Morgan Andersen (born 7 April 1966) is a retired Norwegian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player. He hails from Yven in Tune. During his active ice hockey career he played for

Stjernen Stjernen Hockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team based in Fredrikstad, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen. They play their home games in Stjernehallen. Their team colours are red and white. History Stjernen was founded in 1960 when th ...

Mora IK Mora IK (or Mora Ishockeyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora in northern Dalarna. After failing the 2019 SHL qualifiers, Mora has been relegated for play in the second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. Mora has previously pla ...

and

Lillehammer IK Lillehammer Ishockeyklubb is an ice hockey club based in Nestan, Norway and playing in the GET-ligaen. Home games are played in Eidsiva Arena (Kristins Hall), and occasionally in Håkons Hall. History Founded on 2 November 1957, Lillehammer IK ...

. He last played for Stjernen in 1998. He played for the

Norwegian national ice hockey team The Norway men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team from Norway that participates at the IIHF World Championships. The team is governed by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association and is coached by Petter Thoresen. History ...

at the

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

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and

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

. After retiring he has worked as a sports official and coach. He is a former sports director for the football club

FK Lyn Lyn 1896 Fotballklubb () is a Norwegian football club and a department of the sports club Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn based in Oslo, whose members also participate in Nordic skiing and orienteering. Until 2010, SFK Lyn had two football departme ...

, and was involved in the transfer controversies around player

Mikel John Obi Mikel John Obi (born John Michael Nchekwube Obinna; 22 April 1987) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Mikel began his career with local club Plateau United, before joining Norwegian club Lyn at ...

. He has also led the trade union for Norwegian sportspeople, the

Norwegian Players' Association The Norwegian Players' Association ( no, Norske Idrettsutøveres Sentralorganisasjon or NISO is a trade union for professional football, handball and ice hockey players in Norway. Established in 1995, it is member of the Norwegian Confederation of T ...

, and after his period in Lyn he became sports manager and assistant coach for Stjernen Hockey. In 2009, he was promoted to head coach. He was arrested by police in December 2011, suspected of participating in

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during payments of football player

Raio Piiroja Raio Piiroja (born 11 July 1979) is an Estonian former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back for Pärnu/Kalev, Lelle, Flora, Vålerenga, Fredrikstad, Vitesse and Chengdu Blades. Piiroja made his international debut for the Estoni ...

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Norwegian prisoners and detainees 1966 births Living people People from Sarpsborg Norwegian ice hockey players Stjernen Hockey players Lillehammer IK players Mora IK players Norwegian expatriate ice hockey people Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Olympic ice hockey players of Norway Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Norwegian trade unionists Norwegian sports executives and administrators Norwegian ice hockey coaches Fredrikstad FK non-playing staff {{Norway-footy-bio-stub