Glenn Solberg (born 18 February 1972) is a 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 ...

coach and former player. Solberg was born in

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken (county), Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and village ...

. His clubs included

Drammen HK Drammen HK is a team handball club from Drammen, Norway. Currently, Drammen HK competes in the Norwegian First League of Handball. The club was founded on March 3, 1992. The foundation was the result of a long going project where handball cl ...

FC Barcelona Handbol Futbol Club Barcelona Handbol is a Spanish handball team based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is a part of the FC Barcelona multi sports club, and was founded on 29 November 1942. The club competes domestically in the Liga ASOBAL and in the Europe ...

and

SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball club from Flensburg and Handewitt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and EHF European League. They play home matches at Flens-Arena. Since formin ...

. He was capped 122 times and scored 250 goals for the Norwegian national team. From 2014 he was assigned assistant coach for the

Norway men's national handball team 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. Honours In 2016, they were honored with a ...

. In 2015 he signed a three-year contract as head coach for the Norwegian handball club St. Hallvard HK, and in 2016 he terminated his assistant job for the national team. Since 2020 he has been the head coach for the Swedish men's national handball team. From 2021 he's also going to help coaching in the norwegian team Nøtterøy Håndball, with focus on the 16-18 year olds.

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* 1972 births Living people Norwegian male handball players Norwegian handball coaches FC Barcelona Handbol players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Sportspeople from Drammen Handball coaches of international teams {{Norway-handball-bio-stub