 Larsen with Nizhny Novgorod in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1998-09-17) 17 September 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tromsø | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | Årvoll | ||
| 2015–2017 | Vålerenga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Årvoll | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Vålerenga 2 | 27 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | KFUM | 52 | (14) |
| 2020–2022 | Mjøndalen | 58 | (8) |
| 2022–2023 | Nizhny Novgorod | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → BK Häcken (loan) | 31 | (9) |
| 2023–2026 | NEC | 30 | (1) |
| 2024 | → BK Häcken (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2025 | → Tromsø (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2026– | Tromsø | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Norway U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Norway U21 | 2 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 August 2025 | |||
Lars Olden Larsen (born 17 September 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger or central midfielder for Norwegian Eliteserien club Tromsø.
Career
Growing up in Årvoll IL, he also made his senior debut on the fifth tier in 2014 before joining Vålerenga's youth setup. He did not secure a senior contract here, and instead joined second-tier KFUM. After impressing here and representing Norway as a youth and U21 international, he transferred to a first-tier team in 2020, Mjøndalen.[2]
On 5 February 2022, Larsen signed a 3.5-year contract with Russian Premier League club Nizhny Novgorod. He played league matches for the club between February and March.[3]
On 16 March 2022, Larsen suspended his contract with Nizhny Novgorod under a special FIFA rule introduced due to the fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4][5] On 19 March 2022, Larsen signed with BK Häcken in Sweden until 30 June 2022.[6] On 28 June 2022, Larsen extended his contract with BK Häcken by one year.[7]
On 14 June 2023, Larsen signed a four-year contract with NEC in the Netherlands.[8] On 27 August 2024, he returned to BK Häcken on loan until the end of 2024.[9]
In August 2025, Larsen was once again loaned out from NEC, this time to Norwegian club Tromsø on a deal that lasted until the end of the year, with an option to buy.[10] On 26 December 2025, Tromsø announced that they had exercised their option to buy, Larsen signing a two-year deal.[11]
Career statistics
- As of 23 November 2025[12][13][14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Årvoll | 2014 | 4. divisjon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Vålerenga 2 | 2015 | 2. divisjon | 10 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2015 | 2. divisjon | 8 | 2 | — | — | 8 | 2 | |||
| 2017 | 2. divisjon | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27 | 3 | — | — | 27 | 3 | ||||
| KFUM | 2018 | 2. divisjon | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 2 | 32 | 7 |
| 2019 | 1. divisjon | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2[c] | 1 | 31 | 11 | |
| Total | 52 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 63 | 18 | ||
| Mjøndalen | 2020 | Eliteserien | 28 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Eliteserien | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 8 | ||
| Total | 58 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 8 | ||
| Nizhny Novgorod | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Häcken (loan) | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 4 | |
| 2023 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | 17 | 8 | ||
| Total | 31 | 9 | 6 | 3 | — | 37 | 12 | |||
| NEC | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| Häcken (loan) | 2024 | Allsvenskan | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |
| Tromsø (loan) | 2025 | Eliteserien | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 3 | |
| Career total | 227 | 39 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 252 | 46 | ||
- ^ Includes Norwegian Cup, Russian Cup, Svenska Cupen, KNVB Cup
- ^ Appearances in 2. divisjon promotion play-offs
- ^ Appearances in 1. divisjon promotion play-offs
- ^ Appearance in Eliteserien play-offs
Honours
BK Häcken
References
- ^ Lars Olden Larsen at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Lars Olden Larsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Ларс Олден Ларсен стал игроком "Нижнего Новгорода"" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 5 February 2022.
- ^ "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Контракт с Олденом Ларсеном приостановлен, а с Игбуном – расторгнут" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 16 March 2022. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "BK Häcken skriver korttidskontrakt med Lars Olden Larsen" (Press release) (in Swedish). BK Häcken. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "Lars Olden Larsen förlänger sitt kontrakt med BK Häcken" [Lars Olden Larsen extends his contract with BK Häcken] (in Swedish). BK Häcken. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "N.E.C. verheugd met komst Lars Olden Larsen" [NEC pleased with the arrival of Lars Olden Larsen] (in Dutch). NEC Nijmegen. 14 June 2023.
- ^ "Guldmakaren Lars Olden Larsen återvänder till BK Häcken" [Goldsmith Lars Olden Larsen returns to BK Häcken] (in Swedish). BK Häcken. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Tromsø låner norsk utenlandsproff" [Tromsø loans Norwegian foreign professional] (in Norwegian). TV2. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ "Signing a new agreement" [Signerer ny avtale]. www.til.no (in Norwegian). 26 December 2025. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ^ Lars Olden Larsen at Soccerway
- ^ "Lars Olden Larsen Statistikk" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ "Lars Olden Larsen" (in Swedish). SvFF. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
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