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Jim Johansen

Norwegian footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ3431064
Source-derived summary

Jim Johansen (born 6 February 1987) is a Norwegian football winger who most recently played for Notodden.

Career

Club career

Harstad

After being considered as a big talent for several seasons in Harstad, and contributing with plenty of goals, he got his big breakthrough in 2009. Even though it was in the third division in Norway, he managed to score 52 goals in one season, and some of the bigger clubs in Norway was watching him.

Strømsgodset

On 6 November 2009, Jim Johansen signed a contract with the Norwegian club Strømsgodset, after impressing the club on his try-out.

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The public source identifies “Jim Johansen” as norwegian footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Johansen, Norwegian and footballer.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1987, 2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1987-02-06. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Johansen, Norwegian and footballer providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3431064. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1987 and 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from Jim Johansen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.