Jakob Rosbach Larsen (born 4 July 1974) is a Greenlandic/Danish retired

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player and current manager of the Danish club

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, where he has coached since 2017. He has previously been the manager of GOG Gudme. Larsen became Danish champion, as player, with GOG in 2007. He has a

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degree in sport sciences from the

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Career

Larsen played for four years for the Danish club, Nyborg GIF Håndbold, moving to the

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at GOG. He played to season with GOG before moving to Otterup HK in the 2000–201 season. The Spanish side

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noticed Jakob Larsen during the 2001 World Championship in a match against Spain and Larsen was sold to Zaragoza in February 2001. Larsen returned to Denmark that same year and joined a local club in

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in order to combine handball and his studies. He later rejoined GOG. In 2004, he signed with the French side

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, playing for two seasons with the club. In 2006, he returned to GOG and played until the club's bankruptcy in 2010. In all, Larsen won two Danish championships with GOG. He played the following two season for Faaborg HK on an amateur contract before starting his career as a trainer.

Private life

He is married to fellow handball player Kamilla Larsen.

Politics

In April 2025 he announced that his intention to run for the

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on behalf of

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. His motivation was

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's announcement of his intention to annex Greenland.

References

1974 births Living people Greenlandic male handball players Greenlandic people of Danish descent Greenlandic emigrants to Denmark People from Qeqqata University of Southern Denmark alumni Danish expatriate handball players in Spain Greenlandic handball coaches Danish expatriate handball players in France GOG players Greenlandic sportsperson-politicians Danish sportsperson-politicians {{Greenland-handball-bio-stub