Roy Einar Johansen (born 27 April 1960) is a Norwegian professional

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, currently serving as the head coach of

Manglerud Star Idrettslaget Manglerud Star is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Manglerud, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football) and ice hockey. General history The club was founded in 1964 as a merge ...

of the Fjordkraft-ligaen. He previously played for the

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. He participated at the

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in 1984, 1988, and 1994. He was the head coach of the Norwegian national team from 2001 until 2016. Johansen stepped down as national team coach in May 2016 and returned to

Vålerenga Ishockey Vålerenga Ishockey (; abbreviated as VIF) is a Norwegian ice hockey team based in Oslo, Norway. Vålerenga has been the dominant force in Norwegian hockey since the 1960s, claiming 26 national championships and 29 regular season titles. Their ol ...

as head coach.

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* * 1960 births Living people Ice hockey people from Oslo Norwegian ice hockey centres Olympic ice hockey players for Norway Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Vålerenga Ishockey players Norway men's national ice hockey team coaches Norwegian ice hockey coaches Ice hockey coaches at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice hockey coaches at the 2014 Winter Olympics {{Norway-icehockey-bio-stub