Nicoline Søndergaard Jensen (born 8 November 1992) is a Danish

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player and

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of the

Danish national ice hockey team The Danish national men's ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Denmark. The team is controlled by Danmarks Ishockey Union. It was founded in 1949, and as of 2022, the Danish team was ranked 10th in the IIHF World Rankings. Denmark ...

, currently serving as

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of the Rødovre Mighty Bulls Q in the KvindeLigaen (). Jensen has represented Denmark at eleven

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s, including at the Top Division tournament in

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, and in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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Playing career

Her club career began when she debuted in the with the Amager Ishockey Club at age 13. She went on to play in the Swedish

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with the Malmö Redhawks Dam and in the United States with the

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women's ice hockey program in the

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and with the

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program in the

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. Active in the

Swedish Women's Hockey League The Swedish Women's Hockey League ( sv, Svenska damhockeyligan), abbreviated SDHL, is the elite league for women's ice hockey in Sweden. It was established in 2007 as the by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association and was renamed prior to the 2016– ...

(SDHL) during 2016 to 2022, she played with

Linköping HC Dam Linköping HC Dam or LHC Dam is an ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They are the representative women's ice hockey team of Linköping HC, a sports club based in Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden, and play at the St� ...

Luleå HF/MSSK Luleå Hockey/MSSK is a professional ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), the top-tier of women's ice hockey in Sweden. They play in Luleå, a port city in northern Sweden, at the Coop Norrbotten Arena. The team is the m ...

, and

HV71 Dam HV71 are a professional ice hockey club in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They play in Jönköping, in the southern Swedish province of Småland, at the Husqvarna Garden. History The club was originally formed independently in Ma ...

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* * * Living people 1992 births People from Tårnby Municipality Danish women's ice hockey forwards HV71 (women) players Luleå HF/MSSK players Linköping HC (women) players New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey players Danish expatriate ice hockey people Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Denmark Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-icehockey-bio-stub