List of Norway international footballers

The Norway national football team represents Norway in international association football. It is administered by The Football Association of Norway, NFF, the governing body of football in Norway. The team competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which oversees football in Europe. Norway made its debut on 12 July 1908, competing for the first time in a match against Sweden, which resulted in a 3–11 loss.

John Arne Riise is Norway's most capped player with 110 caps from 2000 to 2013.

For the current national team squad, see Norway national football team § Players.

For female Norway international footballers, see List of Norway women's international footballers.

Norway have competed in numerous competitions, and below is a list of all players who have played 25 or more matches, whether as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute. Each player's details include his usual playing position while with the team, the number of caps earned, goals scored in all international matches, and details of the first and most recent matches played in. The names are initially ordered by number of caps (in descending order), then by date of debut, and finally by alphabetical order. All statistics are correct up to 20 June 2023.

Key

Positions key

Pre-1960s		1960s–
GK	Goalkeeper
FB	Full back	DF	Defender
HB	Half back	MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

Player

  This colour background and the * symbol indicate that the player was active at club level as at the date specified above.^[1]

Position

Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.

Caps and goals

Caps and goals comprise those in the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, their associated qualification matches and international friendly tournaments and matches.

Players

Norway national team football players with at least 25 caps

No.	Player	Pos.	Caps	Goals	Debut		Last or most recent match		Ref.
					Date	Opponent	Date	Opponent
1	John Arne Riise	DF / MF	110	16	31 January 2000	Iceland	22 March 2013	Albania	[2]
2	Thorbjørn Svenssen	DF	104	0	11 June 1947	Poland	16 May 1962	Netherlands	[3]
3	Henning Berg	DF	100	9	13 May 1992	Faroe Islands	27 May 2004	Wales	[4]
4	Erik Thorstvedt	GK	97	0	13 November 1982	Kuwait	27 March 1996	Northern Ireland	[5]
5	John Carew	FW	91	24	18 November 1998	Egypt	11 October 2011	Cyprus	[6]
=	Brede Hangeland	DF	91	4	20 November 2002	Austria	27 May 2014	France	[7]
7	Øyvind Leonhardsen	MF	86	19	31 October 1990	Cameroon	7 June 2003	Denmark	[8]
8	Kjetil Rekdal	MF	83	17	28 May 1987	Italy	27 May 2000	Slovakia	[9]
=	Morten Gamst Pedersen	MF	83	17	18 February 2004	Northern Ireland	9 September 2014	Italy	[10]
10	Steffen Iversen	FW	79	21	14 October 1998	Albania	26 March 2011	Denmark	[11]
11	Erik Mykland	MF	78	2	7 November 1990	Tunisia	11 October 2000	Ukraine	[12]
12	Svein Grøndalen	DF	77	0	25 July 1973	North Korea	26 September 1984	Denmark	[13]
13	Tore André Flo	FW	76	23	11 October 1995	England	18 August 2004	Belgium	[14]
14	Stig Inge Bjørnebye	DF	75	1	31 May 1989	Austria	7 October 2000	Wales	[15]
15	Rune Jarstein *	GK	72	0	22 August 2007	Argentina	30 March 2021	Montenegro	[16]
