# Reidar Kvammen

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Norwegian footballer (1914–1998)

Reidar Kvammen Personal information Full name Reidar Kvammen[1] Date of birth (1914-07-23)23 July 1914 Place of birth Stavanger, Norway Date of death 27 October 1998(1998-10-27) (aged 84) Place of death Stavanger, Norway Position Striker Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1931–1952 Viking International career 1933–1949 Norway 51 (17) Managerial career 1953 Molde 1957 Bryne 1960–1963 Bryne 1964 Viking 1966 Bryne * Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olympic medal record Men's Football 1936 Berlin Team

 Reidar Kvammen (third from left, back row), 1936

**Reidar Kvammen** (23 July 1914 – 27 October 1998) was a Norwegian [footballer](/source/Football_(soccer)). Kvammen was an inside-forward who played his entire career for [Viking](/source/Viking_F.K.), and is regarded as one of Norway's greatest footballers of all time. Kvammen was the first Norwegian footballer to reach 50 caps. Overall, he played 51 internationals and scored 17 goals for [Norway](/source/Norway_national_football_team).[2]

Kvammen was a prominent member of the Norwegian bronze medal-winning team in the [1936 Olympics](/source/1936_Summer_Olympics),[3] and also played in the [World Cup](/source/1938_FIFA_World_Cup) two years later. At club level, he scored 202 goals,[4] which to this date is still a [Viking](/source/Viking_F.K.) club record.[5]

After his career as player, Kvammen had spells as coach at [Molde](/source/Molde_FK),[6] [Bryne](/source/Bryne_FK) and [Viking](/source/Viking_FK).

## Personal life

Kvammen was born in [Stavanger](/source/Stavanger), the son of shoemaker Rasmus Andreas Kvammen and Janna Kvammen, and worked as a police officer. He married Anna Martea Steen in 1942.[7] During the [German occupation of Norway](/source/German_occupation_of_Norway) Kvammen was sent to a concentration camp in German-occupied Poland: he had refused to participate in the Nazification of the police. He was first imprisoned in August 1943 and held in prison in Stavanger, then in [Grini concentration camp](/source/Grini_concentration_camp) from August to December 1943, then in [Stutthof concentration camp](/source/Stutthof_concentration_camp) until the end of the war.[8] Captivity was a physical strain on Kvammen, and he had to go to Sweden for rehabilitation after the war.

His autobiography, *50 ganger på Norges landslag*, was issued in 1949.[7]

## References

### Footnotes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Reidar Kvammen"](https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=2605348) (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Norway - Record International Players"](https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/noo-recintlp.html). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130504194906/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/noo-recintlp.html) from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Reidar Kvammen"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26836). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Kvammen, Reidar - Viking Fotball"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110109043314/http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/spillerarkiv.aspx?docid=11281). Archived from [the original](http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/spillerarkiv.aspx?docid=11281) on 9 January 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Jensen 2016: p. 140

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Trenere - MFK-historie"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110629143630/http://www.moldefk.no/historikk/?m=i&p=trenere). Archived from [the original](http://www.moldefk.no/historikk/?m=i&p=trenere) on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nbl_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nbl_7-1) [Jorsett, Per](/source/Per_Jorsett). ["Reidar Kvammen"](http://nbl.snl.no/Reidar_Kvammen/utdypning). In [Helle, Knut](/source/Knut_Helle) (ed.). *[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)* (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Ottosen, Kristian](/source/Kristian_Ottosen), ed. (2004). *Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945* (in Norwegian) (2nd ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 422. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [82-15-00288-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/82-15-00288-9).

### Bibliography

- Jensen, Øyvind Steen (2016). *Bronselaget. Historien om Norges største fotballhelter* (in Norwegian). Oslo: Forlaget Historie & Kultur.

## External links

- [Reidar Kvammen at databaseOlympics.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20070213150148/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KVAMMREI01)

v t e Norway squad – 1936 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists GK Gundersen GK Johansen DF Eriksen DF Holmsen DF Horn MF Henriksen MF Holmberg MF Juve (c) MF Ulleberg FW Brustad FW Frantzen FW Hansen FW Ileby FW Isaksen FW Kvammen FW Martinsen FW Monsen Coach: Halvorsen

v t e Norway squad – 1938 FIFA World Cup GK Johansen GK Kihle GK Nordby DF Amundsen DF Andersen DF Eriksen (c) DF Holmsen DF Johannessen DF Juve MF Andreassen MF Hansen MF Henriksen MF Holmberg MF Ulleberg FW Andresen FW Brustad FW Brynildsen FW Frantzen FW Ileby FW Isaksen FW Kvammen FW Martinsen Coach: Halvorsen

v t e Molde FK – managers Glerup (1914) Plejel (1919) Simensen (1929) Goberg (1930) Fosseide (1937) Smith (1938) Michelsen (1944–45) Tømmerbakk (1948–49) Silset (1950–52) Kvammen (1953) Silset (1954) Karlberg (1955) Legernes (1956–57) Pohl (1958) Talsethagen (1959–61) Møller (1962) Talsethagen (1963–68) H. Hestad & T. Brakstad (1969) T. Brakstadp (1970–72) H. Hestadp & T. Brakstadp (1972) Fuglsetp (1973) Hooley (1974) T. Brakstadp & Fuglsetp & H. Hestadp (1974) Johnsen (1975) T. Brakstadp (1976) Roald (1977) Ruijgrok (1977) Roald (1978) Ruijgrok (1978) Fuglset (1979) Ruijgrok (1979) T. Brakstad (1980–81) Fuglsetp (1982–84) Hooley (1984) Backe (1985) H. Hestad & Hareide (1986) T. Brakstad (1986) H. Hestad & Hareide (1987–89) Hareide (1990–91) Møllerp c (1991) Fuglset & Møllerp (1992–93) Hareide (1994–97) E. Brakstad (1998–2000) Bengtsson (2001–03) Berg (2003) Vågnes (2004–05) Johansson (2005) Stavrum (2006) Jonevret (2007–10) Rösler (2010) Solskjær (2011–14) Skullerud (2014–15) Moec (2015) Solskjær (2015–18) Moe (2019–24) Strande & Mælandc (2024–25) Høgmo (2025) Hosethc (2025) Falkc (2025–26) Tjelmeland (2026–) (p) = player-manager; (c) = caretaker

v t e Viking FK – managers R. Andersen (1946) S. Jensen (1947–49) Gutkas (1950) Stensland (1951–52) Monsen (1953–54) Danielsen (1955) Monsen (1956–57) Danielsen & Opsahl (1958–59) S. Andersen & Opsahl (1960) Jespersen (1961) Monsen (1962–63) Kvammen (1964) Monsen (1965) S. Andersen & Ellingsen (1966) S. Andersen (1967–70) Schou-Andreassen (1971–72) S. Andersen (1973) Williams (1974) Nilsen (1975) Knutsen (1976) Kvia & Johannessen (1977) Knapp (1978–81) Schou-Andreassen (1982) Morisbak (1983) Blunt (1984) Kvia (1984) Foulkes (1985) S. Andersen (1985) Kvia (1986–87) Schou-Andreassen (1987) Lennartsson (1988–91) Økland (1992) Berntsen (1992–95) Andreasen (1996–99) Lennartsson (2000–02) Olsen (2003–04) Berntsen (2004) Hodgson (2004–05) Prahl (2006) Nordlie (2006) Rösler (2007–09) Hareide (2010–12) Jonevret (2012–16) Burchnall (2017) Aarsheim (2017) Berntsen (2018–20) Aarsheim & M. Jensen (2021–)

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