The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations, and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
Beach handball is a team hobby where two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to standard handball, but it is played on sand instead of on a solid floor. Because the ball loses most of its bounce on sand, there is little to no dribbling, and players instead perform more passing as the rules of travelling still apply.
The Denmark women's national handball team is the national team of Denmark. It is governed by the Danish Handball Federation (DHF).
The Norway men's national handball team represents Norway at international handball competitions, and is governed by the Norges Håndballforbund (NHF). As of 2022, Norway has been in 2 finals.
Jesper Brian Nøddesbo is a Danish-Norwegian former handball player.
Kristine Lunde-Borgersen is a retired Norwegian handballer who played for the Norwegian national team. She is Olympic champion, World Champion and three times European champion. She is the twin sister of fellow handball player Katrine Lunde. On 13 June 2017, she announced her return to playing handball for the 2017–2018 season, to replace Marta Tomac, who is out of play following a severe injury.
Aalborg Handball is a professional 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 sponsorship reasons.
GOG is a professional handball club based in the small town of Gudme on Funen, Denmark. The club is one of the most successful in the history of Danish handball having won the Danish Handball Championship 9 times and the Danish Handball Cup a record 10 times. Currently GOG competes in the men's Danish Handball League.
Heidi Løke is a Norwegian handball player for Larvik HK and formerly the Norwegian national team.
Børge Lund is a retired Norwegian handball player and current handball coach of Elverum. He played 216 matches and scored 390 goals for the Norway men's national handball team between 2000 and 2014. He participated at the 2005 and 2007 World Men's Handball Championship, as well in the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2012 and 2014 European Men's Handball Championship.
Ole Gustav Gjekstad is a Norwegian handball player and coach.
Katarina Ježić is a Croatian handball player for HC Dunărea Brăila and the Croatian national team.
Kent Robin Tønnesen is a Norwegian handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Norwegian national team.
Christian O'Sullivan is a Norwegian handball player, and team captain for both SC Magdeburg and the Norwegian national team.
Magnus Gullerud is a Norwegian handball player for Kolstad Håndball and the Norwegian national team.
Harald Reinkind is a Norwegian professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Norwegian national team.
Norway competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's Olympic debut in 1900, Norwegian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions: the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, due to the country's support for the United States-led boycott.
Sakura Hauge, also known as Sakura Kametani, is a Norwegian-born Japanese handball goalkeeper for ESBF Besançon and the Japanese national team.
Kristine Breistøl is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.
Magnus Jøndal is a former Norwegian handball player, who last played for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Norwegian national team.
