Gullballen#2018–present

{{Short description|Norwegian football award}}

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Caroline Graham Hansen
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Caroline Graham Hansen
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File:Stefan Johansen 2017.jpg, the first recipient of Gullballen.]]

Gullballen (English: the Golden Ball) is a Norwegian football award given by the Norwegian Football Federation to the best male and female Norwegian footballers each year. The award replaced Kniksen of the Year as the main award given to the best Norwegian footballer in a calendar year.

The first award was given in 2014 to Stefan Johansen.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/fotball/gullballen-til-stefan-johansen-1.12036237|title=Stefan Johansen ble Gullballen-vinner|website=nrk.no|publisher=NRK|language=no|date=10 November 2014|access-date=13 January 2019}} Until 2018, the award was given to only one player, either male or female. In 2015, Ada Hegerberg became the first woman to win the award.{{cite web|url=https://www.tk.no/sporten/fotball/sunndal/gullballen-til-ada-hegerberg/s/5-51-145176|title=Gullballen til Ada Hegerberg|website=tk.no|publisher=Tidens Krav|language=no|date=9 January 2016|access-date=13 January 2019}} Hegerberg, Caroline Graham Hansen, and Erling Haaland are the only players to have won the award more than twice.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} Gullballen has been given out at Norwegian sport award Idrettsgallaen since 2015.