16	Jan Åge Fjørtoft	FW	71	20	26 February 1986	Grenada	1 September 1996	Georgia	[17]
17	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	FW	67	23	26 November 1995	Jamaica	7 February 2007	Croatia	[18]
18	Terje Kojedal	DF	66	1	12 August 1981	Nigeria	15 November 1989	Scotland	[19]
19	Jahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen	MF	65	11	9 August 1988	Bulgaria	16 June 1998	Scotland	[20]
20	Gunnar Thoresen	FW	64	22	16 June 1946	Denmark	28 June 1959	Finland	[21]
=	Gunnar Halle	DF	64	5	14 November 1987	Bulgaria	18 August 1999	Lithuania	[22]
22	André Bergdølmo	DF	63	0	18 January 1997	South Korea	12 November 2005	Czech Republic	[23]
23	Olav Nilsen	MF	62	19	21 June 1962	Sweden	8 August 1971	Sweden	[24]
=	Ronny Johnsen	DF	62	3	8 August 1991	Sweden	22 August 2007	Argentina	[25]
=	Joshua King *	FW	62	20	7 September 2012	Iceland	9 June 2022	Slovenia	[26]
26	Roar Johansen	DF	61	0	28 May 1958	Netherlands	24 September 1967	Denmark	[27]
27	Rune Bratseth	DF	60	4	26 February 1986	Grenada	28 June 1994	Republic of Ireland	[28]
=	Tarik Elyounoussi *	FW	60	10	28 May 2008	Uruguay	18 November 2019	Malta	[29]
29	Harry Boye Karlsen	FB / HB	58	4	16 June 1946	Denmark	28 June 1956	Romania	[30]
=	Ståle Solbakken	MF	58	9	9 March 1994	Wales	21 June 2000	Slovenia	[31]
=	Markus Henriksen *	MF	58	3	12 October 2010	Croatia	14 October 2020	Northern Ireland	[32]
32	Thomas Myhre	GK	56	0	22 April 1998	Denmark	28 March 2007	Turkey	[33]
33	Gøran Sørloth	FW	55	15	22 May 1985	Sweden	28 June 1994	Republic of Ireland	[34]
=	Stefan Johansen *	MF	55	6	14 August 2013	Sweden	8 October 2020	Serbia	[35]
35	Arne Bakker	DF	54	0	19 May 1953	England	11 June 1962	Denmark	[36]
=	Arne Larsen Økland	FW	54	13	29 March 1978	Spain	28 May 1987	Italy	[37]
=	Per Egil Ahlsen	DF / MF	54	3	26 October 1983	Finland	4 February 1992	Bermuda	[38]
=	Christian Grindheim	MF	54	2	17 August 2005	Switzerland	27 August 2014	United Arab Emirates	[39]
39	Jostein Flo	FW	53	11	6 May 1987	Turkey	4 February 2000	Sweden	[40]
40	Asbjørn Hansen	GK	52	0	25 June 1952	Yugoslavia	5 November 1961	Malta	[41]
=	Tor Egil Johansen	MF	52	7	26 May 1971	Iceland	4 June 1980	Denmark	[42]
=	Vidar Riseth	DF / MF	52	4	8 October 1997	Colombia	21 November 2007	Malta	[43]
=	Daniel Braaten	MF	52	4	25 January 2004	Honduras	27 May 2014	France	[44]
=	Håvard Nordtveit *	DF / MF	52	2	7 June 2011	Lithuania	12 October 2019	Spain	[45]
=	Mohamed Elyounoussi *	MF	52	9	18 January 2014	Poland	17 June 2023	Scotland	[46]
46	Reidar Kvammen	FW	51	17	5 November 1933	Germany	19 June 1949	Spain	[47]
=	Martin Ødegaard *	MF	51	2	27 August 2014	United Arab Emirates	20 June 2023	Cyprus	[48]
48	Åge Hareide	DF / MF	50	5	24 June 1976	Denmark	4 June 1986	Romania	[49]
=	Hallvar Thoresen	MF	50	9	21 May 1978	Republic of Ireland	12 August 1987	Sweden	[50]
=	Frode Grodås	GK	50	0	30 October 1991	Hungary	7 September 2002	Denmark	[51]
51	Lars Bohinen	MF	49	10	25 October 1989	Kuwait	27 March 1999	Greece	[52]
=	Tom Høgli	DF	49	2	20 August 2008	Republic of Ireland	12 November 2015	Hungary	[53]
=	Omar Elabdellaoui *	DF	49	0	14 August 2013	Sweden	14 October 2020	Northern Ireland	[54]
=	Alexander Sørloth *	FW	49	16	29 May 2016	Portugal	20 June 2023	Cyprus	[55]
