Camilla Nordberg Thorsen (born 30 December 1975) is a Norwegian

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who played for the Norwegian clubs IL Bergkameratene,

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, Tertnes and

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, the German club

HC Leipzig HC Leipzig is a women's handball club based in Leipzig, Germany. They play in Handball-Bundesliga Frauen and are often competing in the EHF Women's Champions League, the now defunct EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, which merged with the Women's EHF ...

, and the Danish clubs

Viborg HK Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is the name of a Danish 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 sin ...

and Ikast-Bording. She retired from top handball in 2008. Thorsen became European champion with the Norwegian national team in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

. She also played at the

2005 World Women's Handball Championship The 2005 World Women's Handball Championship, the 17th team handball world championship for women, was played in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 5 and 18 December 2005. Russia won their second title. Qualification Preliminary round ''All times ...

, where the team finished 9th.

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* 1975 births Living people Norwegian female handball players Expatriate handball players Viborg HK players {{Norway-handball-bio-stub