Erlend Mamelund (born 1 May 1984) is a retired Norwegian

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

Haslum HK Haslum HK is a handball club from Haslum, Norway. They currently compete in the Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the count ...

and for the Norwegian national team.

Club career

Mamelund played professionally in the

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. He won the

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with HSG Nordhorn in 2007-08. Former clubs are Helset IF and

. Mamelund has signed a transfer to the

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side

FCK Håndbold F.C. Copenhagen Handball (or simply FCK Handball) was a Danish handball team, playing in Copenhagen. They had both a male and a female team, both playing in the best Danish leagues, the Danish Handball League (men) and Danish Women's Handball L ...

, which will be his club from July 2009. On 19 August 2015 it was announced that Erlend Mamelund would join German side

THW Kiel THW Kiel is a handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 22 titles. 2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, win ...

immediately on a one-year deal. He then finished his career at

in 2017. He wore the Haslum jersey 311 times and scored 1811 goals in 13 seasons. He then signed a three-year deal as the assistant coach of Haslum from 2017 to 2020.

International career

Mamelund made his debut on the Norwegian national handball team in 2005.

Personal life

His older brother Håvard and younger sister Linn Therese both played handball in the highest league in Norway. He is married to

Karoline Mamelund Karoline Mamelund (born 24 July 1987) is a former Norwegian handball player. She played for the club Stabæk Håndball. She made her debut on the Norwegian national team in March 2011, and won silver with Norway at the 2012 European Women's Ha ...

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* 1984 births Living people Norwegian male handball players Expatriate handball players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Sportspeople from Bærum Handball-Bundesliga players SG Flensburg-Handewitt players HSG Nordhorn-Lingen players THW Kiel players People from Lørenskog {{Norway-handball-bio-stub