Axel Berg (footballer)

Axel August Berg (8 July 1938 – 12 April 2020) was a Norwegian football winger.

Axel Berg

Berg in 1960
Personal information
Full name	Axel August Berg
Date of birth	(1938-07-08)8 July 1938
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Date of death	12 April 2020(2020-04-12) (aged 81)
Place of death	Bærum, Norway
Playing position(s)	winger
Youth career
1948–1955	Lyn
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1965	Lyn
National team
1956	Norway u-19	1	(1)
1959–1960	Norway u-21	2	(1)
1960–1962	Norway B	2	(0)
1959–1961	Norway	8	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He played for Lyn between 1955 and 1965[1] and represented Norway as a youth, under-21 and senior international.[2]

He grew up at Majorstua. A one-club man, he remained in the Lyn milieu his entire life. He died in April 2020.[3]

References

1. "Axel Berg som Lynspiller" (in Norwegian). Lynhistorie.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
2. Axel Berg at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
3. Sjetnan, Erik (23 April 2020). "Axel Berg". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 60.