55	Henry "Tippen" Johansen	GK	48	0	10 October 1926	Poland	9 November 1938	England	[56]
=	Finn Thorsen	DF	48	0	16 September 1962	Sweden	8 August 1971	Sweden	[57]
57	Nils Eriksen	FB	47	0	6 September 1931	Finland	22 October 1939	Denmark	[58]
=	Tom Lund	FW	47	12	26 May 1971	Iceland	27 October 1982	Bulgaria	[59]
59	Gunnar Andersen	HB	46	0	17 September 1911	Sweden	14 September 1924	Denmark	[60]
=	Vidar Davidsen	MF	46	5	9 August 1979	Finland	29 October 1986	Soviet Union	[61]
=	Petter Rudi	MF	46	3	26 November 1995	Jamaica	1 March 2006	Senegal	[62]
=	Ørjan Nyland *	GK	46	0	19 November 2013	Scotland	20 June 2023	Cyprus	[63]
63	Jørgen Juve	FW	45	33	3 June 1928	Finland	13 June 1937	Denmark	[64]
=	Odd Iversen	FW	45	19	1 June 1967	Finland	12 September 1979	Belgium	[65]
=	Tore Pedersen	DF	45	0	12 September 1990	Soviet Union	5 June 1999	Albania	[66]
66	Harald Hennum	FW	43	25	2 October 1949	Sweden	6 November 1960	Republic of Ireland	[67]
=	Harald Berg	MF	43	12	1 July 1964	Switzerland	6 June 1974	Scotland	[68]
=	Trygve Bornø	MF	43	0	18 September 1966	Sweden	1 November 1972	Netherlands	[69]
=	Martin Andresen	MF	43	3	15 August 2001	Turkey	1 April 2009	Finland	[70]
=	Per Ciljan Skjelbred *	MF	43	1	28 March 2007	Turkey	11 November 2016	Czech Republic	[71]
71	Sigbjørn Slinning	DF	42	1	3 July 1969	Bermuda	19 May 1976	Iceland	[72]
=	Pål Jacobsen	FW	42	13	15 May 1975	Finland	30 April 1986	Argentina	[73]
=	Roar Strand	MF	42	4	5 June 1994	Sweden	15 November 2003	Spain	[74]
74	Per Skou	FB	41	1	17 September 1911	Sweden	16 September 1923	Sweden	[75]
=	Arne Legernes	MF	41	1	8 May 1955	Hungary	5 November 1961	Malta	[76]
=	Sverre Andersen	GK	41	0	26 August 1956	Finland	9 June 1968	Poland	[77]
=	Trond Pedersen	DF	41	0	9 June 1975	Yugoslavia	31 October 1981	Hungary	[78]
78	Arne Pedersen	MF / FW	40	11	10 November 1957	Hungary	19 November 1966	West Germany	[79]
=	Christer Basma	DF	40	0	29 November 1995	Trinidad and Tobago	25 January 2005	Bahrain	[80]
=	Claus Lundekvam	DF	40	2	26 November 1995	Jamaica	7 September 2005	Scotland	[81]
=	Jan Gunnar Solli	MF	40	1	20 August 2003	Scotland	3 September 2010	Iceland	[82]
82	Harald Sunde	MF	39	5	20 August 1964	Finland	3 November 1973	Luxembourg	[83]
=	Erik Solér	MF	39	4	22 September 1982	Wales	28 July 1988	Brazil	[84]
=	Tom Sundby	MF	39	6	15 June 1983	Finland	14 September 1988	Scotland	[85]
=	Ruben Yttergård Jenssen *	MF	39	0	29 May 2010	Montenegro	4 September 2016	Germany	[86]
86	Erik Johansen	FW	38	9	1 July 1961	Soviet Union	13 May 1970	Czechoslovakia	[87]
=	Svein Kvia	MF	38	3	3 July 1969	Bermuda	22 September 1976	Sweden	[88]
=	Anders Giske	DF	38	0	14 November 1979	West Germany	14 June 1989	Yugoslavia	[89]
=	Bent Skammelsrud	MF	38	6	14 November 1987	Bulgaria	2 September 2000	Armenia	[90]
=	Trond Andersen	MF	38	0	20 May 1999	Jamaica	20 April 2005	Estonia	[91]
=	Sigurd Rushfeldt	FW	38	7	5 June 1994	Sweden	21 November 2007	Malta	[92]
=	Thorstein Helstad	FW	38	10	16 August 2000	Finland	17 November 2010	Republic of Ireland	[93]
93	Alexander Olsen	HB	37	1	31 August 1919	Netherlands	25 September 1932	Denmark	[94]
=	Bjørn Spydevold	FB / HB	37	1	26 August 1945	Denmark	19 May 1953	England	[95]
=	Kjetil Osvold	MF	37	3	17 December 1984	Egypt	23 August 1989	Greece	[96]
=	Birger Meling *	DF	37	0	5 October 2017	San Marino	20 June 2023	Cyprus	[97]
