Paal-Steffen Nymann earned his black belt in April 2023 through the Chris Brennan lineage and now anchors the Team Carvalho Norway presence at Nedre Glomma Kampsport — the academy covering Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg and the wider Nedre Glomma region.
At IBJJF Master International Europe 2026 he took Master 4 Black/Feather bronze, the kind of European Master podium that quietly says a regional Norwegian academy has a credible black-belt programme. The Nedre Glomma area sits between the main Oslo and Drammen corridors, and Nymann's work there is what keeps a serious BJJ option alive for practitioners who don't want to commute into the city.
His promotion and his medal together mark the moment Team Carvalho's Norwegian network — built around Bruno Carvalho's Drammen room — extended into another active competition region with its own resident black belt.