Knut Hammer Larsen (12 April 1971 – 19 May 2009) was a Norwegian footballer who played as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

Career

Larsen grew up in

Tasta Tasta is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. The borough is located in the northern part of the city. The borough has a population (2016) of ...

, and played for POL,

FK Vidar FK Vidar is an association football club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest level in the Norwegian football league system. Club history The club was founded on 18 April 1906. FK Vidar played their ...

Stavanger IF Stavanger IF is a Norwegian sports club, best known for their handball team, based in Stavanger. The club also has a football team. In the 1980's and 1990's they played in the top Norwegian division and have won two Norwegian championships and ...

Viking FK Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian professional football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, ...

Staal Jørpeland IL Staal Jørpeland Idrettslag, also known as just Staal, is a Norwegian sports club from Jørpeland, Rogaland. It has sections for association football, team handball and track and field. The club was founded in 1919, and the club colors are green ...

Buøy IL Buøy Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Buøy, Stavanger, Rogaland. It has sections for association football and gymnastics. The men's football team plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. It formerly had a ...

, Djerv 1919, Tasta IL and

Vardeneset BK Vardeneset Ballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Stavanger. The club was founded on 22 November 1990 when it split from the multi-sports club ''Vardeneset IF'', founded in 1975. The club colours are white and red. The men's f ...

. For Viking he played in the

1990 Tippeligaen The 1990 Tippeligaen was the 46th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 28 April 1990 and ended on 7 October 1990. Twenty-two games were played with 3 points given for each win and 1 for each draw. Number eleve ...

and the

1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup The 1990–91 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Manchester United against Barcelona. The victory for United was significant as it was the season English clubs returned to European football, after completing a five-year ban as a res ...

. After retiring he worked in

Lyse Energi Lyse (named after Lysefjorden in Ryfylke) is an industrial and multi-utility company based in Jæren and Ryfylke, Norway. The company has a yearly normal production of 9.5 TWh of hydroelectric power, develops and maintains the power grid in 14 m ...

. He lived in

Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...

and

Randaberg Randaberg is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren, at the northern end of the Stavanger Peninsula. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Randaberg. Randaberg ...

, was married and had two children. He died in May 2009 at

Rikshospitalet Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, is one of the four main campuses of Oslo University Hospital in Oslo, Norway. It was an independent hospital, ''Rigshospitalet'', later spelled ''Rikshospitalet'' ("The National Hospital"), from 1826 to 20 ...

leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia; pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or '' ...

, following several fruitless

chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (list of chemotherapeutic agents, chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard chemotherapy re ...

attempts.

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* 1971 births 2009 deaths Norwegian men's footballers Footballers from Stavanger Men's association football midfielders Stavanger IF Fotball players Viking FK players SK Djerv 1919 players Deaths from cancer in Norway Deaths from leukemia {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub