Hallvar Thoresen (born 12 April 1957) is a former Norwegian footballer who played most of his career in the Dutch Eredivisie as an attacking midfielder.

[2] Thoresen started his career in Larvik Turn, but travelled abroad at the age of nineteen,[3] and soon became a regular at FC Twente in the Netherlands.

[4] Helping capturing three league titles, Thoresen was a key player for seven years, serving as captain from 1983 to 1986, until he returned to Norway and played for Frigg in the lower divisions.

[5] He played 50 matches for the Norway national football team, and scored 9 goals, one of which secured the historic victory over England in 1981.

Thoresen played the role of Norwegian football player and Allied POW Gunnar Hilsson in the movie Escape to Victory (1981).