When English manager Laura Kaminski was approached to become the head coach of Norwegian club SK Brann in January, she could not turn it down. She jumped at the opportunity to move abroad and develop her coaching skills and is even competing for a place in the Europa Cup quarter-finals next Wednesday. It was a decision that paid off as 10 months later, she is celebrating a Norwegian league and cup double after a dream debut season.
"My time in the city [of Bergen] has been brilliant," the 38-year-old told BBC Sport. "I can't go to the supermarket at the minute because so many people are stopping me to wish me congratulations, which is so nice. "I'm over the moon and it was nice to get the title done before the last game so we can relax.
I thought it was going to go right to the wire. "It's been a competitive year. I've enjoyed every minute.
We had a great night with all our fans, who were waiting for us to return from Oslo." Find interviews and extra content on the BBC Women's Football Weekly feed Kaminski described it as a "hectic" year as she moved from London to Norway and away from her family to take on the Brann job. The Englishwoman had spent over a year at Crystal Palace, where she led them to promotion to the Women's Super League in 2024. She was sacked in February 2025 after a tough WSL season as Palace struggled to compete with better financially-backed clubs.
However, she is regarded as one of the country's brightest female managers and has added to her CV with her experiences in Norway. It's been chaotic - I counted that I have taken 65 flights in 11 months - so it's been exhausting, but what an experience!" added Kaminski. "To go all the way up to the Arctic Circle and play away [games] in freezing cold conditions with horizontal snow, to beautiful days in Bergen.
"Palace was totally different to Brann. I'm at a club that expects to win the Toppserien [the Norwegian top-flight] as they believe they have invested the most. "That's been a real challenge.
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