page_title: List of foreign Eliteserien players
section_title: Sweden
hierarchical_section_title: List of foreign Eliteserien players / Sweden
caption_attribution_description: English: Mikael Dorsin, RBK - AIK
context_page_description: This is a list of foreign players in the top flight of Norwegian football, currently known as Eliteserien, which commenced play in 1937. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:
  Have played at least one Eliteserien game. Players who were signed by Eliteserien clubs, but only played in lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  Are considered foreign, determined by the following:
  A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for Norway national football team, more specifically:
  If a player has been capped on international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level team is used.
  If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from Norwegian parents or moved to Norway at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.
  Clubs listed are those for which the player has played at least one Eliteserien game — and seasons are those in which the player has played at least one Eliteserien game.
context_section_description: Peter Abelsson – Viking – 2006–08
  Joakim Alexandersson – Aalesund – 2007
  Simon Alexandersson – Kristiansund – 2018
  Andreas Alm – Kongsvinger – 1998–99
  John Alvbåge – Stabæk – 2017
  Björn Andersson – Viking – 2011–12
  Christoffer Andersson – Lillestrøm – 2004–06
  Johan Andersson – Stabæk, Lillestrøm – 2008–11, 2012–15
  Mattias Andersson – Strømsgodset, Fredrikstad, Odd Grenland – 2007–10
  Mikael Andersson – Sandefjord – 2006–07
  Marcus Andreasson – Bryne, Molde – 2001–06, 2008–10
  Filip Apelstav – Kongsvinger, Sogndal – 1999, 2001
  Daniel Arnefjord – Aalesund – 2008–10
  Johan Arneng – Vålerenga, Aalesund – 2002, 2008–10
  Jesper Arvidsson – Vålerenga – 2016
  Mattias Asper – Viking – 2006
  Jeffrey Aubynn – Aalesund – 2006
  Andreas Augustsson – Vålerenga – 1999–2000
  Jakob Augustsson – Lyn – 2001–03
  Stefan Bärlin – Start, Odd Grenland – 2005–08
  Joseph Baffo – Vålerenga – 2013
  Abgar Barsom – Fredrikstad – 2008–09
  Hans Berggren – Haugesund – 2000
  Marcus Bergholtz – Stabæk – 2011
  Fredrik Berglund – Stabæk – 2009
  Doug Bergqvist – Haugesund – 2019
  Jacob Bergström – Mjøndalen – 2019
  Valmir Berisha – Aalesund – 2017
  Mattias Bjärsmyr – Rosenborg – 2010–11
  Fredrik Björck – Tromsø – 2010–11
  Carl Björk – Aalesund – 2013–14, 2015
  Joachim Björklund – Brann – 1990–92
  Per Blohm – Viking – 1997–98
  Anders Blomquist – Haugesund – 2000
  Martin Broberg – Odd – 2017–19
  Ulf Camitz – Strømsgodset – 1991
  Tobias Carlsson – Molde – 2001–03
  Lars-Gunnar Carlstrand – Strømsgodset – 1998
  Paweł Cibicki – Molde – 2018
  Gustaf Crona – Sandefjord – 2006
  Bobbie da Cruz – Kongsvinger – 2010
  Henrik Dahl – Lyn – 2004–06
  Erik Dahlin – Sogndal − 2013–14
  Johan Dahlin – Lyn – 2006–07, 2008–09
  Erdin Demir – Brann – 2012–15
  Panajotis Dimitriadis – Sandefjord – 2010
  Mikael Dorsin – Rosenborg – 2004–07, 2008–16
  Pontus Engblom – Haugesund, Strømsgodset, Sandefjord – 2012–14, 2017–18
  Ludwig Ernstsson – Kongsvinger – 1997–98
  Kaj Eskelinen – Brann – 1993
  Pontus Farnerud – Stabæk – 2008–11
  Edier Frejd – Kongsvinger, Sandnes Ulf – 2010, 2012–14
  Anders Friberg – Bryne – 2000–01
  Lennart Fridh – Brann – 1991
  Pierre Gallo – Bryne – 2001–03
  Fredrik Gärdeman – Stabæk, Vålerenga, Skeid – 1993–96, 1997–98
  Patrik Gerrbrand – Fredrikstad – 2006–09
  Tobias Grahn – Vålerenga – 2002–03
  Fredrik Gustafson – Molde – 2002–03
  Eddie Gustafsson – Molde, Ham-Kam, Lyn – 2002–08
  Kenneth Gustafsson – Lyn – 2001
  Daniel Gustavsson – Lillestrøm – 2019
  Andreas Haddad – Lillestrøm – 2005–06
  Colo Halit – Lyn – 2004
  Melker Hallberg – Vålerenga – 2015
  Johan Hammarström – Kongsvinger – 1997–98
  Marcus Hansson – Tromsø – 2015
  Patrik Hansson – Brann – 1992–93
  Sebastian Henriksson – Odd Grenland – 2003–05
  Göran Holter – Brann – 1991–92
  Patrik Ingelsten – Viking – 2010, 2012–13
  Stefan Ishizaki – Vålerenga – 2005
  Dino Islamović – Rosenborg – 2020–
  Erik Israelsson – Vålerenga – 2018–19
  Jens Jacobsson – Tromsø – 2016
  Dime Jankulovski – Start – 2002
  Jesper Jansson – Stabæk – 1997–99, 2006
  Emil Johansson – Molde, Sandnes Ulf – 2010, 2014
  Magnus Johansson – Brann, Haugesund – 1993–98
  Kjell Jonevret – Viking – 1988–90
  Jonas Jonsson – Brann – 2002–03
  Markus Jonsson – Brann – 2012–13
  Kevin Kabran – Start – 2018, 2020–
  Liridon Kalludra – Sarpsborg 08, Kristiansund – 2015, 2017–
  Bovar Karim – Tromsø – 2007
  Markus Karlsson – Stabæk – 2006
  Benjamin Kibebe – Tromsø, Aalesund – 2005–08
  Anders Kiel – Moss – 1998
  Magnus Kihlberg – Lillestrøm, Molde, Aalesund – 1997–2005, 2007
  Magnus Kihlstedt – Lillestrøm, Brann – 1997–2001
  Anton Kralj – Sandefjord – 2020–
  William Kurtovic – Sandefjord – 2015, 2017–18, 2020–
  Andreas Landgren – Fredrikstad – 2011, 2012–14
  Thomas Lagerlöf – Lyn – 2002–04
  Benny Lekström – Tromsø – 2012–13, 2015
  Jonathan Levi – Rosenborg – 2017–18
  Peter Lindau – Strømsgodset – 2001
  Jonas Lindberg – Sarpsborg 08 – 2016–18
  Andreas Linde – Molde – 2015–
  Rasmus Lindkvist – Vålerenga – 2014–17
  Tobias Linderoth – Stabæk – 1999–2001
  Stefan Lindqvist – Strømsgodset – 1998
  David Ljung – Molde – 2001–04
  Jesper Löfgren – Brann – 2019–
  Johnny Lundberg – Sandnes Ulf – 2013
  Robert Lundström – Vålerenga – 2015–18
  Fredric Lundqvist – Viking – 2005–0
caption: Mikael Dorsin played 270 Eliteserien matches for Rosenborg and won five league titles.
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