Tonje Sagstuen (born 17 November 1971) is a Norwegian former

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player, journalist, newspaper editor, and gambling executive. She has been

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of the gambling company Norsk Tipping since 2023. Playing for the

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, she won silver medals at the

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and the 1997 world championships. She was awarded the Håndballstatuetten trophy in 1999. A journalist since 1999, she was appointed editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''

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'' in 2012.

Personal life

Sagstuen was born in

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on 17 November 1971.

Handball career

Club career

Sagstuen played handball for the clubs Toten HK,

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and IK Junkeren.

International career

Sagstuen played 217 games for the

during her career, scoring 593 goals. She won a silver medal at the

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, with the Norwegian team."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 12 February 2008) After defeating

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in the semi final, Norway lost against

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in the final. Further international achievements are winning the bronze medal at the 1993 World Women's Handball Championship, and bronze at the

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. She was part of the Norwegian team at the

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in Germany, where Norway reached the final, which they lost to Denmark, thus winning the silver medals. Scoring 59 goals, Sagstuen listed number three on the top scorer list, and was also selected to the

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team of the championship.

Awards

She was awarded the Håndballstatuetten trophy from the

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in 1999.

Media and business career

From 1999 Sagstuen was assigned as sports journalist for the newspaper ''

''. She eventually assumed editor functions from 2006, and served as assistant chief editor in 2011. In 2012, she became the new editor-in-chief of ''

''. Sagstuen has been part of the administrative group of the

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company Norsk Tipping since 2014. In 2023 she was appointed acting

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of Norsk Tipping, succeeding

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. In November 2023 she was appointed the new permanent director of Norsk Tipping.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sagstuen, Tonje 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Gjøvik Handball players from Innlandet Sportspeople from Lørenskog Handball players from Akershus Norwegian female handball players Norwegian expatriate handball players in Germany Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic handball players for Norway Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian women newspaper editors Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen 21st-century Norwegian journalists 21st-century Norwegian women writers 21st-century Norwegian businesswomen 21st-century Norwegian businesspeople