Jørgen Juve

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{{Short description|Norwegian footballer, jurist, journalist, and writer}}
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| image = JørgenJuve.jpg
| caption = Juve in the mid-1930s
| name = Jørgen Juve
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|11|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Porsgrunn]], Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|4|12|1906|11|22|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Oslo]], Norway
| education = Jurisprudence
| occupation = Journalist, non-fiction writer
| spouse = {{marriage|Erna Riberg |1932||reason=divorced}}<br/>[[Eva Røine]]
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| image = Jorgen Juve.jpg
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| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub =
| years1 = 1923–1926
| clubs1 = [[IF Urædd|Urædd]]
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| years2 = 1926–1930
| clubs2 = [[Lyn Fotball|Lyn]]
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| years3 = 1930–1931
| clubs3 = [[FC Basel|Basel]]
| caps3 = 12
| goals3 = 10
| years4 = 1931–1938
| clubs4 = [[Lyn Fotball|Lyn]]
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| nationalyears1 = 1928–1937
| nationalteam1 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
| nationalcaps1 = 45
| nationalgoals1 = 33
| manageryears1 = 1939
| managerclubs1 = [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]
| manageryears2 = 1948
| managerclubs2 = [[Molde FK|Molde]]
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]]|[[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Norway|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Nordic Football Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1929–32 Nordic Football Championship|1929–32]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Third|[[1933–36 Nordic Football Championship|1933–36]]|Team}}
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'''Jørgen Juve''' (22 November 1906 – 12 April 1983) was a Norwegian [[association football|football]] player, jurist, journalist, and non-fiction writer. For most of his career, he played as a striker for [[F.C. Lyn Oslo|Lyn]]. He also played for a season at [[FC Basel|Basel]] in [[Switzerland]] before retiring and earned a total of 45 caps for the [[Norway national football team|Norway national team]]. He is the second highest-scoring player ever for Norway, with 33 goals in just 45 games, holding the record for most international goals in Norway from 1932 until 2024, when [[Erling Haaland]] surpassed his record. He was captain of the Norway team which won Olympic bronze medals in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26830 |title=Jørgen Juve |work=Olympedia |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref> He also had a career as a journalist for ''[[Dagbladet]]'' and ''[[Tidens Tegn]]'', and wrote several books.

==Personal life==
Juve was born in [[Porsgrunn]]; the son of [[Tanner (occupation)|tanner]] Ole Martin Juve and Marie Pøhner.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jørgen Juve |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Per |last=Jorsett |author-link=Per Jorsett |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Jørgen_Juve/utdypning |language=no |access-date=25 July 2012|quote=}} [http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/J%c3%b8rgen_Juve/utdypning Google translate]</ref> The family name originates from the farm Juve/Djuve in [[Lårdal]], where his grandfather was born. He was the eldest of six children. His two brothers both emigrated to the United States, while his three sisters married and settled in Norway. Among his childhood friends was later composer [[Klaus Egge]].<ref name=aabo>{{cite book|title=Årbok for Telemark 2011 |chapter=Med ætterøter frå Tokke og Kviteseid |first=Arne T. |last=Aabø |pages=125–132|year=2011 |language=no |isbn=978-82-92451-13-7}}</ref> He was married twice, first to Erna Riberg in 1932,<ref name=nbl/> and they had two children. One of their grandchildren is folk singer Tone Juve.<ref name=aabo/> He was later married to the psychologist [[Eva Røine]],<ref name=nbl/> and they had one daughter.<ref name=aabo/> He died in [[Oslo]] in 1983.<ref name=nbl/>

==Sports career==
Juve started playing football for the Porsgrunn sports club [[IF Urædd|Urædd]], only 16 years old. In 1926 he moved to [[Oslo]], where he started playing for the club Lyn. Juve played in the [[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]] final for Lyn in [[1928 Norwegian Football Cup|1928]], but the team lost 2–1 against [[FK Ørn-Horten|Ørn-Horten]].<ref name=nbl/> During the season 1930–1931 he played 12 games for [[FC Basel]] in which he scored 10 goals.<ref name="Rotblau">{{cite book | last = Zindel | first = Josef | year = 2015 | title = Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015 | publisher = FC Basel Marketing AG |isbn=978-3-7245-2027-6 }}</ref>

