Lukas Karlsson (born 21 May 1982) is a Swedish former

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 ...

former player and current coach, who played for the Swedish national handball team.

Career

Lukas Karlsson started playing handball at IFK Nyköbing in his hometown.thw-handball.de: ''Gegnerkader KIF Kolding Kopenhagen (DEN) Saison 2013/2014''
(in German), retrieved 18. August 2014 In 2007 he joined

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

in the Swedish Elitserien. He then joined Danish club

Viborg HK Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is a Danish professional handball club from Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and Euro ...

until 2009 when he switched to league rivals KIF Kolding. Here we won the Danish Championship in 2014 and in 2015 and the Danish cup in 2014. In 2016 he joined Ribe-Esbjerg HH. Here he become the assistant coach in 2017, while still playing for the club. In 2019 he joined Norwegian club Bækkelagets SK. At the end of his career he joined Norwegian second tier side Follo HK. From the 2022-23 season he retired as a player and became the headcoach of Follo HK.

Private Life

Karlsson is married to Norwegian international Ida Bjørndalen. They have 3 children together.

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Player info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karlsson, Lukas 1982 births Living people Swedish male handball players Swedish expatriate handball players in Denmark Swedish expatriate handball players in Norway Viborg HK players KIF Kolding players Sportspeople from Nyköping 21st-century Swedish sportsmen