Erlend Mamelund

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.

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
0000–2001	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)

Club career

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

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

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

Personal life

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.