Norway’s Ticketing Manager of the Year: Meet the Five Finalists

Five ticketing managers from the Eliteserien and OBOS-ligaen are finalists in TicketCo's Ticketing Manager of the Year award. Now it is up to the fans to decide who wins. Voting is open until 4 December.

Ticketing managers are among the most important people behind the scenes at a football club. They make sure season tickets and match tickets reach the right supporters, that access control works on matchday, and that fans get the help they need. When the job is done well, the result is simple: matchday runs as it should.

Norwegian football's Ticketing Manager of the Year is TicketCo's way of giving them the positive attention they deserve.

"Ticketing managers do a huge job for their clubs and for the fans, often without anyone noticing. With this award, we want to put them in the spotlight and recognise the work they do," says Carl-Erik Michalsen Moberg, CEO and co-founder of TicketCo.

Norsk Toppfotball, the league association for the 32 clubs in the Eliteserien and OBOS-ligaen, points out that ticketing has become an ever more important part of how clubs connect with their supporters.

Today, ticketing is about far more than selling a ticket. It is about good digital customer journeys, service, and getting to know and understand our supporters better. The clubs' ticketing managers are at the heart of this work, so it is both well deserved and very pleasing to see them recognised," says Thomas Torjusen, Head of Digitalisation at Norsk Toppfotball.

From England to Norway

TicketCo first ran the Ticketing Manager of the Year award in spring 2025, in England's National League. In spring 2026 it expanded to cover both the National League and the EFL in England, as well as the NIFL in Northern Ireland. Now the award comes to Norway, TicketCo's home market, with one winner chosen across the Eliteserien and OBOS-ligaen.

The clubs nominated their ticketing managers, and an expert jury selected five strong finalists.

The five finalists

• Hågen Alstad, FK Bodø/Glimt. The club's European adventure has taken him from Old Trafford to handing out tickets on the streets of London. With stoic calm, he makes sure everyone gets their tickets, wherever Glimt play.
• Tommy Hamsund, Tromsø IL. He covers every event and ticketing role at TIL. When winter arrives early and late in the season, he works long days to get the stadium ready for matches.
• Signe Rismyhr Engelund, Strømsgodset Toppfotball. She has been at the club since 2013 and is the driving force behind Open Day, which has drawn record numbers of children and families to Marienlyst over the past two years. She kept the Godset community together after relegation, and the club is now back in the Eliteserien.
• Markus Slyngenborg Jensen, Fredrikstad FK. He is responsible for ticketing and media at FFK and has played a key role in FFK+. FFK became the first club in Norway with a paid app membership, and today eight out of ten fans under 18 in the club's database join through the app.
• Frank Nilsson, Kristiansund BK. Known as "The Ticketman", he has almost 15 years at KBK behind him. He answers every enquiry personally, morning and evening, at weekends and on matchdays, and is known for his videos about ticket releases.

How voting works

Anyone can vote until 4 December. The finalist with the most votes will be named Norway's Ticketing Manager of the Year.

For more information

Tom Rasmussen, Head of Communications, TicketCo
Email: tom.rasmussen@ticketco.net
Phone: +47 92 43 29 12