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Perla Ruth Albertsdóttir
Perla Ruth Albertsdóttir (born 21 September 1996) is an Icelandic handballer who plays for Icelandic top division side Selfoss and the Icelandic national team as a center back. Perla started playing handball at the age of 17 and within three years, she had been selected for the national team In June 2019, Perla signed with Fram. Perla signed back with her hometown club Selfoss in June 2023. https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2023/02/20/snyr_heim_eftir_fjogurra_ara_fjarveru/ References 1996 births Living people Perla Ruth Albertsdóttir Perla Ruth Albertsdóttir Perla Ruth Albertsdóttir Selfoss women's handball players {{Iceland-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selfoss (town)
Selfoss () is a town in southern Iceland on the banks of the Ölfusá river. It is the seat of the municipality of Árborg. The Icelandic Route 1 (Iceland), Route 1 runs through the town on its way between Hveragerði and Hella, Iceland, Hella. The town is a centre of commerce and small industries with a population of around 10,000 (2023), making it the largest residential area in South Iceland. History Overview Selfoss was settled by Þórir Ásason sometime after 1000, but the sagas of Icelanders mention that Ingólfur Arnarson was there during the winter of 873-74, under the Ingólfsfjall mountain, which is west of the Ölfusá river. In the summer of 1891, due to the lobbying of Tryggvi Gunnarsson, a member of the Alþing, the first suspension bridge was built over the Ölfusá. That was a major breakthrough in Icelandic infrastructure. The current bridge was built in 1945 after the original structure collapsed. The cabin built to house workers constructing the bridge i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selfoss Women's Handball
The Selfoss women's handball team is the women's handball section of Icelandic multi-sport club Selfoss from Selfoss Selfoss may refer to: *Selfoss (town), Iceland *UMF Selfoss, a football club based in Selfoss **Selfoss men's football **Selfoss women's football *Selfoss (waterfall), Iceland *Selfoss Airport Selfoss Airport is an airport serving Selfoss, a to .... It currently plays in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna Players Current squad :''As of the 2019–20 season.'' ;Goalkeepers (GK) * 12 Dröfn Sveinsdóttir * 15 Henriette Ostergaard ;Left Wingers (LW) * }9 Rakel Guðjónsdóttir * 11 Agnes Sigurðardóttir * 12 Elínborg Katla Þorbjörnsdóttir ;Right Wingers (RW) * 23 Þuríður Ósk Ingimarsdóttir * 81 Carmen Palmariu ;Pivots (P) * 30 Katla Björg Ómarsdóttir * 37 Sigríður Lilja Sigurðardóttir ;Left Backs (LB) * 3 Hulda Dís Þrastardóttir * 19 Katla Björg Magnúsdóttir ;Central Backs (CB) * 3 Hólmfríður Arna Steinsdóttir * 33 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fram Women's Handball
The Fram women's handball team is the women's handball section of Icelandic multi-sport club Fram from Reykjavík. It currently plays in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. It won both the national championship and the Icelandic Cup in 2018. Trophies * Icelandic Champions (23): ** 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022 * Icelandic Cup: (15): ** 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2018 *Icelandic League Cup (5):: ** 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 Team Current squad ''Squad for the 2021-22 season.''/ref> ;G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland Women's National Handball Team
The Iceland women's national handball team is the national handball team of Iceland and takes part in international team handball competitions. They qualified to the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship. This was the first time they qualified to any international championship. They finished with the 15th place. Two years later, at the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship, they managed the same results. Second time they qualified to international championship were when they qualified to the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship. Results World Championship *2011 – 12th place *2023 – 25th place *2025 – ''Qualified'' European Championship Squad The official roster for the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship. Head coach: Arnar Pétursson Coaching staff Famous players * Rakel Dögg Bragadóttir * Hrafnhildur Skúladóttir * Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir * Anna Úrsúla Guðmundsdóttir * Karen Knútsdóttir * Rut Arnfjörð ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins. Modern handball is played on a court of , with a goal in the middle of each end. The goals are surrounded by a zone where only the defending goalkeeper is allowed; goals must be scored by throwing the ball from outside the zone or while "diving" into it. The sport is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball, Czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball. The game is fast and high-scoring: professional teams now typically score between 20 and 35 goals each, though lower scores were not uncommon until a few decades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úrvalsdeild Kvenna (handball)
