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1990, Knutsen ya kasance a Turai har zuwa 1997, yana wasa da ƙungiyar garinsu Vålerenga, kuma daga baya Djurgården na Elitserien na Sweden. A cikin 1996, Mighty Ducks na Anaheim sun sami haƙƙoƙinsa, kuma ya fara bugawa da Ducks a cikin 1997. Bayan wani lokacin takaici (wasa a wani bangare na kungiyar wasan hockey ta Amurka (AHL) Cincinnati Mighty Ducks), Knutsen ya koma Djurgården. A lokacin kakar wasa ta 1999/2000, shi ne dan wasan da aka fi biya a Elitserien, yana samun albashi na $ 280,000.