Martin Sjögren (born 27 April 1977) is a Swedish

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who was most recently head coach of the Norway women's national team.

Career

Damallsvenskan

He won the

2016 Damallsvenskan The 2016 Damallsvenskan is the 28th season of the Swedish women's association football top division, Damallsvenskan. FC Rosengård were the defending champions, having won the competition in 2015. Linköpings FC is the champion of the season. Te ...

title with

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Norwegian national team

He agreed to take the Norway national team job in 2016. Upon taking the job, he declared his ambitions to lead Norway to Olympic qualification. Norway failed to progress past the group stage in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, finishing last in Group A without scoring a goal. He led Norway to the quarterfinals of the

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It ...

, finishing second in Group A during the group stages before being defeated 3–0 by England in the quarterfinals. The team failed to qualify for the

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. In 2021, he signed a new contract with the Norwegian national team, with included provisions for a performance review after the 2022 Euros. However, he resigned as Norwegian coach following the UEFA Women's Euro 2022, where Norway failed to progress past the group stage for a second consecutive tournament and suffered an 8–0 loss to England, one of the largest in the tournament's history.

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1977 births Living people Swedish footballers Association football midfielders University of North Florida alumni North Florida Ospreys men's soccer players Swedish football managers 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup managers UEFA Women's Euro 2022 managers Norway women's national football team managers Swedish expatriate football managers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate football managers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer managers in the United States {{Norway-footy-bio-stub