Bjarta Osberg Johansen

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Bjarta Osberg Johansen
Personal information
Full name Bjarta Osberg Johansen
Born (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 32)
Tórshavn, Denmark
Nationality Faroese
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Kyndil
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
 Kyndil
2017–2018
 Aalborg HK
2018-2021
 Vendsyssel Håndbold
2021–
 Kyndil
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
 Faroe Islands 44 (39)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of November 2025

Bjarta Osberg Johansen (born 28 April 1993 is a Faroese handballer who plays for Kyndil and the Faroe Islands women's national team.

She played for Kyndil in her home country before moving to Denmark in 2017 to study. [1] [2] Here she played for Aalborg HK, before joining Danish second tier side Vendsyssel Håndbold in the winter of 2018. [1] In the 2020-21 season she helped the team getting promoted to the Damehåndboldligaen, [3] but she would not play there herself as she returned to Kyndil in 2021. [4]

Her first major international tournament was the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship, which was also the first ever major international tournament for Faroes Islands ever. [5] At the 2025 World Championship she was part of Faroe Islands team that played for the first time at a World Championship. [6] [7] With wins over Spain and Paraguay they advanced from the preliminary groups and recorded their first ever win at a major international tournament. [8]


Johansen has the highest number of caps for the Faroe Islands women's national handball team of players still active. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Thomas Jasper (29 November 2018). "Vendsyssel henter færing" (in Danish). Nordjyske. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "BJARTA OSBERG JOHANSEN - Career & Statistics | EHF". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Arkiveret kopi" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "DHDb > Bjarta Johansen". dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Team Roster Faroe Islands – Women's European Handball Championship". eurohandball.com. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "Håndboldfeber på Færøerne: Folk siger, 'I er så små'" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 26 November 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "HM-liðið úttikið". Handball Federation of the Faroe Islands. 3 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  8. ↑ Sebastian Taarsted Bagger (28 November 2025). "Færøsk landsholdsspiller har det så vildt, at hun næsten ikke kan være i sin egen krop" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio . Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "he past, present and future: Faroe Islands women respecting, representing and making history with world championship debut". International Handball Federation. 24 November 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
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