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 ...
club from
Larvik
Larvik () is a List of cities in Norway, town and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. The municipality ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
.
History
Larvik HK was founded in 1990 as a merger of the handball departments in the two clubs
Larvik Turn
Larvik Turn & Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club that does football, handball, athletics, wrestling, and gymnastics.
The club was founded as early as 1865, and has been playing football since 1906. The football team was at its best durin ...
and Halsen. They played in the top division since 1992/93. During their first year they were close to relegation, but managed to remain on top. They saw their breakthrough the following season, as they won the league title in 1994, and played the
Norwegian Cup
The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football ...
final.
From the late 1990s, Larvik was the strongest team on the Norwegian women's handball scene over a period of about twenty years, winning the
league
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19 times and the
cup
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17 times between 1994 and 2017. Last time they lost a league match at home was on 14 March 1999 before their first defeat in 18 years came against
Vipers Kristiansand
Vipers Kristiansand is a handball club from Kristiansand, Norway. They currently compete in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 2001.
They claimed there first Norwegian Championship in 2018, defeating 18 tim ...
on 29 March 2017. On 14 May 2011, the club won the
Women's EHF Champions League
The Women's EHF Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top na ...
title for the first time.
On 14 May 2019, exactly 8 years after winning the Champions League, the club was degraded to Division 1, after losing their elite license due to financial reasons. In 2020 the club again qualified for REMA 1000-ligaen, the Top Division.
Norwegian Cup
The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football ...
EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...
* Gold: 10/11
* Silver: 12/13, 14/15
Cup Winners' Cup
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:''Squad for the 2022-23 season''
;Goalkeepers
* 1 Eli Smørgrav Skogstrand
* 30 Ida Madeleine Devillée Walin
* 36 Ingrid Lauritzen
;Wingers
;LW:
* 6 Emma Skinnehaugen
* 23 Polina Gencheva
;RW:
* 15 Guro Ramberg
* 77 Astrid Vasvik Løke
;Line players
* 5 Thea Karen Bakås
* 18 Tirill Solumsmoen Mørch
* 25 Tiril Birgitte Rosenberg
* 55
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 ...
;Back players
;LB
* 7 Emma Helland-Døvle
* 11 Marianne Haugsted
* 20 Ingrid Vinjevoll
* 21 Silje Vinjevoll
* 26 Maja Furu Sæteren
;CB
* 10 Dorthe Groa (pregnant)
* 22 Andrea Rønning
;RB
* 24
Amanda Kurtović
Amanda Kurtović (born 25 July 1991) is a Norwegian handball player who plays as a right back for Larvik HK and formerly the Norway women's national handball team, Norwegian national team.Tine Albertsen (2004–2014)
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Isabel Blanco
Isabel Blanco (born 10 May 1979 in Bergen) is a Norwegian handball player of Galician descent.
Club career
Blanco has previously played for the clubs Kjøkkelvik, Vadmyra, Nordnes, Tertnes HE, Club El Ferrobus Mislata, Aalborg DH, FC Midtjyllan ...
Kristine Duvholt Havnås
Kristine Duvholt Havnås (born 31 January 1974) is a former Norwegian team handball player and World Champion. She was born in Tønsberg. She received a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
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Elisabeth Hilmo
Elisabeth Hilmo (born 29 November 1976) is a Norwegian team handball player and World Champion. She was born in Trondheim. She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII O ...
Kari Mette Johansen
Kari Mette Johansen (born 11 January 1979) is a Norwegian team handball player, a two time Olympic champion, once a world champion and four times European champion. She was voted into the ''All star team'' at the 2006 European Women's Handball Cha ...
Tonje Larsen
Tonje Larsen (born 26 January 1975, in Tønsberg) is a retired Norwegian handballer who played for the Norwegian national team. She is Olympic champion, World champion and three times European champion. As a club player she is several times Norw ...
(1993–1998, 1999–2015)
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Cecilie Leganger
Cecilie Leganger (born 12 March 1975) is a Norwegian retired handballer who played for the Norwegian national team.
International championships
Leganger made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 1993, 17 years old, and retired three yea ...
(2010–2014)
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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 ...
Nora Mørk
Nora Mørk (born 5 April 1991) is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norway women's national handball team, Norwegian national team.
She made her debut on the Norwegian national team on 21 September 2010.
Before joining Team ...
(2009–2016)
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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 ...
(1998–2005, 2010–2012)
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Terese Pedersen
Terese Hosking (Pedersen) (born 27 April 1980 in Sandefjord) is a Norwegian handball goalkeeper. She recently played for Byåsen HE, but is now retired.
She started her club career in Larvik, and has also played for Runar, Sandar, Tertnes, ...
Lina Olsson Rosenberg
Lina Olsson Rosenberg (born 27 December 1971) is a Swedish handball player who played for the Norwegian club Larvik HK, and later obtained Norwegian citizenship and played for the Norway women's national handball team.
She made her debut o ...
Annette Tveter
Annette Tveter (born 1974) is a Norwegian handball player. She played eleven matches for the national handball team in 1997, and participated at the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship
The 1997 World Women's Handball Championship too ...
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 pl ...
