Sønderborg
(; ) is a Denmark, Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 28,333 (1 January 2025),Danish
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 goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
player and World champion. She was part of the team that won the 1997 World Championship.
In the 1996-97 season while playing for Vorup FB she was the top scorer in the Danish league with 163. In the 1998/1999 she won the Player of the year award in the Danish league. The following summer in 1999 she signed with Norwegian club
Larvik HK
Larvik Håndballklubb, is a professional women's handball club from Larvik, Norway.
The club has won 36 titles total in both the Eliteserien (women's handball), Norwegian League and the Norwegian Women's Handball Cup, Norwegian Cup, and won the ...
. Here she won both the Norwegian league and the Norwegian cup. She retired aged only 23 after strugling with knee injuries and being released by her club
Larvik HK
Larvik Håndballklubb, is a professional women's handball club from Larvik, Norway.
The club has won 36 titles total in both the Eliteserien (women's handball), Norwegian League and the Norwegian Women's Handball Cup, Norwegian Cup, and won the ...
when her contract expired in 2001.
Today she is an assistant professor at
University of Southern Denmark
The University of Southern Denmark (, SDU) has campuses located in Southern Denmark and on Zealand. It offers a number of joint programmes in co-operation with the University of Flensburg and the University of Kiel. Contacts with regional indu ...