Martin Sjögren (born 27 April 1977) is a Swedish

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who is currently working as coach for Hammarby IF women team in the

Damallsvenskan The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is one of the best women's leagues in the world, and was founded in 1988. The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, t ...

Career

Damallsvenskan

He won the

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title with

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Norway 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 The 2017 UEFA European Women's Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2017, was the 12th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship organised by UEFA for the ...

, finishing last in

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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, football championship contested by 24 List of women's national association football teams, women's ...

, 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 Norway 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 The 2022 UEFA European Women's Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2022 or simply Euro 2022, was the 13th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international Association football, football champio ...

, 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 men's footballers Men's 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 coaches in the United States IS Halmia players IFK Värnamo players {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub