Erlend Mamelund (born 1 May 1984) is a retired Norwegian

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player who played for

Haslum HK Haslum Håndballklubb or Haslum HK is a handball club from Haslum, Norway. They are the handball department of the multisports club Haslum Idrettslag. They currently compete in the Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a professional association fo ...

and for the Norwegian national team.

Club career

Mamelund played professionally in the German Bundesliga. He won the

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with HSG Nordhorn in 2007-08. Former clubs are Helset IF and

. Mamelund has signed a transfer to the

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side FCK Håndbold, which will be his club from July 2009. In his first season, he won the

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and was named MVP for the tournament. On 19 August 2015 it was announced that Erlend Mamelund would join German side

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immediately on a one-year deal. He then finished his career at

in 2017. He wore the Haslum jersey 311 times and scored 1811 goals in 13 seasons. He then signed a three-year deal as the assistant coach of Haslum from 2017 to 2020.

International career

Mamelund made his debut on the Norwegian national handball team in 2005.

Awards and recognitions

Mamelund was awarded the

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trophy from the

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in 2021.

Personal life

His older brother Håvard and younger sister Linn Therese both played handball in the highest league in Norway. He is married to Karoline Mamelund.

References

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* 1984 births Living people Norwegian male handball players 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Montpellier Handball players Norwegian expatriate handball players in France Norwegian expatriate handball players in Germany Norwegian expatriate handball players in Denmark Handball players from Bærum Handball-Bundesliga players SG Flensburg-Handewitt players HSG Nordhorn-Lingen players THW Kiel players Sportspeople from Lørenskog Handball players from Akershus {{Norway-handball-bio-stub