Mia Hermansson-Högdahl (born 6 May 1965) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

team 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. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 1994"Previous World Handball Players"
''International Handball Federation'' (Retrieved on December 14, 2007) by the

International Handball Federation The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball C ...

. Hermansson-Högdahl has played 222 matches for the Swedish national team, and scored 1100 times."Mia Hermansson Högdahl ansatt i NHF"
'Norges Håndballforbund'' – (Retrieved on December 16, 2007) She was voted into the World team in 1987, 1991 and 1994. As a club player she 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 ...

with Hypo Niederösterreich two times (1993/94, 1994/95). She is the assistant coach of the Norwegian women's handball team since 2010. Her daughter, Moa Högdahl is also a professional handballer, playing for

Viborg HK Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is the name of a Danish handball club from Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and European handball sin ...

and the Norwegian national handball team.

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