Úrvalsdeild kvenna (English: Women's Premier League), also known as Olís deild kvenna for sponsorship reasons, is the highest women's team handball, handball competition among clubs in Iceland, where play determines the national champion. It is managed by the Icelandic Handball Association. The current champions are Valur women's handball, Valur who won the national championship for the 18th time in 2022–23 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (handball), 2023. 2021/22 Season participants The following 8 clubs compete in the Olís deild karla during the 2021–22 season. Úrvalsdeild kvenna past champions * 1940 : Glímufélagið Ármann, Ármann * 1941 : Glímufélagið Ármann, Ármann (2) * 1942 : Glímufélagið Ármann, Ármann (3) * 1943 : Glímufélagið Ármann, Ármann (4) * 1944 : Glímufélagið Ármann, Ármann (5) * 1945 : Haukar Handball, Haukar * 1946 : Haukar Handball, Haukar (2) * 1947 : Glímufélagið Ármann, Ármann (6) * 1948 : Glímufélagið Ármann, Ármann (7) * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selfoss Women's Handball
The Selfoss women's handball team is the women's handball section of Icelandic multi-sport club Selfoss from Selfoss. It currently plays in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna Players Current squad :''As of the 2019–20 season.'' ;Goalkeepers (GK) * 12 Dröfn Sveinsdóttir * 15 Henriette Ostergaard ;Left Wingers (LW) * }9 Rakel Guðjónsdóttir * 11 Agnes Sigurðardóttir * 12 Elínborg Katla Þorbjörnsdóttir ;Right Wingers (RW) * 23 Þuríður Ósk Ingimarsdóttir * 81 Carmen Palmariu ;Pivots (P) * 30 Katla Björg Ómarsdóttir * 37 Sigríður Lilja Sigurðardóttir ;Left Backs (LB) * 3 Hulda Dís Þrastardóttir * 19 Katla Björg Magnúsdóttir ;Central Backs (CB) * 3 Hólmfríður Arna Steinsdóttir * 33 Sólveig Erla Oddsdóttir ;Right Backs (RB) * 20 Tinna Sigurrós Traustadóttir * 21 Elín Krista Sigurðardóttir Elin or Elín is a variation of Ellen and Helene used in Scandinavian and Celtic languages. Notable people with the name include: *E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgunblaðið
''Morgunblaðið'' (, ''The Morning Paper'') is an Icelandic daily newspaper. ''Morgunblaðið''s website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland. It is currently the country's only daily printed newspaper and the newspaper of record. History ''Morgunblaðið'' was founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen and Ólafur Björnsson, brother of Iceland's first president, Sveinn Björnsson. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913. On 25 February 1964, the paper first printed a caricature by Sigmúnd Jóhannsson which featured the first landings on Surtsey. He became a permanent cartoonist for ''Morgunblaðið'' in 1975 and worked there until October 2008. In a controversial decision, the owners of the paper decided in September 2009 to appoint Davíð Oddsson, a member of the Independence Party, Iceland's longest-serving Prime Minister and former Governor of the Central Bank, as one of the two editors of the paper. In May 2010, Helgi Sigurðsson w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vísir
''Vísir'' was an Icelandic newspaper founded in December 1910 by Einar Gunnarsson, originally only distributed in and around Reykjavík. In 1967, Jónas Kristjánsson (newspaper editor), Jónas Kristjánsson became its editor. In 1975, he left the paper after a conflict with the ownership group of on his editorial policy and founded Dagblaðið. On 26 November 1981, Vísir and Dagblaðið merged to form Dagblaðið Vísir. References 1910 establishments in Iceland Newspapers established in 1910 Daily newspapers published in Iceland Defunct newspapers published in Iceland Mass media in Reykjavík Publications disestablished in 1981 {{Iceland-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Births
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Icelandic Female Handball Players
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