1978 Women's Nordic Football Championship was the fifth edition of the

Women's Nordic Football Championship Women's Nordic Football Championship was an international Association football, football competition contested by the women's national football teams of the Nordic countries. The tournament was held annually between 1974 and 1982. Finland women's n ...

tournament. It was held from 7 July to 9 July in

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. This was the first time as Norway joined the tournament. The match between Norway and Sweden on 7 July was the first ever international for

Norway women's national football team The Norway women's national football team is controlled by the Football Association of Norway. The team is former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. The team has had less success since the ...

.Milestones of Norwegian Football
Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

Standings

Results

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Goalscorers

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Anette Börjesson Lilian Anette Börjesson (born 11 November 1954) is a retired female badminton player and footballer from Sweden. Badminton Börjesson is a five time women's singles champion at the Swedish National Badminton Championships and was a silver m ...

* Britta Ehmsen *

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* Kirsten Fabrin * Anne Grete Holst *

Kari Nielsen Kari Nielsen (born 26 May 1959) is a former Norwegian footballer, known as the first goal scorer for the Norway women's national football team. International career Nielsen was also part of the Norwegian team at the 1987 European Championships. ...

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* Fridel Riggelsen *

Lone Smidt Nielsen Lone Smidt Nielsen (née Hansen; born 1 January 1961) is a Danish former international footballer who played professionally in Italy with ACF Trani. Lone's daughter Karoline Smidt Nielsen also played football, for Turbine Potsdam 1. Frauenfuß ...

Tuula Sundman Tuula may refer to: People * Tuula Haatainen (born 1960), Finnish politician * Tuula Hovi (born 1939), Finnish orienteering competitor * Tuula Kallioniemi (born 1951), Finnish author * Tuula Laaksalo (born 1953), Finnish javelin thrower * Tuula Pu ...

* Karin Ödlund

Sources

Nordic Championships (Women) 1978
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Landsholdsdatabasen
Danish Football Association *Lautela, Yrjö & Wallén, Göran: ''Rakas jalkapallo — Sata vuotta suomalaista jalkapalloa'', p. 418. Football Association of Finland / Teos Publishing 2007. .

References

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