John Lunde Sveinsson (29 January 1922 – 2009) was a Norwegian

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player and manager who played as a

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. During the

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he fled Norway in 1941. Via neutral Sweden he reached Scotland in 1943 and underwent military training. He also played football for

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during that time. In 1945 he returned as a paratrooper to Norway for the

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. Sveinsson mainly played football for

SFK Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn (lit. "Ski and Football Club Lightning") is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Aker, Oslo. It has two sections; for association football and Nordic skiing. Until 2010 they had a third section, for top-level a ...

, winning the

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and becoming top goalscorer in the 1950–51 Norwegian Main League with 19 goals. He is also known as Lyn's most prolific goalscorer in one match, with six goals, and also coached Lyn in the 1960s. He was capped three times for

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, scoring once.

Honours

Individual *

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top scorer: 1950–51

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* 1922 births 2009 deaths Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Norway men's international footballers Lyn Fotball players Norwegian football managers Lyn Fotball managers Dundee United F.C. wartime guest players Norwegian expatriates in Scotland Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Norwegian Special Operations Executive personnel Norwegian Army personnel of World War II {{Norway-footy-bio-stub