The Kniksen Award, established in 1990, honors the best players in the Norwegian football premiership. The award is named after the legendary Norwegian football player Roald Jensen, nicknamed "Kniksen".

Categories

Category A

A jury composed of players, leaders, coaches and officials in the Tippeligaen, nominates and choose the winners in each category. All the nominees must play in the Norwegian top division. The player's nationality does not matter. The categories are: In 2006, two further categories were also awarded: Young player of the year, and 1. divisjon player of the year.

Category B (the main awards)

Kniksen of the Year

This is awarded to the best Norwegian player of the year. The Kniksen of the year award was replaced by "Gullballen" (English: The Golden Ball) in 2014. The player can play abroad or in Norway and can be won by both female and male players.

Kniksen's honour award

The Kniksen's honour award is awarded to a person or a team, who have made a great contribution to Norwegian football. This award can be considered a lifetime achievement award, and is recognized as Norwegian football's most prestigious award. The Kniksen's honour award was not awarded in 2005 or 2006, but was resumed in 2007. The main awards were presented annually at Idrettsgallaen at Hamar in January, but in 2007, all Kniksen awards were presented at a separate award show in November.

Winners

Source:

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

2021 2022

Other awards

This is a list of awards awarded in connection with the Kniksen awards, but not considered official Kniksen awards:

Gullballen

From 2018, the Gullballen has been awarded to both a male and a female footballer.

Men

Women

Eliteserien

Player of the Year

Goal of the Year

Breakthrough of the Year

Young Player of the Year

Coach of the Year

Toppserien

Player of the Year

Goal of the Year

Breakthrough of the Year

Young Player of the Year

Coach of the Year

1. divisjon

Player of the Year

Breakthrough of the Year

Coach of the Year