth Asserson, who he met at 16 years of age, by calling the couple 'terrorists'.
He delivered another powerful statement to the court, with a verdict expected on June 16.
"It is embarrassing to be a victim of domestic violence. I know what I have experienced with the defendant since I was a little boy, and I have had no motives for lying," reigning Olympic 5000m champion said.
"It is embarrassing to be a victim for our family, and it does not fit into the image you have of yourself and your family. We will all carry baggage with us from this trial.
"I feel a great sense of relief now that I no longer have to hide anything. Will this affect me as an athlete? Absolutely. But it has also brought us siblings and my new family closer together. That means more than anything else."
Ingebrigtsen is a two-time winner of the European Athletics European Athlete of the Year award, a one-time winner of the European Athletics Rising Star of the Year award, a four-time nominee of the World Athletics Athlete of the Year award, and a one-time nominee of the Laureus World Sports Breakthrough of the Year award.
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