Helge Karlsen

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1948)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Helge Karlsen

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|6|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bergen, Norway

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1967–1979

| clubs1 = Brann

| caps1 = 180

| goals1 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 1975

| nationalyears2 = 1973–1979

| nationalteam1 = Norway U-21

| nationalteam2 = Norway

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalcaps2 = 35

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Helge Karlsen (born 29 June 1948) is a former Norwegian football player, who played for SK Brann in the Norwegian Premier League from 1967 to 1979.{{Cite web|url=http://www.snl.no/Helge_Karlsen|title = Helge Karlsen|date = 26 February 2020}} He played 237 games totally for Brann, and 180 of them was in the league.{{cite web|url=http://www.brann.no/index.php?mapping=177 |title=Flest kamper for Brann |publisher=www.brann.no |accessdate=2008-05-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611233005/http://www.brann.no/index.php?mapping=177 |archivedate=2008-06-11 }} In 1972 and 1976 he won the Norwegian Football Cup with Brann.{{cite web|url=http://www.brann.no/index.php?mapping=89 |title=Branns cupfinaler |publisher=www.brann.no |accessdate=2008-05-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611234022/http://www.brann.no/index.php?mapping=89 |archivedate=2008-06-11 }} He was immortalized in the famous SK Brann song "Vi è de beste" by Ove Thue in which he has his own verse.{{cite web |url=http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article118860.ece |title=Ruster ikke | bt.no |accessdate=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928115808/http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article118860.ece |archivedate=2008-09-28 }}

Helge Karlsen played 35 games for Norway's national football team.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportskontoret.no/Kampsider/Fotball/LandskamperMenn/KampFotballLKM71-90.htm |title=Norges landskamper 1971-90 |publisher=Sportskontoret.no |accessdate=2008-05-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225040926/http://www.sportskontoret.no/Kampsider/Fotball/LandskamperMenn/KampFotballLKM71-90.htm |archivedate=February 25, 2010 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.fotball.no/histstat.ASP?WCI=wiPerson&personid=413726 |title=fotball.no - Hovedside |website=www.fotball.no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050414172751/http://www.fotball.no/histstat.ASP?WCI=wiPerson&personid=413726 |archive-date=2005-04-14}}