Kniksen Award

The award is named after the legendary Norwegian football player Roald Jensen, nicknamed "Kniksen".

A jury composed of players, leaders, coaches and officials in the Tippeligaen, nominates and choose the winners in each category.

All the nominees must play in the Norwegian top division.

The Kniksen of the year award was replaced by "Gullballen" (English: The Golden Ball) in 2014.

The Kniksen's honour award is awarded to a person or a team, who have made a great contribution to Norwegian football.

Nils Arne Eggen was awarded the Coach of the Year six times (1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999).
Rune Bratseth was awarded the Kniksen of the Year award a record three times (1991, 1992 and 1994).
Frode Grodås became Goalkeeper of the Year in 1991 and 1993.
Egil Olsen was awarded the Kniksen's honour award in 1992 and the Kniksen of the Year in 1993.
Erik Hoftun was awarded the Defender of the Year award six consecutive times from 1995 to 2000.
Henning Berg won Kniksen of the Year after winning the Champions League with Manchester United in 1999. He shared the Kniksen's honour award with Hege Riise in 2004.
Ørjan Berg was awarded Midfielder of the Year three consecutive seasons (2000, 2001, 2002).
John Carew was awarded the Kniksen of the Year award a record three times (2005, 2007, 2008).
John Arne Riise was awarded the Kniksen of the Year award in 2006.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær has won four awards in three different categories: Kniksen of the Year (1996), Kniksen's honour award (2007) and Coach of the Year (2011, 2012).
Sigurd Rushfeldt , the all-time top scorer in Eliteserien was awarded the Kniksen's honour award in 2011.
Svein Oddvar Moen was awarded the Referee of the Year award three consecutive times from 2010 to 2012.
The player with most appearances in Eliteserien , Daniel Berg Hestad , was awarded the Kniksen's honour award in 2016.
Ada Hegerberg won Gullballen in 2015, 2016 and 2018.
Joshua King won Gullballen in 2017.
Martin Ødegaard won Gullballen in 2019.