Viborg HK is a Danish professional handball club from Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and European handball since the beginning of the 1990s. This team currently competes in the women's Danish Women's Handball League.
Cecilie Leganger is a Norwegian retired handballer. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, Leganger won the 1998 European Championship and the 1999 World Championship with the Norwegian national team, and received the IHF World Player of the Year award in 2001.
Rikke Erhardsen Skov is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. A loyal player of Viborg HK, Skov joined the club yet as a teenager in 1994 and it remained her lone team till she retired in 2016 and retired from active sports when she became pregnant in February 2017.
Ikast Håndbold is a Danish professional women's handball club based in Ikast. They have competed in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's primary handball league, since 1991.
Heidi Løke is a Norwegian handball player for Larvik HK and formerly the Norwegian national team.
The Kvindeligaen is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen for sponsorship reasons. It has previously been known as HTH GO Ligaen, Primo Tours Ligaen, Boxer Dameligaen, TOMS Ligaen and GuldBageren Ligaen. The current title holder is Team Esbjerg (2023). The European Handball Federation (EHF) ranks the Danish league 4th in the coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past seasons.
Mette Frederiksen is a Danish politician who has been serving as prime minister of Denmark since June 2019, and leader of the Social Democrats since June 2015. The second woman to hold either office, she is also the youngest prime minister in Danish history, the first to be born after Margrethe II's accession to the throne, and the first to serve under Frederik X.
Trine Bach Troelsen is a retired Danish team handball player who played for the Danish women's national handball team.
Mette Melgaard is a Danish handball coach and former player. She was the assistant coach for Team Esbjerg in the Danish Damehåndboldligaen from 2017-2019.
Camilla Dalby is a former Danish team handball player who plays for the club Randers HK and for the Danish women's national handball team.
Line Anna Ryborg Jørgensen Myers is a former Danish handball player, who last played for Team Esbjerg and formerly the Danish national team.
Mette Klit is a Danish handball coach and former handballer.
Amanda Kurtović is a Norwegian handball player who plays right back for Larvik HK and formerly the Norwegian national team. She has won medals at Olympic, World and European level.
Stine Østergaard Jørgensen is a Danish handball player for København Håndbold.
Anne Mette Hansen is a Danish handball player for Metz Handball and the Danish national team.
Mette Tranborg is a Danish handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team.
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub is a Danish professional handball club from Nykøbing Falster. In the 2023–24 season, it played in the Danish Women's Handball League. They have a local rivalry with fellow Zealand team København Håndbold.
Pernille Skipper is a Danish former politician. She was a member of the Folketing from 2011 to 2022, and was political spokesperson for the Red–Green Alliance from 2016 to 2021, succeeding Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen. In 2021 she was replaced by Mai Villadsen.
Holstebro Håndbold is a women's handball club in the Danish 1st Division from Holstebro, Denmark. Their home matches are played in Gråkjær Arena.
Mette Thiesen is a Danish politician and former schoolteacher who has been a member of the Folketing since June 2019, at first representing the Nye Borgerlige political party, but from November 2022 being an independent, and from February 2023 representing the Danish People's Party.
