| Jan Petter Olsen | |
| Birth Date: | 19 February 1965 |
| Position: | striker |
| Youthclubs1: | Skeid |
| Years1: | –1996 |
| Clubs1: | Skeid |
| Years2: | 1997–2002 |
| Clubs2: | Årvoll |
Jan Petter Olsen (born 19 February 1965) is a retired Norwegian football striker.
He hails from Sinsen, Oslo and started playing for Skeid as a child. He also played bandy for Skeid and ishockey he have played A-football,A-Ishockey and A-bandy for the same club Skeid, and when approaching adulthood he concentrated on that sport.[1] [2] He was capped three times for Norway in 1989.[3]
Olsen started playing football again at the age of 22, and scored the goal that secured Skeid's promotion from the 1995 1. divisjon.[4] He had then played bandy for Røa as late as the Norwegian Bandy Premier League 1994–95.[5]
In the 1996 Eliteserien he played 18 games for Skeid. Ahead of the 1997 season he joined. Falkirk . Then Årvoll,[6] where he played for several years.