{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1941)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Harald "Dutte" Berg | image = | fullname = Harald Johan Berg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|11|9|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bodø (town)|Bodø]], [[Reichskommissariat Norwegen]] (today [[Norway]]) | height = | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1958–1964 | clubs1 = [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1965–1970 | clubs2 = [[Lyn Fotball|Lyn]] | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1970–1974 | clubs3 = [[ADO Den Haag|FC Den Haag]] | caps3 = 129 | goals3 = 48 | years4 = 1974–1981 | clubs4 = [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]] | caps4 = | goals4 = | nationalyears1 = 1964–1974 | nationalteam1 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]] | nationalcaps1 = 43 | nationalgoals1 = 12 | manageryears1 = 1983 | managerclubs1 = [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]] }}
'''Harald Johan «Dutte» Berg''' (born 9 November 1941) is a Norwegian former [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]]. Nickname "Dutte",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snl.no/Harald_Berg/norsk_fotballspiller|title = Harald Berg|date = 25 August 2020}}</ref> he is the brother of [[Knut Helmer Berg|Knut Berg]], the father of [[Ørjan Berg]], [[Runar Berg]] and [[Arild Berg]], and grandfather of [[Patrick Berg]] (son of Ørjan) – all of whom have played in the [[Norwegian top division]] and been selected for the [[Norway national football team]].
==Club career== Born in [[Bodø (town)|Bodø]], Berg was a significant player for [[Bodø/Glimt]] in the late 1950s, early 1960s and 1970s, and [[F.C. Lyn Oslo|Lyn]] in the 1960s. Helping Lyn winning the league in 1968 and Bodø/Glimt winning the cup final in 1975. In 1969, Lyn and Berg reached the quarter-finals of the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]], where they lost 4-5 (2-3 and 2-2) on aggregate to the Spanish giants [[F.C. Barcelona]]. Lyn had to play both matches in Spain due to the harsh weather conditions in Norway during winter.
In the early 1970s Berg played at [[ADO Den Haag|FC Den Haag]] in the [[Netherlands]] for three seasons.
Harald Berg returned to his mother club in 1974. Back in his home town Bodø, Berg had a [[Diego Armando Maradona]] role on the pitch. Bergs decisive contribution as a playmaker made Bodø/Glimt a top Norwegian club in the mid-1970s. He played his last Norwegian top flight match in 1980 the year Bodø/Glimt was relegated. Berg played another season for Bodø/Glimt, then retired after the 1981 season, at the age of 40. In 1983, he briefly managed the team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bg.wips.no/wips/1993029694/ |title=Tidligere trenere - Bodø/Glimt - førr evig! |access-date=14 December 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707031922/http://bg.wips.no/wips/1993029694/ |archive-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==International career== He made his debut for [[Norway national football team|Norway]] in 1964 and went on to collect 43 caps, scoring 12 international goals.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/noo-recintlp.html Norway – Record International Players] – RSSSF</ref> His last international match was in 1974.
==Honours== '''Lyn''' * [[Norwegian top division]]: [[1968 1. divisjon|1968]] * [[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[1967 Norwegian Football Cup|1967]], [[1968 Norwegian Football Cup|1968]]
'''Bodø/Glimt''' *Norwegian Cup: [[1975 Norwegian Football Cup|1975]]
'''Individual''' *Norwegian top division [[List of Eliteserien top scorers|top scorer]]: [[1965 1. divisjon|1965]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFF|3352189}}
{{Eliteserien top scorers}} {{FK Bodø/Glimt managers}}
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