He made 45 appearances and scored 33 international goals for the [[Norway national football team|Norway national team]] between 1928 and 1937.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jørgen Juve |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Jørgen_Juve |language=no|access-date=25 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=gg>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/noo-recintlp.html |title=Norway – Record International Players |access-date=25 July 2012 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504194906/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/noo-recintlp.html |archive-date=4 May 2013 }}</ref> His first match for the national team was against [[Finland national football team|Finland]] in June 1928, and his 45th match was against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] in June 1937.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/juve-intlg.html |title=Jørgen Juve – Goals in International Matches|website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=25 July 2012 }}</ref> Juve scored his first goals for Norway in June 1929, when he scored a [[hat-trick]] against [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], and during the next seven matches he scored 16 goals.<ref name="søfting">{{cite web |url=http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/juve.html |language=no |title=Jørgen Juve |access-date=7 September 2012 |first=Thomas | last=Søfting}}</ref><ref name="abc">{{cite web |url=http://www.abcnyheter.no/sport/061128/fotball-norge-hedret-malkonge |language=no |title=Fotball-Norge hedret målkonge |publisher=ABC Nyheter |first=Geir |last=Råve |date=28 November 2006 |access-date=7 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222215348/http://www.abcnyheter.no/sport/061128/fotball-norge-hedret-malkonge |archive-date=22 February 2013}}</ref> His 33 goals made Juve the Norway national team all time top scorer for over 90 years, until his record was finally beaten by [[Erling Haaland]] in 2024.<ref name=gg/> He only played as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]] in 22 of those games; the rest he alternated between right-back and centre-half.<ref name=nbl/>

He was captain of the team that won bronze medals at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin.<ref name=snl/> In the first round of the Olympics, 3 August, the Norwegian team met [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]], and won the match 4–0. In the second round they met [[Germany national football team|Germany]], and won this match 2–0. Both goals were scored by [[Magnar Isaksen]] (after 8 and 84 minutes).<ref name=sref/><ref name=ol50/> Among the spectators were [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] and [[Joseph Goebbels|Goebbels]]. It was the first and last time Hitler watched a football match.<ref name=aabo/> In the semifinal, on 10 August, the Norwegian team lost 1–2 to [[Italy national football team|Italy]], after extra time. Finally the team won 3–2 over [[Poland national football team|Poland]] in the bronze final.<ref name=sref>{{cite web |title=Jørgen Juve |publisher=Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ju/jorgen-juve-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002228/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ju/jorgen-juve-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=25 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=ol50>{{cite book |title=De olympiske leker gjennom 50 år |first=P. Chr. |last=Andersen |author-link=Peder Christian Andersen |pages=266–270, 295–296|publisher=Dreyers forlag|location=Oslo |language=no |year=1945 }}</ref> In 2006, on the occasion of the 100-year anniversary of Juve's birth [[Per Ravn Omdal]] stated that Juve was one of the greatest Norwegian footballers while [[Sondre Kåfjord]], [[Per Jorsett]], [[Ola Dybwad Olsen]] and [[Arne Scheie]] named Juve as the most important contributor to Norway's only medal in an international football championship for men.<ref name="abc"/>

Juve retired from football in 1938, then coached [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]] in 1939.<ref name="søfting"/> He coached [[Molde FK]] for a few weeks in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moldefk.no/1940-1949/article/12omw8l1kgi5c1csj1b8sd7rio/title/1948|title=MFK 1948|publisher=Molde FK|language=no|access-date=25 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924081716/http://www.moldefk.no/1940-1949/article/12omw8l1kgi5c1csj1b8sd7rio/title/1948|archive-date=24 September 2013}}</ref>

In September 2024, Norway's anti-doping agency mistakenly included Juve and [[Einar Gundersen]] on a list of football players to be tested. The agency's communications director said, "All we can do now is admit we're wrong. We can joke about it in the office today and then review our routines going forward."<ref name="ESPN">{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/41131539/drug-testers-ask-erling-haaland-two-dead-norway-players |language=en |title=Drug testers ask for Haaland and two dead Norway players |access-date=5 September 2024 |first=Tom| last=Hamilton|date=5 September 2024 }}</ref>

==Writing career==
In 1931, Juve obtained a law degree in [[Basel]], and would later work as a journalist and writer.<ref name=nbl/> He was sports editor for the newspaper ''[[Dagbladet]]'' from 1928 to 1934, and for ''[[Tidens Tegn]]'' from 1934 to 1940. During World War II Juve started the weekly magazine ''Bragd''. In 1941 he moved to [[Stockholm]], where he edited the magazine ''[[Norges-Nytt]]''. In 1942 he travelled to London, and later to New York.<ref name=nbl/>

