Early Life
Roald Jensen was born in Bergen and grew up at Eidsvågsneset, Bergen. He was the son of architect Karl Ingolf Jensen and Kirsten Alice Rokne. His brother Kjell Jensen was also a footballer. As a child, Jensen played in the garden with a football for hours on end. In his autobiography, Gje meg en B - !, Boka om Brann, he describes a situation when he lost a small ball he got when he four years old as the most unhappy time of his life. When he was ten years old, he was a founding member of a football club called Dynamo. In a game Dynamo won 22–0, Jensen scored 15 goals. Jensen was also a member of the buekorps ("Archery Brigade") Nordnæs Bataillon.
Jensen joined Brann at age 13, and dominated on the club's youth teams. Even as a youth player, he was noticed for his extreme technical skills. In 1959, SK Brann's junior team won the National Championship. The final at Brann Stadion was attended by 16,000 people.
Jensen finished high school and attended Bergen Technical School for two years, before he decided to concentrate on football.
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