Erlend Mamelund

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Erlend Mamelund
Personal information
Born (1984-05-01) 1 May 1984 (age 41)
Bærum, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Haslum HK
Number 11
Youth career
Years Team
–2001
 Helset
Senior clubs
Years Team
2001–2007
 Haslum HK
2007–2009
 HSG Nordhorn
2009
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2009–2010
 FCK Håndbold
2010–2012
 Haslum HK
2012–2013
 Montpellier HB
2013–2015
 Haslum HK
2015–2016
 THW Kiel
2016–2017
 Haslum HK
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2016
 Norway 132 (353)

Erlend Mamelund (born 1 May 1984) is a retired Norwegian handball player who played for the Norwegian club Haslum HK, in the German Bundesliga, and in Denmark an France, as well for the Norwegian national team.[1] His achievements include winning the EHF Cup with HSG Nordhorn in 2008, several national titles in Norway, and one national title in Denmark.

Club career

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Mamelund played handball for the club Helset IF as youth player, and started his senior career for Haslum HK from 2001 to 2007. He won his first national title in 2004, when Haslum won the Norwegian Men's Handball Cup. He played professionally in the German Bundesliga from 2007, and won the EHF Cup with HSG Nordhorn in 2007-08. In 2009 he played for the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt.[2]

Mamelund signed a transfer to the Danish Handball League side FCK Håndbold, which came to be his club from July 2009.[3] In his first season, he won the Danish Men's Handball Cup and was named MVP for the tournament.[4]

He played for Haslum HK from 2010 to 2012. With this club he won the Norwegian cup in 2010 and 2011, and the Norwegian top league in 2011. He was also top scorer in the Norwegian league in 2011. In the 2012/2013 season he played for the French club Montpellier HB. Playing for Haslum HK again from 2013 to 2016, he won the Norwegian league in 2014.[2]

On 19 August 2015 it was announced that Erlend Mamelund would join German side THW Kiel immediately on a one-year deal.[5] He then finished his career at Haslum HK in 2017. He wore the Haslum jersey 311 times and scored 1811 goals in 13 seasons. He then signed a three-year deal as the assistant coach of Haslum from 2017 to 2020.

International career

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Mamelund made his debut on the Norwegian national handball team in 2005.

He played a total of 137 matches for the national team, and scored 354 goals. His best international achievement is probably placing fourth at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.[2]

Awards and recognitions

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Mamelund was awarded the Håndballstatuetten trophy from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 2021.[6]

Personal life

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Mamelund was born in Bærum on 1 May 1984.[2] His older brother Håvard and younger sister Linn Therese both played handball in the highest league in Norway.[7] He is married to Karoline Mamelund.

References

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  1. ^ "XI European Championship 2014. Team Roster, Norway" (PDF). EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Askheim, Svein; Aune, Thomas. "Erlend Mamelund". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Mamelund til Danmark". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Tidligere pokalfightere". tophaandbold. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Erlend Mamelund is new "Zebra": Only Kiel could take me out of Norway!". www.handball-planet.com. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Utmerkelser". handball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  7. ^ Øen, Sindre (13 October 2006). "Misunnelig på lillebror". Budstikka (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
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