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Jørgen Juve

Juve in the mid-1930s
Personal information
Date of birth	(1906-11-22)22 November 1906
Place of birth	Porsgrunn, Norway
Date of death	12 April 1983(1983-04-12) (aged 76)
Place of death	Oslo, Norway
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1923–1926	Urædd
1926–1930	Lyn
1930–1931	Basel	12	(10)
1931–1938	Lyn
National team
1928–1937	Norway	45	(33)
Teams managed
1939	Bodø/Glimt
1948	Molde
Honours Men's Football Representing  Norway Summer Olympic Games Bronze 1936 Berlin Team Nordic Football Championship Winner 1929–32 Team Third 1933–36 Team
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Jørgen Juve (born November 22, 1906 – died April 12, 1983) was a famous Norwegian football player. He was also a lawyer, journalist, and writer. Jørgen Juve played as a striker, which means he was a goal scorer.

He spent most of his football career playing for the club Lyn in Norway. He also played for a short time in Switzerland for FC Basel. Juve was a key player for the Norwegian national team. He played 45 games and scored 33 goals. This made him Norway's top scorer for over 90 years! In 2024, Erling Haaland finally broke his record.

Juve was the captain of the Norwegian team that won a bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Besides football, he worked as a journalist for newspapers like Dagbladet. He also wrote several books.

Jørgen Juve's Early Life

Jørgen Juve was born in Porsgrunn, Norway. His father, Ole Martin Juve, was a tanner. The family name "Juve" comes from a farm in Lårdal.

Jørgen was the oldest of six children. He had two brothers who moved to the United States. His three sisters stayed in Norway. One of his childhood friends was Klaus Egge, who later became a famous composer. Jørgen Juve had two marriages and several children. One of his grandchildren is the folk singer Tone Juve. He passed away in Oslo in 1983.

Jørgen Juve's Football Career

Juve started playing football at just 16 years old for the club Urædd in Porsgrunn. In 1926, he moved to Oslo and joined the club Lyn. He played in the Norwegian Cup final in 1928 with Lyn, but his team lost the match.

During the 1930–1931 season, Juve played for FC Basel in Switzerland. He played 12 games and scored 10 goals for them. After that, he returned to Lyn.

Playing for Norway

Juve played for the Norwegian national team from 1928 to 1937. He played 45 matches and scored 33 goals. His first game for Norway was against Finland in June 1928.

He scored his first goals for Norway in June 1929, getting a hat-trick (three goals in one game) against the Netherlands. Over his next seven games, he scored an amazing 16 goals! For over 90 years, Jørgen Juve held the record for the most goals scored for the Norwegian national team. This record was finally broken by Erling Haaland in 2024.

Even though he was known as a striker, Juve did not play as a striker in all his national team games. In 22 games, he was a striker. In other games, he played as a right-back or a centre-half.

The 1936 Olympics Bronze Medal

Juve was the captain of the Norwegian team at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. This was a very important event for Norwegian football.

In their first game on August 3, Norway played against Turkey and won 4–0. Next, they faced Germany and won 2–0. Both goals were scored by Magnar Isaksen. Many people watched this game, including some very famous figures. It was said to be the only football match that Adolf Hitler ever watched.

In the semifinal on August 10, Norway lost 1–2 to Italy after extra time. But they still had a chance for a medal! In the bronze medal match, Norway won 3–2 against Poland. This earned them the bronze medal, which was Norway's only medal in an international men's football championship for a long time.

Many football experts and former players, like Per Ravn Omdal and Arne Scheie, have called Juve one of Norway's greatest footballers. They say he was the most important person in helping Norway win that historic bronze medal.

After Playing Football

Juve stopped playing football in 1938. After that, he became a coach. He coached Bodø/Glimt in 1939 and Molde FK for a few weeks in 1948.

In September 2024, something funny happened. Norway's anti-doping agency accidentally put Jørgen Juve and another old player, Einar Gundersen, on a list of players to be tested. The agency's director said it was a mistake and they would review their procedures.

Jørgen Juve's Writing Career

In 1931, Jørgen Juve earned a law degree in Basel, Switzerland. After his football career, he became a successful journalist and writer.

He worked as the sports editor for the newspaper Dagbladet from 1928 to 1934. Then he worked for Tidens Tegn from 1934 to 1940. During World War II, Juve started a weekly magazine called Bragd. In 1941, he moved to Stockholm, Sweden, where he edited another magazine called Norges-Nytt. Later, he traveled to London and then to New York.

After the war, he continued working as a journalist for Dagbladet starting in 1945. Jørgen Juve wrote several books. Some of his books include Alt om fotball (All About Football) from 1934 and Norsk fotball (Norwegian Football) from 1937.

His book Øyeblikk (Moments) from 1978 describes special moments he remembered. For example, he wrote about when Birger Ruud and Laila Schou Nilsen won medals in skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics. He also wrote about the football match against Germany in 1936, remembering how some German players stopped to salute when Hitler appeared. Juve also edited a book about Ole Reistad in 1959.

Juve was also involved in politics. He was a minor candidate for the Liberal Party in the 1949 Norwegian election.

See also

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