Trygve Johannessen

Who is Trygve Johannessen?

Trygve Johannessen is a former Norwegian footballer. He is best known for his time at Viking, with whom he won four league titles and one cup between 1974-1982. He scored a total of 181 goals in 312 games for Viking.

Johannessen had many youth caps when he moved from Florvåg to Viking in the summer of 1974. Viking paid somewhat less than NOK 40,000 for the player, at a time when money was seen as taboo in Norwegian football. Johannessen played well to hold his place in the team, and was for many years Viking's top scorer. He became top goalscorer in the first division with 17 goals in 1977 and 11 goals in 1982.

After a couple of seasons in the reserves at Viking, Johannessen was sold to neighbours Vidar in 1981. Here he was an unrivalled success. In the course of a season, he scored 56 goals and helped Vidar to promotion to the Second Division. In 1982, he returned to Viking. He won his fifth title with the club and together with Ham-Kam's Tor Arne Granerud he was top scorer with eleven goals.

In 1983 he returned to Vidar again, where he stayed for two seasons. Over his three seasons with Vidar, Johannessen played 109 games and scored 124 goals. In his first ten years of his career, Johannessen scored a total of 305 goals for the two Stavanger clubs. In 1985 he played one season for Brann and scored eleven league goals.