Skien
Skien () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsjø area and Bø. The administrative ...
, Norway. It was founded in 1918. Among the club's activities are
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
, skiing and athletics. In handball the club's women's team has won the National championships several times. Notable players are
Kjerstin Andersen
Kjerstin Andersen (born 23 November 1958) is a Norwegian former team handball goalkeeper and Olympic medalist. She won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with the Norwegian national team.Hanne Hegh and
Siri Eftedal
Siri Eftedal (born 22 May 1966) is a Norwegian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with the Norwegian national team.REMA 1000-ligaen, since their promotion in 2023.
Bækkelagets SK
Bækkelagets Sportsklub is a Norwegian sports club from Bekkelaget in southern Oslo, founded in 1909. The club has sections for skiing (including ski jumping and biathlon), orienteering, handball, football, floorball and track and field athletics ...
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* Fride Lunne Mastad (LB) (to
Byåsen HE
Byåsen Håndball Elite is the women's handball team of the Norwegian multi-sports club Byåsen IL based in Trondheim. The team plays in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 1982.
The team's first success c ...
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Technical staff
* Head coach: Pål Oldrup Jensen
* Assistant coach: Per Magnus Boman
Notable former national team players
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Kjerstin Andersen
Kjerstin Andersen (born 23 November 1958) is a Norwegian former team handball goalkeeper and Olympic medalist. She won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with the Norwegian national team.Hanne Hegh
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Siri Eftedal
Siri Eftedal (born 22 May 1966) is a Norwegian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with the Norwegian national team.Anne Migliosi
* Jeanette Nilsen
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Cecilie Thorsteinsen
Cecilie Thorsteinsen is a Norwegian team handball player.
Thorsteinsen made her debut on the national team in 1994. She played 22 matches and scored 50 goals for the national team from 1994 to 2001. She played for the national team at the 2000 E ...
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Heidi Løke
Heidi Løke (born 12 December 1982) is a Norwegian handball coach for the women's team at IL Runar. She is also assistant coach for Poland women's national handball team, Poland.
As a player she last played for Larvik HK at top level and formerl ...
Mia Hundvin
Mia Terese Hundvin (born 7 March 1977) is a Norwegian former handball player.
Career
Hundvin played 72 matches for Norway's national handball team in addition to playing for professional clubs. She was part of national teams that won the Europe ...