He worked as a journalist for ''Dagbladet'' from 1945.<ref name=nbl/> Among his books are ''Alt om fotball'' from 1934, ''Norsk fotball'' from 1937, and ''Øyeblikk'' from 1978.<ref name=snl/> In ''Øyeblikk'' ("Moments") Juve describes memorable moments, such as when [[Birger Ruud]] won the [[Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|men's downhill]] and [[Laila Schou Nilsen]] won the [[Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Women's combined|women's downhill]] at the [[1936 Winter Olympics]]. From the football match against Germany in 1936 he reminisced on how some German players stopped playing and [[Nazi salute|saluted]] when Hitler appeared.<ref name=aabo/> He edited a book on [[Ole Reistad]] in 1959.<ref name=nbl/> Juve was also a minor ballot candidate for the [[Liberal Party (Norway)|Liberal Party]] in the [[1949 Norwegian parliamentary election]].<ref>{{stort49}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9959 |title=Jørgen Juve |language=no |work=eu-football.info |publisher=EU Football |access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Norway national football team|Norway]]
|1928||3||0
|-
|1929||5||11
|-
|1930||5||8
|-
|1931||3||2
|-
|1932||4||5
|-
|1933||6||6
|-
|1934||4||1
|-
|1935||5||0
|-
|1936||8||0
|-
|1937||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!45!!33
|}

:''Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Juve goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Jørgen Juve
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1
| rowspan="3"|12 June 1929 || rowspan="3"|[[Ullevaal Stadion]], [[Oslo]], Norway || rowspan="3"|{{fb|NED}} || align="center"|1–3 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|4–4 || rowspan="3"|[[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2
| align="center"|2–3
|-
| align="center"|3
| align="center"|3–3
|-
| align="center"|4
| rowspan="3"|18 June 1929 || rowspan="3"|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || rowspan="3"|{{fb|FIN}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|4–0 || rowspan="3"|[[1929–32 Nordic Football Championship|1929–32 Nordic Championship]]
|-
| align="center"|5
| align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|6
| align="center"|4–0
|-
| align="center"|7
| rowspan="2"|23 June 1929 || rowspan="2"|[[Københavns Idrætspark]], [[Copenhagen]], Denmark || rowspan="2"|{{fb|DEN}} || align="center"|1–1 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–2 || rowspan="2"|1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|8
| align="center"|2–1
|-
| align="center"|9
| 29 September 1929 || Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || {{fb|SWE}} || align="center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || |1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|10
| rowspan="2"|3 November 1929 || rowspan="2"|[[Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands || rowspan="2"|{{fb|NED}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|11
| align="center"|2–1
|-
| align="center"|12
| rowspan="3"|1 June 1930 || rowspan="3"|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || rowspan="3"|{{fb|FIN}} || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|6–2 || rowspan="3"|1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|13
| align="center"|4–0
|-
| align="center"|14
| align="center"|5–0
|-
| align="center"|15
| rowspan="2"|19 June 1930 || rowspan="2"|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || rowspan="2"|{{fb|SUI}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|16
| align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|17
| rowspan="3"|7 July 1930 || rowspan="3"|[[Stockholm Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]], [[Stockholm]], Sweden || rowspan="3"|{{fb|SWE}} || align="center"|1–2 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|3–6 || rowspan="3"|1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|18
| align="center"|2–3
|-
| align="center"|19
| align="center"|3–4
|-
| align="center"|20
| 25 May 1931 || Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|DEN}} || align="center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || 1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|21
| 27 September 1931 || Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || {{fb|SWE}} || align="center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|22
| rowspan="2"|5 June 1932 || rowspan="2"|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || rowspan="2"|{{fb|EST}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|23
| align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|24
| rowspan="2"|1 July 1932 || rowspan="2"|[[Gamla Ullevi (1916)|Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]], Sweden || rowspan="2"|{{fb|SWE}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–1 || rowspan="2"|1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|25
| align="center"|2–1
|-
| align="center"|26
| 25 September 1932 || Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || {{fb|DEN}} || align="center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || 1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|27
| rowspan="2"|20 June 1933 || rowspan="2"|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || rowspan="2"|{{fb|HUN}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–2 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|28
| align="center"|3–1
|-
| align="center"|29
| rowspan="3"|3 September 1933 || rowspan="3"|[[Töölön Pallokenttä]], [[Helsinki]], Finland || rowspan="3"|{{fb|FIN}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|5–1 || rowspan="3"|[[1933–36 Nordic Football Championship|1933–36 Nordic Championship]]
|-
| align="center"|30
| align="center"|2–1
|-
| align="center"|31
| align="center"|3–1
|-
| align="center"|32
| 5 November 1933 || Sportplatz am Gübser Damm, [[Magdeburg]], Germany || {{fb|GER|1933}} || align="center"|2–2 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|33
| 8 June 1934 || Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || {{fb|AUT}} || align="center"|1–0‡|| style="text-align:center"|4–0 || Friendly
|}

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