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Karoline Dyhre Breivang
Karoline Charlotte Dyhre Breivang (born 10 May 1980) is a retired Norwegian handball player. She is a double Olympic gold medalist, a world champion and five time European champion. Breivang played for the Norwegian club Larvik HK
Larvik Håndb ...
(2005–2017)
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Amanda Kurtović
Amanda Kurtović (born 25 July 1991) is a Norwegian handball player who plays as a right back for Larvik HK and formerly the Norway women's national handball team, Norwegian national team.Marit Malm Frafjord
Marit Malm Frafjord (born 25 November 1985) is a former Norwegian handball player.
Achievements
* Champions League:
**''Bronze Medalist'': 2015, 2018
*Cup Winners' Cup:
**''Winner'': 2014
**''Finalist'': 2007, 2012
* Summer Olympics:
**''Wi ...
Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren
Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren (born 1 August 1984) is a retired Norwegian handball player for the Norwegian national team, who last played for Larvik HK. She is commonly known as Linka. Outside handball she is a qualified nurse.
Career Club car ...
Merete Møller
Merete Møller (born 7 May 1978 in Sønderborg) is a former Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark
* ...
*
Lene Rantala
Lene Rantala (born 10 August 1968 in Copenhagen) is a former Danish handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. Rantala is currently assistant coach for Vipers Kristiansand in the Norwegian REMA 1000-ligaen.
She debuted ...
(1997–2014)
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Karen Brødsgaard
Karen Brødsgaard (born 10 March 1978 in Horsens, Midtjylland) is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and the current head coach of Odense Håndbold. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 ...
*
Kristina Bille
Kristina Bille (born 3 April 1986) is a Danish former team handball player. She played on the Danish national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Individual awards
* All-Star Best player of the Dan ...
Gabriela Moreschi
Gabriela Gonçalves Dias Moreschi (born 8 July 1994) is a Brazilian handballer for SG BBM Bietigheim and the Brazilian national team.
Achievements
* Norwegian League:
**''Winner'': 2017
**''Silver Medalist'': 2018
*Norwegian Cup:
**''Winner'': 2 ...
*
Tamires Morena Lima
Tamires Morena Lima de Araújo (born 16 May 1994) is a Brazilian handballer for CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud and the Brazilian national team.
Born into a sporting family, her sister Monique is a Brazilian national champion in weightliftin ...
Hege Løken
Hege Løken (born 31 August 1993) is a Norwegian handball player for Molde Elite.
She is also a part of Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory ...
*
Martine Wolff
Martine Wolff (born 20 June 1996) is a Norwegian female handball player who plays for Sola HK
Sola HK is a handball club from Sola, Rogaland, Norway. The women's team currently competes in REMA 1000-ligaen.
Results Norway
* REMA 1000-ligaen
...
Tonje Berglie
Tonje Roth Berglie (born 11 August 1992) is a Norwegian female handballer who plays for Larvik HK
Larvik Håndballklubb, is a women's handball club from Larvik, Norway.
History
Larvik HK was founded in 1990 as a merger of the handball depart ...
*
Hanna Åhlén
Hanna Åhlén (born 18 February 1994) is a Swedish handball player for LFH Division 1 Féminine, french league club HBC Celles-sur-Belle, Handball Club Celles-sur-Belle.
She played for the Swedish club Skuru IK (women's handball), Skuru IK for s ...
*
Elinore Johansson
Elinore Johansson (born 19 March 1996) is a Swedish handball player who plays for Storhamar HE in the Norwegian REMA 1000-ligaen and the Swedish national team.
She also represented Sweden in the 2013 European Women's U-17 Handball Championsh ...
* Esmeralda Fetahovic
Coaches
* Peter Berthelsen (June 1, 1990–June 1, 1992)
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Marit Breivik
Marit Breivik (born 10 April 1955) is a former Norwegian team handball player, and former head coach for the Norway women's national handball team. As coach, she has led the team to victory in the 2008 Olympic tournament, the World Women's Handb ...
(June 1, 1992–June 1, 1994)
* Gunnar Pettersen (June 1, 1994–June 1, 1996)
* Kristjan Halldórsson (June 1, 1996–June 1, 1998)
* Ole Gustav Gjekstad (June 1, 1998–June 1, 2005)
* Karl-Erik Bøhn (June 1, 2005–January 3, 2011)
* Ole Gustav Gjekstad (June 1, 2011–June 1, 2015)
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Tor Odvar Moen
Tor Odvar Moen (born 14 January 1965) is a Norwegian handball coach. He is currently head coach for Molde Elite.
Moen has been part of Larvik HK in different roles since 1997. It was announced on 21 January 2015 that Moen would take over as head c ...
Lene Rantala
Lene Rantala (born 10 August 1968 in Copenhagen) is a former Danish handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. Rantala is currently assistant coach for Vipers Kristiansand in the Norwegian REMA 1000-ligaen.
She debuted ...
Jotron Arena Larvik
Jotron Arena Larvik is an indoor arena in Larvik, Norway. It was opened in September 2009. The arena will be primarily used for handball, but the hall has additional permanent floor marks for basketball, volleyball and floorball.
Starting in S ...
* City:
Larvik
Larvik () is a List of cities in Norway, town and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. The municipality ...