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Norwegian handball coach and sports administrator

Frode Kyvåg
Born (1945-09-08) 8 September 1945 (age 79)
NationalityNorwegian
Occupation(s)Handball coach and sports official
Known forHead coach of the Norway women's national handball team 1974–1978

Secretary-general for Norway Cup from 1975

Spouse Monica Løken ​(m. 1995)​

Frode Kyvåg (born 8 September 1945) is a Norwegian team handball coach and sports administrator.

Career

Kyvåg was head coach for the Norway women's national handball team from 1974 to 1978. He coached the women's team of Bækkelagets SK from 1983 to 1988 and from 1991 to 2000, when the team had great success internationally, winning the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup in 1998 and 1999. He has also been a handball coach for the clubs Nordstrand IF, Gjerpen IF and Fjellhammer IL.

He has been secretary-general for the international youth football tournament Norway Cup from 1975. He is also a former speed skater and competed for Nordstrand IF in the seasons 1958/59–1964/65.

In the 2015 Norwegian local elections he was elected as a member of Oslo city council.

Personal life

Kyvåg was born on 8 September 1945. He married Monica Løken in 1995.

References

  1. ^ Bryhn, Rolf (2007). "Frode Kyvåg". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  2. Bryhn, Rolf (2007). "Bækkelagets Sportsklubb". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  3. "Norway Cup Administration". Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  4. *Eng, Trond; Gjerde, Arild; Teigen, Magne and Teigen, Thorleiv. Norsk Skøytestatistikk Gjennom Tidene, Menn/Kvinner, 2004 (7. utgave). Askim/Skedsmokorset/Veggli/Hokksund, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2004.
  5. Finsveen, Jesper Nordahl (16 September 2015). "Lippestad og Stoltenberg inn i Oslo bystyre for Ap". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  6. "Monica og Frode Kyvåg: Trener'n og talentet". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). 15 March 2003. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

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