Kjell Tennfjord (born 17 December 1953) is a Norwegian '' siviløkonom'' and entrepreneur, but is best known as a football manager. He managed

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to a

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(1990),

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(1991–92), and SK Brann (1995-1998). At Brann, Tennfjord managed the club to play in the Norwegian Premier League 1995, 4th Place in the Norwegian Premier League 1996 and 2nd place in the Norwegian Premier League 1997. They lost the cup finale (1995), which took them to the European

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where they beat PSV and lost in the quarter-final against

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(1997). He went 11 games without a single victory in the Norwegian Premier League 1998. Tennfjord is retired

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at Volda Pedagogiske Høgskole, and graduated in '' siviløkonom'' from the Norwegian School of Economics, and worked as deputy manager of Elcon Finans and organisational manager of NB Steel (Norsk Blikkvalseverk). After a time in administration of Brann (1998–99) he moved to Fjellbekk, where he became a

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's agent firm,

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(2000), working with Frode Ohr and Møreforskning in outreach projects.

External links

brann.no: «Branns hovedtrenere siden 1960»
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tennfjord, Kjell 1953 births Living people Norwegian School of Economics alumni Norwegian economists Norwegian football managers Bryne FK managers SK Brann managers