Frode Kyvåg (born 8 September 1945) is a Norwegian

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

coach and sports administrator.

Career

Kyvåg was head coach for the

Norway women's national handball team The Norway women's national handball team represents Norway at international handball competitions, and is governed by the Norges Håndballforbund (NHF). As of 2022, Norway has been in 24 finals and is regard ...

from 1974 to 1978. He coached the women's team of

Bækkelagets SK Bækkelagets Sportsklub is a Norwegian sports club from Bekkelaget in southern Oslo, founded in 1909. The club has sections for skiing (including ski jumping and biathlon), orienteering, handball, football, floorball and track and field athle ...

from 1983 to 1988 and from 1991 to 2000, when the team had great success internationally, winning the

EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup The Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year from 1976 to 2016 (until 1993 organized by IHF instead of EHF). From the 2016–17 season, th ...

in 1998 and 1999. He has also been a handball coach for the clubs

Nordstrand IF Nordstrand Idrettsforening is a sports club in Nordstrand, Oslo, Norway. The club has sections for alpine skiing, association football and handball. It formerly had sections for orienteering, track and field and Nordic skiing. The club colors ...

Gjerpen IF Gjerpen Idrettsforening is a sports club in Skien, Norway. It was founded in 1918. Among the club's activities are handball, skiing and athletics. In handball the club's women's team has won the National championships several times. Notable player ...

and Fjellhammer IL. He has been secretary-general for the international youth

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tournament

Norway Cup The Norway Cup is an international youth football tournament in Oslo, Norway. It has been held annually since 1972, with the exception of 1976 (due to a conflicting arrangement), 2020 and 2021 (due to the COVID-19 Pandemic). It is the world's l ...

from 1975. He is also a former

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and competed for Nordstrand IF in the seasons 1958/59–1964/65. In the

2015 Norwegian local elections Local elections were held in Norway on 14 September 2015. Voters elected representatives to municipal and county councils, which are responsible for education, public transport, health, and elderly care, and for the levy of certain taxes. The Lab ...

he was elected as a member of Oslo city council.

Personal life

Kyvåg was born on 8 September 1945. He married

Monica Løken Monica Løken is a Norwegian handball player. She played twelve matches for the Norway women's national handball team in 1994 and 1995. She participated at the 1994 European Women's Handball Championship The 1994 EHF European Women's Hand ...

in 1995.

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* 1945 births Living people Sportspeople from Oslo Norwegian handball coaches Norwegian sports executives and administrators National team coaches Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Oslo {{Norway-handball-bio-stub