Norway women's national handball team

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Information
NicknameHåndballjentene
(The handball girls)
AssociationNorwegian Handball Federation
CoachÞórir Hergeirsson
Assistant coachTonje Larsen
CaptainStine Bredal Oftedal
Most capsKatrine Lunde (351)
Most goalsKjersti Grini (1003)
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2nd
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3rd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances8 (First in 1988)
Best resultGold 1st (2008, 2012)
World Championship
Appearances22 (First in 1971)
Best resultGold 1st (1999, 2011, 2015, 2021)
European Championship
Appearances15 (First in 1994)
Best resultGold 1st (1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022)
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Norway women's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Team
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1999 Denmark/Norway
Gold medal – first place 2011 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 2015 Denmark
Gold medal – first place 2021 Spain
Silver medal – second place 1997 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2001 Italy
Silver medal – second place 2007 France
Silver medal – second place 2017 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Netherlands
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Norway
Bronze medal – third place 2009 China
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1998 Netherlands
Gold medal – first place 2004 Hungary
Gold medal – first place 2006 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2008 Macedonia
Gold medal – first place 2010 Norway/Denmark
Gold medal – first place 2014 Croatia/Hungary
Gold medal – first place 2016 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2020 Denmark
Gold medal – first place 2022 Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro
Silver medal – second place 1996 Denmark
Silver medal – second place 2002 Denmark
Silver medal – second place 2012 Serbia
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Germany

The Norway women's national handball team represents Norway at international handball competitions, and is governed by the Norges Håndballforbund (NHF). As of 2023, Norway has been in 25 finals and is regarded as one of the finest women's national handball teams ever, with 32 medals.

Norway women's national handball team holds the distinction in the sport for being the only handball team, on the women's side, and men's side, to have won the European Championship four consecutive times. Their 9 gold medals is a sport record. In 2011, they became the sport's third team and the second Women's team, following Denmark to have held all three titles simultaneously: The World Championship, the Olympic Championship and the Euro Championship.[1] In 2015, they won the World Championship and have the distinction of the first Women's handball team to hold simultaneously international titles twice: the 2015 World Championship, the 2014 European Championship and the 2012 Olympic Championship.

As of November 2022, they are the reigning double European champions.

  1. ^ "Heja Norge: Norway World Champion 2011!". Retrieved 2 July 2016.

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