Gjerpen Idrettsforening is a sports club in

Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsj ...

, Norway. It was founded in 1918. Among the club's activities are

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 ...

, skiing and athletics. In handball the club's women's team has won the National championships several times. Notable players are Kjerstin Andersen,

Hanne Hegh Hanne Hegh (born 27 April 1960 in Oslo) is a Norwegian team handball player and Olympic medalist. Playing career Hanne Hegh was captain on the first Norway national team wimming a medal in an international championship, the bronze medal at the 19 ...

and Siri Eftedal.

Handball

The women's handball team currently compete in

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, since their promotion in 2016.

Technical staff

* Head coach:

Katja Nyberg Katja Johanna Alice Nyberg (born 24 August 1979) is a naturalized Norwegian handball player, currently retired. She played 99 games and scored 321 goals for the Norwegian national team during her career. With the Norwegian team she won a gold ...

* Goal keeper coach: Vidar Halvorsen

Notable former club and National Team players

* Kjerstin Andersen *

* Siri Eftedal *

Jeanette Nilsen Jeanette Nilsen (born 27 June 1972) is a Norwegian team handball player and World Champion from 1999. She was born in Skien. She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New ...

Cecilie Thorsteinsen Cecilie Thorsteinsen is a Norwegian team handball player. Thorsteinsen made her debut on the national team in 1994. She played 22 matches and scored 50 goals for the national team from 1994 to 2001. She played for the national team at the 2000 E ...

Heidi Løke Heidi Løke (born 12 December 1982) is a Norwegian handball player for Larvik HK and the Norwegian national team. Among her achievements as club player are national championships, a silver medal in the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, and winner of ...

Anja Hammerseng-Edin Anja Hammerseng-Edin (born 5 February 1983) is a former Norwegian handball player. She previously played for Larvik HK and for the Norwegian national team. Career Hammerseng-Edin made her début on the Norwegian national team in 2006, and pla ...

Emilie Hegh Arntzen Emilie Hegh Arntzen (born 1 January 1994) is a Norwegian handball player for CSM București and the Norwegian national team. She previously played for Herkules, Gulset and Gjerpen IF. She made her debut on the national team in 2014. She also re ...

Mia Hundvin Mia Terese Hundvin (born 7 March 1977) is a former Norwegian handball player. Career Hundvin played 73 matches for Norway's national handball team in addition to playing for professional clubs. She was part of national teams that won the European ...

Camilla Thorsen Camilla Nordberg Thorsen (born 30 December 1975) is a Norwegian team handball player who played for the Norwegian clubs IL Bergkameratene, Gjerpen, Tertnes and Nordnes, the German club HC Leipzig, and the Danish clubs Viborg HK and Ikast-Bordin ...

Raja Toumi Raja Toumi (born 3 April 1978) is a Tunisian handball player. She is coaching for Orkanger IF Orkanger Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Orkanger, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, track a ...

Melanie Bak Melanie Mie Bak (born 30 January 1994) is a Danish handball player who plays for SCM Craiova and the Danish national team. She made her debut on the Danish national team on 28 September 2018, against Norway in a friendly match. Achievements * ...

* Pernille Fisker

Notable former club players

* Gro Knutsen * Janne Grimholt * Hanne-Stine Bratli * Iva Zamorska * Erika Polozova * Karin Nilsson * Tina Bjerke * Randi Aasarød * Kari-Anne Solfjeld Eid * Brigitte Myklebust * Renate Saastad Sømme

References

Sport in Skien Norwegian handball clubs 1918 establishments in Norway Athletics clubs in Norway Multi-sport clubs in Norway {{handball-team-stub