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is the second-most populated municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is mostly located on the large island of Hinnøya. The municipal center is the town of Harstad, which is the most populous town in Central Hålogaland and the third-largest in all of Northern Norway. The town was incorporated in 1904. Villages in the municipality include Elgsnes, Fauskevåg, Gausvik, Grøtavær, Kasfjord, Lundenes, Nergården and Sørvika.
Unni Lehn is a retired Norwegian football midfielder. She has 133 appearances for Norway's national team. In 2000 Lehn played 86 minutes of the Olympic Final in Sydney, in which Norway beat the US in extra time to take the gold medal. She lives in Trondheim and played for Trondheims-Ørn from 1994 onwards, with over 400 appearances for the club during which they won the Norwegian league title and the Norwegian Cup competition several times. From 2001 to 2003 she played in the US with Carolina Courage. She announced her retirement from football at the end of 2007.
Katja Johanna Alice Nyberg is a naturalized Norwegian former handball player. She played 99 games and scored 321 goals for the Norwegian national team during her career. With the Norwegian team she won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a silver medal at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship in France, as well as two gold medals and one silver medal at the European Championships.
Heidi Marie Tjugum is a Norwegian team handball player and goalkeeper, and World Champion from 1999.
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Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren is a retired Norwegian handball player for the Norwegian national team, who last played for Larvik HK. She is commonly known as Linka. Outside handball she is a qualified nurse.
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.
Karen Fladset is a Norwegian former team handball player and coach. She played for the club IL Vestar and the Norway women's national handball team. With Vestar she became Norwegian Champion both as player and coach, and she was top scorer in the Norwegian league for four seasons. After her playing career she was head coach for the national team for two years, and later coach for various clubs. She was a Norway champion in discus throw three times.
Ida Alstad is a retired Norwegian handball player, who played most of her career for Byåsen HE, in addition to seven years on the Norway women's national handball team.
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Nora Mørk is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.
Stine Bredal Oftedal is a Norwegian professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team, where she is the team captain. She is three times world champion and five times European champion with the Norwegian national team.
Åse Birkrem is a Norwegian handball player. She played 21 matches for the national handball team in 1986, and participated at the 1986 World Women's Handball Championship, where the Norwegian team won a bronze medal. She is a sister of Unni Birkrem.
Unni Birkrem is a Norwegian handball goalkeeper. She played 31 matches for the national handball team from 1985 to 1989, and participated at the 1986 World Women's Handball Championship, where the Norwegian team won a bronze medal. She is a sister of Åse Birkrem.
Safia Yusuf Abdi Haase is a Somali graduate nurse. She was trained at the Harstad University College in Harstad, Norway, and also has a Master's in International Welfare and Health Policy from the University of Oslo. Haase is an official with the Amathea Foundation, having joined the non-profit organization in 2005. In this capacity, she helped formulate the Norwegian government's national action plan against female genital mutilation (FGM) and serves as an ambassador against gender-based violence. Haase is also part of the KIM national board, which works toward inter-cultural understanding, acceptance and protection. Additionally, she is a member of the Global Core Team of the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies interdisciplinary network of academics and practitioners. Haase has received various awards and recognition for her work, including the 1999 Harstad Honorary Ambassador, Harstad Savings Banks Culture Prize 2000, Troms County Council Equality Award 2001, Unni and Jon Dørsjøs Memorial Fund at the Norwegian Women's Public Health Association in 2005, Honorary Member of the Norwegian Women's Public Health Association in 2005, 2005 Africa Forum – Nordic, Top 10 Annual Award in 2007, and the 2007 Reconciliation Prize/Blanche Major. In 2014, she was also presented Norway's Order of St. Olav, the first immigrant woman to receive the honour.
Marta Tomac is a Norwegian-Croatian professional handball player for Vipers Kristiansand and the Norwegian national team.
Kristine Breistøl is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.
Unni is a Norwegian female given name that may refer to
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