Kristján Andrésson (born 27 March 1981) is a Swedish-born Icelandic retired

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 and ex coach of the Swedish national team. He competed in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Until 2020 he was the head coach for the Swedish national team. He played several games for the Icelandic national team, including at the 2004 Olympics. He retired as a player in 2005 due to injury problems. He coached

Eskilstuna Guif Eskilstuna Guif is a handball club based in Eskilstuna, Sweden, which currently competes in Handbollsligan, the top domestic handball league. The club was founded in 1896 as Godtemplarnas Ungdoms- och Idrottsförening (The Good Templars' Youth and ...

from 2007 to 2016. When he accepted the Sweden job, he became the fifth Icelander to be the active coach of a foreign national team at the time.

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* 1981 births Living people Kristjan Andresson Kristjan Andresson Kristjan Andresson Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Eskilstuna Kristjan Andresson Kristjan Andresson Handball coaches of international teams {{Iceland-handball-bio-stub