Rune Pedersen (born May 19, 1963) is a former
football referee, representing
SK Sprint-Jeløy
Sportsklubben Sprint-Jeløy is a Norwegian football club from Jeløya in Moss. The club was founded in 1926 when both ''Jeløy IF'' and ''SK Sprint'' was formed. The two clubs merged into Sportsklubben Sprint-Jeløy on 11 October 1940.
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. He was regarded as the best match official in
Norway
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during the 1990s, and won the
Kniksen award
The Kniksen Award ( no, Kniksenprisen), established in 1990, honors the best players in the Norwegian football premiership. The award is named after the legendary Norwegian football player Roald Jensen, nicknamed "Kniksen".
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for "Referee of the year" 10 times between 1990 and 2000. Only
Roy Helge Olsen stood in the way of Pedersen winning the award 10 times in a row, with his win in 1993. In the first leg of the
2000–01 UEFA Cup
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semi-finals between
Alavés and
Kaiserslautern, Pedersen awarded four penalties (three for Alavés and one for Kaiserslautern) as Alavés won 5–1.
/ref> Rune Pedersen also won the Kniksen's honour award in 1998. After retiring Pedersen was the Head of Referees for the Football Association of Norway
The Norwegian Football Federation ( nb, Norges Fotballforbund, nn, Noregs Fotballforbund; NFF) is the governing body of football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the league systems f ...
until 2014.
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1963 births
Living people
People from Moss, Norway
Norwegian football referees
FIFA World Cup referees
1998 FIFA World Cup referees
Kniksen Award winners
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