97	Øivind Holmsen	FB	36	0	8 June 1934	Austria	21 October 1945	Sweden	[98]
=	Karl Petter Løken	FW	36	1	14 November 1987	Bulgaria	15 November 1995	Netherlands	[99]
=	Erik Huseklepp	FW	36	7	19 November 2008	Ukraine	18 January 2014	Poland	[100]
=	Mats Møller Dæhli *	MF	36	2	15 November 2013	Denmark	17 June 2023	Scotland	[101]
=	Sander Berge *	MF	36	1	26 March 2017	Northern Ireland	20 June 2023	Cyprus	[102]
102	Bjørn Borgen	MF	35	6	12 June 1957	Hungary	13 November 1966	Bulgaria	[103]
=	Per Pettersen	DF / MF	35	1	5 November 1967	Sweden	3 November 1973	Luxembourg	[104]
=	Helge Karlsen	DF	35	0	21 June 1973	Denmark	7 June 1979	Scotland	[105]
=	Einar Aas	DF	35	3	30 June 1977	Iceland	29 October 1986	Soviet Union	[106]
=	Sverre Brandhaug	MF	35	2	3 June 1981	Romania	1 May 1991	Cyprus	[107]
=	Frode Johnsen	FW	35	10	16 August 2000	Finland	15 August 2013	Iceland	[108]
=	Bjørn Helge Riise	MF	35	1	15 November 2006	Serbia	12 January 2013	Zambia	[109]
=	Espen Ruud *	DF	35	1	14 November 2009	Switzerland	18 January 2014	Poland	[110]
110	Thorleif Olsen	HB	34	0	26 November 1950	Republic of Ireland	11 September 1955	Denmark	[111]
=	Kjell Kaspersen	GK	34	1	27 June 1961	Finland	9 June 1971	Bulgaria	[112]
=	Kai Erik Herlovsen	DF / MF	34	0	28 April 1982	Finland	2 November 1988	Cyprus	[113]
=	Alfie Haaland	DF	34	0	19 January 1994	Costa Rica	25 April 2001	Bulgaria	[114]
=	Alexander Tettey	MF	34	3	22 August 2007	Argentina	11 November 2016	Czech Republic	[115]
115	Einar Gundersen	FW	33	26	17 June 1917	Denmark	7 June 1928	Sweden	[116]
=	Arne Brustad	HB / FW	33	17	31 May 1935	Hungary	16 June 1946	Denmark	[117]
=	Jan Birkelund	DF	33	0	6 June 1973	Republic of Ireland	25 October 1978	Scotland	[118]
=	Bjarne Berntsen	DF	33	0	9 August 1978	Finland	27 October 1982	Bulgaria	[119]
=	Svein Fjælberg	MF	33	0	26 September 1979	West Germany	24 September 1986	East Germany	[120]
=	Mohammed Abdellaoue	FW	33	7	20 August 2008	Republic of Ireland	28 March 2015	Croatia	[121]
=	Vegard Forren *	DF	33	1	18 January 2012	Thailand	11 November 2016	Czech Republic	[122]
=	Stefan Strandberg *	DF	33	1	19 November 2013	Scotland	20 June 2023	Cyprus	[123]
123	Finn Berstad	FW	32	13	25 May 1921	Finland	3 September 1933	Finland	[124]
=	Geir Karlsen	GK	32	0	13 November 1969	Guatemala	30 October 1977	Switzerland	[125][126]
=	Roger Nilsen	DF	32	3	31 October 1990	Cameroon	4 February 2000	Sweden	[127]
=	Kjetil Wæhler	DF	32	1	17 August 2005	Switzerland	11 June 2013	Macedonia	[128]
=	Alexander Søderlund *	FW	32	2	15 January 2012	Denmark	14 November 2017	Slovakia	[129]
=	Ole Selnæs *	MF	32	2	24 March 2016	Estonia	15 November 2019	Faroe Islands	[130]
129	Roald "Kniksen" Jensen	MF	31	5	22 June 1960	Austria	27 October 1971	Hungary	[131]
=	Harry Hestad	MF	31	5	8 May 1969	Mexico	24 June 1976	Denmark	[132]
=	Per Edmund Mordt	DF	31	1	31 July 1984	France	23 August 1989	Greece	[133]
=	Tore Reginiussen	DF	31	4	26 March 2008	Montenegro	8 October 2020	Serbia	[134]
=	Haitam Aleesami *	DF	31	0	10 October 2015	Malta	8 October 2020	Serbia	[135]
134	Erik Hoftun	DF	30	0	25 January 1997	Australia	17 April 2002	Sweden	[136]
135	Nils Arne Eggen	DF	29	0	14 August 1963	Sweden	13 November 1969	Guatemala	[137]
