Sebastian Barthold (born 27 August 1991) is a Norwegian handball player. He plays for

Aalborg Håndbold Aalborg Handball ( da, Aalborg Håndbold) is a handball club from Aalborg, Denmark that competes in the Danish Handball League. Aalborg Håndbold play their home games in the Gigantium arena in Aalborg – known as Jutlander Bank Arena for sponso ...

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Norwegian national team Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

. Barthold started playing handball at the age of 6 in Haslum. He started his career as a pivot, before he was retrained as a left wing. He represented Norway at the

2022 European Men's Handball Championship The 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted in two countries – Hungary and Slovakia – from 13 to 30 January 2022. It was won by Sweden ...

Personal life

Barthold is in a relationship with former international handballer Line Bjørnsen, making him a brother-in-law to team mate on the national team,

Kristian Bjørnsen Kristian Bjørnsen (born 10 January 1989) is a Norwegian handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Norwegian national team. His younger sister, Line Bjørnsen and his brother Erik Bjørnsen were also professional handballers. Individual a ...

References

1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Bærum Norwegian male handball players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark {{Norway-handball-bio-stub