Knut Hammer Larsen was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 footballer.

He grew up in Tasta

Tasta

-Neighbourhoods:Although the borders of neighbourhoods do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Tasta roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods : Indre Tasta and Ytre Tasta.-Politics:Tasta has a borough council...

, and played for POL, FK Vidar

FK Vidar

FK Vidar is an association football club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the Norwegian Second Division, the third highest level in the Norwegian football league system.-Club history:...

, Stavanger IF

Stavanger IF Fotball

Stavanger IF Fotball, the football division of Stavanger Idrettsforening, is a football club from Stavanger, Norway. In 2011, they will play in the Third Division, the fourth tier of the Norwegian football league system. In Rogaland, they are simply known as Sif, and few people would refer to them...

, Viking FK, Staal Jørpeland IL

Staal Jørpeland IL

Staal Jørpeland Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Jørpeland, Rogaland. It has sections for association football, team handball and track and field.The club was founded in 1919, and the club colors are green and black....

, Buøy IL, Djerv 1919, Tasta IL and Vardeneset BK. For Viking he played in the Norwegian Premier League 1990 and the European Cup Winners' Cup 1990–91.

After retiring he worked in Lyse Energi

Lyse Energi

Lyse is a power company based in Jæren and Ryfylke, Norway. The company operates ten hydroelectric and one thermal power plants, the power grid in 16 municipalities as well as fiberoptic broadband and other telecommunication services, natural gas distribution, district heating, burglar alarms,...

. He lived in Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...

 and Randaberg

Randaberg

Randaberg is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway, located just to the north of Stavanger. Randaberg was separated from Hetland on 1 July 1922. The northernmost conurbation of Stavanger/Sandnes can be found here.-Name:...

, was married and had two children. He died in May 2009 at Rikshospitalet

Rikshospitalet

Rikshospitalet is located in Oslo, Norway. From January 1, 2009, the hospital is part of Oslo University Hospital....

 of leukemia

Leukemia

Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...

, following several fruitless chemotherapy

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen....

attempts.