National team coaches (1953-2024)

The list gives the national team coaches and their record since the position was first introduced. Prior to 1953 the national team squad was selected by a special selection comittee (Uttakskomité - UK), which was actually responsible for that job until 1969! 
1/8-1953 to 31/12-1955  Willybald Hahn - AUT      26  7  7 12  28- 42  21 (match 192-217)
1/1-1956 to 31/12-1957  Ron Lewin - ENG           17  5  4  8  25- 38  14 (match 218-234)
1/1-1958 to 15/9-1958   Edmund Majewski - AUT      5  3  1  1  10-  8   7 (match 235-239)
16/9-1958 to 31/12-1958 Ragnar Larsen              1  0  0  1   1-  4   0 (match 240)
1/1-1959 to 31/12-1959  Kristian Henriksen        10  3  0  7  15- 29   6 (match 241-250)
1/1-1960 to 15/8-1962   Wilhelm Kment - AUT       20  6  2 12  32- 45  14 (match 251-270)
16/8-1962 to 31/12-1966 Ragnar Larsen             33 11  7 15  47- 74  29 (match 271-303)
1/1-1967 to 31/12-1969  Wilhelm Kment - AUT       25  9  3 13  39- 61  21 (match 304-328)
1/1-1970 to 31/12-1971  Øivind Johannessen        17  4  2 11  18- 43  10 (match 329-345)
1/1-1972 to 8-1974      George Curtis - ENG       17  3  2 12  17- 30   8 (match 346-362)
8-1974 to 31/12-1977    Kjell Schou Andreassen    
                        and Nils Arne Eggen       27  6  4 17  26- 52  16 (match 363-389)
1/1-1978 to 30/6-1987   Tor Røste Fossen          94 28 28 38  96-119  84 (match 390-487*)
1/7-1987 to 30/6-1988   Tord Grip - SWE            7  0  4  3   3-  7   4 (match 488-498*) 
1/7-1988 to 10/10-1990  Ingvar Stadheim           24  5  8 11  32- 37  18 (match 499-522)
11/10-1990 to 30/6-1998 Egil "Drillo" Olsen       88 46 26 16 168- 63 118 (match 523-610)
1/7-1998 to 31/12-2003  Nils Johan Semb           68 29 21 18  89- 61  79 (match 611-678)
1/1-2004 to 8/12-2008   Åge Hareide               58 24 18 16  88- 65  66 (match 679-736)
14/1-2009 to 26/9-2013  Egil "Drillo" Olsen       49 25  8 16  61- 50  58 (match 737-785)
27/9-2013 to 16/11-2016 Per-Mathias Høgmo         35 10  7 18  33- 49  27 (match 786-820)
1/2-2017 to 3/12-2020   Lars Lagerbäck - SWE      35 18  9  8  61- 35  45 (match 821-855)
7/12-2020 to ?          Ståle Solbakken           34 17  8  9  62- 34  42 (match 856-889)

*Responsible for Olympic Games national team:
1/7-1986 to 31/12-1987  Kjell Schou Andreassen
                        and Nils Arne Eggen        8  0  5  3   1-  7   1 (match 479, 481, 483-484, 488, 490, 495-496)
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