Olaug Tvedten

Olaug Tvedten
Tvedten in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 (age 26)
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 20
Youth career
Trott
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 Avaldsnes 78 (11)
2021–2026 Vålerenga 106 (52)
2026– Brighton & Hove Albion 13 (0)
International career‡
2015 Norway U15 4 (2)
2015–2016 Norway U16 18 (4)
2017 Norway U17 9 (3)
2017–2019 Norway U19 19 (2)
2019–2025 Norway U23 13 (1)
2024– Norway 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 October 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 April 2025

Olaug Tvedten (born 20 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Norway national team.

Club career

She joined Toppserien side Avaldsnes in 2016, and made her league debut in September 2016. With Avaldsnes, she was a part of the team that won the clubs first major title, winning the Norwegian cup championship in 2017.

In August 2021, she signed for Vålerenga. In June 2023, Tvedten extended her contract with Vålerenga until August 2025. She won the Toppserien with Vålerenga in 2023, and became joint top scorer in the league with 13 goals.

On 8 January 2026, Tvedten was announced at Brighton & Hove Albion on a permanent transfer.

International career

Tvedten has international matches for U15, U16, U17, U19, and the U23 national team for Norway.

She was selected for the senior Norwegian national team for the first time in October 2020.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 October 2026.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Avaldsnes 2016 Toppserien 4000—1050
2017 Toppserien 11000—40150
2018 Toppserien 12000—50170
2019 Toppserien 22712——239
2020 Toppserien 17211——183
2021 Toppserien 12211——133
Total 781134001009115
Vålerenga 2021 Toppserien 3020—2070
2022 Toppserien 23722—00259
2023 Toppserien 271341—413515
2024 Toppserien 271342—914016
2025 Toppserien 261954—1014124
Total 106521790025314864
Brighton & Hove Albion 2025–26 Women's Super League 700000—70
2026–27 Women's Super League 600022—82
Total 1300022—152
Career total 1976320132235325481

Honours

Avaldsnes

Vålerenga

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Olaug Tvedten". soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 Fotballforbund, Norges. "Olaug Tvedten - Profil". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Avaldsnes vant cupfinalen". www.h-avis.no (in Norwegian). 18 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Dalsegg, Jens August (30 August 2021). "Olaug Tvedten kan knapt vente med å komme i gang". Vålerenga Damefotball (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Vålerenga-stjerne forlenger". TV 2. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Olaug Tvedten: Toppscorer i Toppserien 2023". Vålerenga Fotball Damer. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Olaug Tvedten signs for Albion". www.brightonandhovealbion.com.
  8. ↑ "Olaug fikk landslagsbeskjeden på do". www.vg.no (in Norwegian). 21 October 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Olaug Tvedten player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  10. 1 2 "2019 Women's U19 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2025.