Karsten Johannessen
Personal information
Date of birth (1925-11-30)30 November 1925
Date of death 16 December 2018(2018-12-16) (aged 93)
Place of death Kristiansand, Norway
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–? Start
Managerial career
1954–1955 Start
1957 Start
1961 Start
1967–1968 Start
1971–1974 Start
1978–1981 Start
1985 Start
1988–1989 Start
1996 Start
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karsten Johannessen (30 November 1925 – 16 December 2018)[1] was a Norwegian footballer and coach for IK Start.

Biography

Playing career

Johannessen played for Start after World War II. In 1945, he got his debut for the club aged 19, only few months after he was released from Grini detention camp.[2]

Coaching career

Karsten Johannessen is historically the most significant coach for the club, having held the position as coach in eighteen seasons, in nine different terms; starting in 1954 and ending in 1996.[3] IK Start has won its two only victories in the Norwegian top division (in 1978 and 1980) under Johannessen's tenure as coach.[4] Start finished third in the league in both 1973 and 1979. In 2011, he was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in silver for his efforts for football in Southern Norway.[5]

Political views

Besides football, Johannessen was also active in local politics. He was a councillor in the Kristiansand city council for the Progress Party in two terms, until he helped found the Democrats party.[6][7]

Honours

Head coach
Start

References

  1. ^ Start-legenden Karsten Johannessen er død, VG (16 December 2018). Retrieved 16 December 2018. (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ Karsten ble hyllet Archived September 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Flygind, Kjetil (13 May 2009). "Karsten gjør trenercomeback for Start". Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Trenercomeback for Karsten (81)". Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency/Vennesla Tidende. 20 April 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  5. ^ Fossen, Magnus Stedje (21 June 2011). "– Jeg er jo egentlig republikaner". Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Sterk liste for Demokratene i Norge i Kristiansand" (in Norwegian). Demokratene i Norge. 12 February 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Karsten fikk Kongens fortjenestemedalje" (in Norwegian). Demokratene i Norge. 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2011.


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