Jørgen Skjelvik (; born 5 July 1991) is a

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professional

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who plays for

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as a

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. After starting his career with the local club Stabæk, Skjelvik moved to Sweden where he played in

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

with

Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , , ) is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 113,816 (2020). Helsingborg is the cent ...

and

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, before he returned to Norway and joined Rosenborg in July 2013. He has represented Norway from under-18 to under-21 level, but was left out of the Norwegian squad for the

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due to an injury.

Career

Hailing from

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, Skjelvik played for Stabæk's youth team that won the

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in 2008. He was drafted into the first team in April 2009. He made his first-team debut in the Norwegian football cup, in May 2009 against Sander IL. He had one

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in the game. His league debut came one week later. On 2 August 2011, it became official that Swedish club

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would take him in on a loan for the rest of the season. Skjelvik made his debut on 13 August, coming on as a substitution in the 77th minute and also managed to score a goal in the 3–1 win against local rivals

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. After winning both the

and the

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with Helsingborg in 2011, Skjelvik moved to

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1910, the clu ...

ahead of the 2012 season and signed a three-year contract with the club. Skjelvik played regularly for Kalmar during the 2012 season, and scored two goals and made nine assists. He was injured during the 2013 season, and did only play a few minutes as a substitute. In July 2013 he signed a 4.5-year contract with Norwegian team Rosenborg. In November 2017, Skjelvik decided not to extend his contract with Rosenborg and would leave as a free agent at the end of the 2017 season. On 15 December 2017, it was announced he would be joining

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on a free transfer. On the transfer deadline day, 31 January 2020, he was loaned out to

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club

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until the end of 2020. On January 7, 2021, Skjelvik signed a permanent deal with Danish club

, which will keep him with the club through 2023.

International career

Skjelvik was first capped for Norway when he played for the under-18 team in 2009. He has later represented Norway at under-19 and under-21 level. He was regularly in the under-21 team's squad, and played the friendly matches against Russia U-21 and Spain U-21 ahead of the

, but was left out of the squad due to an injury. On 15 November 2013, he made his debut for

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against

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Rosenborg * Norwegian League (3):

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