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Arne Andersen (footballer)

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Arne Andersen
Born(1900-04-21)21 April 1900
Halden, Norway
Died26 October 1986(1986-10-26) (aged 86)
Halden
Occupation(s)Police officer
Footballer

Arne Johan Andersen (21 April 1900 – 26 October 1986) was a Norwegian football player for the club FK Kvik, and police officer. He was born in Halden.[1] He played with the Norwegian national team at the Antwerp Olympics in 1920, where the Norwegian team reached the quarter-finals.[2] He was capped six times for Norway, scoring four goals.[3] During occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, he was arrested on 15 September 1944, and incarcerated at the Grini concentration camp from October 1944.[4] He died in Halden in 1986.[2]

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  1. ^ "Arne Andersen". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Arne Andersen". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  3. ^ Søfting, Thomas (21 January 2012). "All-time national team players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  4. ^ Børre R. Giertsen, ed. (1946). "15201. Andersen, Arne Johan". Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 534.
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