Guro Knutsen Mienna

Guro Knutsen Mienna (born Guro Knutsen on January 10, 1985) is a Norwegian former footballer who played for Røa IL of the Toppserien league and for the Norway women's national football team.

She played alongside her older sister Marie Knutsen in the Norwegian team that finished fourth at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China.

Knutsen Mienna won the Norwegian league with Røa IL in 2007 and 2008, and also in 2008 won the Royal Cup to complete "the double". She helped her club to the double again in 2009, and they won the Cup in 2010 and then the League in 2011.

Knutsen Mienna competed with Norway in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China and scored the opening goal in the group match against Japan. Norway was defeated by Brazil in the quarter-finals.

In October 2008 Knutsen Mienna was one of five Røa players who announced their refusal to play for the national team under the management of Bjarne Berntsen. She was recalled by Berntsen's successor Eli Landsem and was selected for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. Knutsen Mienna won a total of 36 senior caps and scored three goals for Norway.

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Knutsen

Knutsen is a Norwegian surname. It origin was as a Patronymic name (-sen/-søn/-son/-zen) derived from the first name Knut. Notable people with the surname include:

Arvid Knutsen (1944–2009), Norwegian footballer and later coach

Espen Knutsen (born 1972), Norwegian ice hockey player

Geir Knutsen (born 1959), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party

Guro Knutsen (born 1985), Norwegian football player

Konrad B. Knutsen (born 1925), Norwegian civil servant

Lars Knutsen (1884–1963), Norwegian shipowner, founder of Lars Knutsen and Sons Ltd, a ship chandler business in Wales

Marie Knutsen (born 1982), Norwegian football midfielder

Morten Knutsen (born 1977), Norwegian football coach and former player

Nelly Bell Knutsen (1905–1991), Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party

Olav Martinus Knutsen Steinnes (1886–1961), Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs in 1928

Paul Knutsen Barstad Sandvik (1847–1936), Norwegian educator

Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, Norwegian explorers who went with Roald Amundsen on his 1918 Arctic expedition

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