The Kongsvinger Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for Ludvig Langrekken
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ludvig Langrekken will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Kongsvinger the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Vetle Skjærvik is a medical away from Kongsvinger
The deal with Tromso is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Kongsvinger to lose Ludvig Langrekken for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Ludvig Langrekken has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Andreas Dybevik in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kongsvinger this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A last season at home is what Alexey Gorodovoy is after
It is sentimental, it is completely genuine, and it is the beginning of a departure nobody has announced. The club can be gracious about it or it can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Adrian Hansen signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Adrian Hansen commits to Kongsvinger for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Kongsvinger training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sondre Norheim is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market10 Aug 2026
Magnus Haaland steps up from the Kongsvinger academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Magnus Haaland has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mathias Strandberg steps up from the Kongsvinger academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mathias Strandberg has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Ruben Thorsby steps up from the Kongsvinger academy
- Match Mats Lillebo rescues a point for Kongsvinger
- The dugout Andreas Dybevik knocks on the manager's door