Jørgen Juve (22 November 1906 – 12 April 1983) was a Norwegian football player, jurist, journalist, and non-fiction writer. For most of his career, he played as a striker for Lyn. He also played for a season at Basel in Switzerland before retiring and earned a total of 45 caps for the Norway national team. He is the second highest-scoring player ever for Norway, with 33 goals in just 45 games, holding the record for most international goals in Norway from 1932 until 2024, when Erling Haaland surpassed his record. He was captain of the Norway team which won Olympic bronze medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He also had a career as a journalist for Dagbladet and Tidens Tegn, and wrote several books.
Personal life
Juve was born in Porsgrunn; the son of tanner Ole Martin Juve and Marie Pøhner. The family name originates from the farm Juve/Djuve in Lårdal, where his grandfather was born. He was the eldest of six children. His two brothers both emigrated to the United States, while his three sisters married and settled in Norway. Among his childhood friends was later composer Klaus Egge. He was married twice, first to Erna Riberg in 1932,
He made 45 appearances and scored 33 international goals for the Norway national team between 1928 and 1937. His first match for the national team was against Finland in June 1928, and his 45th match was against Denmark in June 1937. Juve scored his first goals for Norway in June 1929, when he scored a hat-trick against Netherlands, and during the next seven matches he scored 16 goals. His 33 goals made Juve the Norway national team all time top scorer for over 90 years, until his record was finally beaten by Erling Haaland in 2024. In 2006, on the occasion of the 100-year anniversary of Juve's birth Per Ravn Omdal stated that Juve was one of the greatest Norwegian footballers while Sondre Kåfjord, Per Jorsett, Ola Dybwad Olsen and Arne Scheie named Juve as the most important contributor to Norway's only medal in an international football championship for men.
In September 2024, Norway's anti-doping agency mistakenly included Juve and Einar Gundersen on a list of football players to be tested. The agency's communications director said, "All we can do now is admit we're wrong. We can joke about it in the office today and then review our routines going forward."
Writing career
In 1931, Juve obtained a law degree in Basel, and would later work as a journalist and writer.
Career statistics
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|Norway
|1928||3||0
|-
|1929||5||11
|-
|1930||5||8
|-
|1931||3||2
|-
|1932||4||5
|-
|1933||6||6
|-
|1934||4||1
|-
|1935||5||0
|-
|1936||8||0
|-
|1937||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!45!!33
|}
:Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Juve goal.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Jørgen Juve
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1
| rowspan="3"|12 June 1929 || rowspan="3"|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || rowspan="3"| || align="center"|1–3 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|4–4 || rowspan="3"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|2
| align="center"|2–3
|-
| align="center"|3
| align="center"|3–3
|-
| align="center"|4
| rowspan="3"|18 June 1929 || rowspan="3"|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || rowspan="3"| || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|4–0 || rowspan="3"|1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|5
| align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|6
| align="center"|4–0
|-
| align="center"|7
| rowspan="2"|23 June 1929 || rowspan="2"|Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark || rowspan="2"| || align="center"|1–1 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–2 || rowspan="2"|1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|8
| align="center"|2–1
|-
| align="center"|9
| 29 September 1929 || Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || || align="center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || |1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|10
| rowspan="2"|3 November 1929 || rowspan="2"|Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands || rowspan="2"| || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|11
| align="center"|2–1
|-
| align="center"|12
| rowspan="3"|1 June 1930 || rowspan="3"|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || rowspan="3"| || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|6–2 || rowspan="3"|1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|13
| align="center"|4–0
|-
| align="center"|14
| align="center"|5–0
|-
| align="center"|15
| rowspan="2"|19 June 1930 || rowspan="2"|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || rowspan="2"| || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|16
| align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|17
| rowspan="3"|7 July 1930 || rowspan="3"|Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden || rowspan="3"| || align="center"|1–2 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|3–6 || rowspan="3"|1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|18
| align="center"|2–3
|-
| align="center"|19
| align="center"|3–4
|-
| align="center"|20
| 25 May 1931 || Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark || || align="center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || 1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|21
| 27 September 1931 || Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || || align="center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|22
| rowspan="2"|5 June 1932 || rowspan="2"|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || rowspan="2"| || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|23
| align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|24
| rowspan="2"|1 July 1932 || rowspan="2"|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden || rowspan="2"| || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–1 || rowspan="2"|1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|25
| align="center"|2–1
|-
| align="center"|26
| 25 September 1932 || Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || || align="center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || 1929–32 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|27
| rowspan="2"|20 June 1933 || rowspan="2"|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || rowspan="2"| (amateurs) || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–2 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|28
| align="center"|3–1
|-
| align="center"|29
| rowspan="3"|3 September 1933 || rowspan="3"|Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland || rowspan="3"| || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|5–1 || rowspan="3"|1933–36 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|30
| align="center"|2–1
|-
| align="center"|31
| align="center"|3–1
|-
| align="center"|32
| 5 November 1933 || Sportplatz am Gübser Damm, Magdeburg, Germany || || align="center"|2–2 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|33
| 8 June 1934 || Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || (amateurs)|| align="center"|1–0|| style="text-align:center"|4–0 || Friendly
|}