=	Arild Mathisen	DF	29	0	31 October 1965	Sweden	22 June 1971	West Germany	[138]
=	Tore Kordahl	DF	29	0	23 May 1974	East Germany	23 September 1981	Denmark	[139]
=	Even Hovland *	DF	29	0	15 January 2012	Sweden	7 September 2020	Northern Ireland	[140]
=	Martin Linnes *	DF / MF	29	1	15 November 2013	Denmark	30 March 2021	Montenegro	[141]
140	Otto Aulie	FB	28	0	26 October 1913	Sweden	2 October 1921	Denmark	[142]
=	Kristian Henriksen	HB	28	0	2 September 1934	Finland	15 September 1946	Sweden	[143]
=	Edgar Falch	FB	28	0	4 July 1954	Iceland	18 October 1959	Sweden	[144]
=	Thor Spydevold	DF	28	1	18 July 1968	Iceland	1 November 1972	Netherlands	[145]
=	Stein Thunberg	MF	28	4	6 June 1974	Scotland	29 August 1979	Austria	[146]
=	Erik Hagen	DF	28	3	9 October 2004	Scotland	21 November 2007	Malta	[147]
=	Kristofer Hæstad	MF	28	1	24 May 2005	Costa Rica	17 November 2010	Republic of Ireland	[148]
147	Erik Holmberg	FB	27	0	8 July 1946	Denmark	22 November 1953	West Germany	[149]
=	Gunnar Dybwad	FW	27	11	15 May 1951	England	22 June 1960	Austria	[150]
=	Thor Hernes	HB	27	0	24 June 1953	Saar	26 August 1956	Finland	[151]
=	Trygve Andersen	MF	27	1	8 July 1957	Iceland	27 May 1965	Luxembourg	[152]
=	Jørn Andersen	FW	27	5	17 April 1985	East Germany	10 October 1990	Hungary	[153]
=	Eirik Bakke	MF	27	0	20 January 1999	Israel	26 March 2008	Montenegro	[154]
=	Kristoffer Ajer *	DF	27	0	23 March 2018	Australia	27 September 2022	Serbia	[155]
154	Adolph Wold	HB	26	3	3 November 1912	Sweden	21 September 1919	Denmark	[156]
=	Rolf Holmberg	HB	26	0	26 July 1936	Sweden	3 September 1939	Finland	[157]
=	Arne Natland	DF / MF	26	0	19 June 1949	Yugoslavia	6 November 1960	Republic of Ireland	[158]
=	Kjell Kristiansen	FW	26	10	31 August 1952	Finland	13 September 1959	Denmark	[159]
=	Edgar Stakset	DF	26	0	28 August 1960	Finland	1 June 1967	Finland	[160]
=	Tom Rüsz Jacobsen	GK	26	0	24 September 1975	Soviet Union	12 October 1983	Yugoslavia	[161]
=	Frode Olsen	GK	26	0	6 February 1995	Estonia	19 November 2003	Spain	[162]
=	Håvard Flo	FW	26	7	9 October 1996	Hungary	18 February 2004	Northern Ireland	[163]
162	Thaulow Goberg	FB	25	0	16 September 1923	Sweden	27 September 1931	Sweden	[164]
=	Jacob Berner	HB	25	0	30 September 1923	Denmark	2 November 1930	Germany	[165]
=	Arne Børresen	HB	25	1	23 September 1928	Germany	5 September 1937	Finland	[166]
=	Alf Martinsen	FW	25	10	26 July 1936	Sweden	28 July 1946	Luxembourg	[167]
=	Odd Wang Sørensen	FW	25	17	24 July 1947	Iceland	25 May 1955	Republic of Ireland	[168]
=	Per Kristoffersen	FW	25	6	12 June 1957	Hungary	19 November 1966	West Germany	[169]
=	Svein Mathisen	MF / FW	25	2	7 July 1975	Iceland	26 September 1984	Denmark	[170]
=	Roger Albertsen	MF	25	3	8 September 1976	Switzerland	12 September 1984	Switzerland	[171]
=	Ola By Rise	GK	25	0	20 December 1984	Egypt	22 May 1994	England	[172]
=	Dan Eggen	DF	25	2	11 August 1993	Faroe Islands	25 April 2001	Bulgaria	[173]
=	Jon Inge Høiland	DF	25	1	22 January 2004	Sweden	29 May 2010	Montenegro	[174]
=	Erling Haaland *	FW	25	24	5 September 2019	Malta	20 June 2023	Cyprus	[175]

See also

• List of Norway international footballers (10–24 caps)
• List of Norway international footballers (2–9 caps)
• List of Norway international footballers with one cap