Gunnar Talsethagen

Gunnar Talsethagen (15 March 1931 − 11 December 2021)[1] was a Norwegian author and former football player, football coach and lecturer. As an active player, Talsethagen spent most of his entire career at Molde FK. He grew up in Molde.[2]

Gunnar Talsethagen
Personal information
Full name Gunnar Talsethagen
Date of birth (1931-03-15)15 March 1931
Place of birth Molde, Norway
Date of death 11 December 2021(2021-12-11) (aged 90)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Molde
Managerial career
1956–1957 Molde
1959–1961 Molde
1963–1968 Molde
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

Gunnar Talsethagen had three spells as head coach at Molde FK between 1956 and 1968.[3] His first season as coach, he was still playing and shared the responsibilities with co-head coach Arne Legernes throughout the 1956–57 season. In 1959, he began his second spell as Molde's head coach. He was replaced by Ulf Møller in 1962, but was back as head coach in 1963. Molde, a third tier club at the time, were led by Talsethagen until the end of the 1968 season. During his third and final spell as Molde's head coach, Talsethagen managed the team in a total of 102 matches and won 59 of them.

Career as writer

In 2000, Talsethagen's book Gatelangs i Molde was published. The book contains stories about streets and roads in the municipality of Molde.[4]

Managerial statistics
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Molde 1959 1961 31 9 7 15 029.03
Molde 1963 1968 102 59 14 29 057.84
Total 133 68 21 44 051.13

References
  1. Death notice
  2. "GATELANGS I MOLDE, BIND 2". romsdal-sogelag.no (in Norwegian). Romsdal Sogelag. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. "Ymse statistikk - Trenere siden 1957". mfkweb.org (in Norwegian). mfkweb. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. ". . . og etterpå vandret de gatelangs". rbnett.no (in Norwegian). Romsdals Budstikke. 5 November 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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