Rune Erland (born 25 August 1968) is a Norwegian handball player. He played 129 matches and scored 474 goals for the

Norway men's national handball team The Norway men's national handball team represents Norway at international handball competitions, and is governed by the Norwegian Handball Federation, Norges Håndballforbund (NHF). As of 2022, Norway has been in 2 finals. Honours In 2 ...

between 1987 and 1997. He participated at the

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. With his club

Viking HK Viking Handball Klubb (founded 1986) is a Norwegian handball team from Stavanger with 1 series gold and 4 NM gold. The team has blue jerseys and blue shorts, and is trained by Christian Magnus Mikalsen Johannesen. The team plays their home matche ...

, Erland was national champion in 1988 and 1994. Playing for

VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach is a handball club from the German city of Gummersbach. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. Gummersbach is one of the most successful team-handball clubs ever. Crest, colours, sup ...

, he was part of winning the

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 onwards, the league was sponsored by Toyota and has officially been called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. This lasted until 2012 when the Deutsche K ...

in 1991.

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1968 births Living people Norwegian male handball players Expatriate handball players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Norway-handball-bio-stub