Marit Røsberg Jacobsen

Marit Røsberg Jacobsen (born 25 February 1994) is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.^[2][3][4]

Marit Røsberg Jacobsen
Jacobsen in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1994-02-25) 25 February 1994 (age 31) Narvik, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Club information
Current club	Team Esbjerg
Number	20
Senior clubs
Years	Team
	Ankenes HK
0000–2011	Charlottenlund SK
2011–2014	Selbu IL
2014–2018	Byåsen HE
2018–	Team Esbjerg
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–	Norway	127	(215)
Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team 2020 Tokyo Team World Championship 2021 Spain 2017 Germany European Championship 2020 Denmark 2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland Youth World Championship 2012 Montenegro Youth European Championship 2011 Czech Republic
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 4 January 2025[1]

Career

Jacobsen started her career at Ankenes HK, followed by Charlottenlund SK and Selbu IL.^[5] In 2014 she joined Byåsen IL.^[6]

In 2018, she joined Danish club Team Esbjerg auf.^[7] Here she won the 2018-19, 2019-20, 2022-23, and 2023-24 Danish championships and the 2011 and 2022 Danish cup. In the 2021-22, she was on the Danish league all star team as the right wing.^[8] In 2019, she reached the final of the EHF Cup, but Esbjerg lost to Hungarian Siófok KC.^[9]

In February 2025, she took a break from handball due to pregnancy.^[10]

National team

Jacobsen played 34 games for the various Norwegian youth national teams.^[1] She represented Norway in the 2013 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 4th,^[11] and in the 2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, placing 9th.^[12]

She made her debut on the Norwegian national team 1 June 2016.^[13] A year later, she played at her first major international tournament, when Norway won silver medals the 2017 World Championship.^[14]

She also represented Norway at the 2018 European Championship.^[15]

Two years later, she won her first gold medal with Norway, when they won the 2020 European Championship.^[16] During the tournament, she scored 9 goals.^[17]

At the 2021 Olympics, she won silver medals, losing to France in the final.^[18] Jacobsen scored 11 goals during the tournament.^[19] Later the same year, she won the 2021 World Championship.^[20]

At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, she won gold medals.^[21] Later the same year, she won the 2024 European Championship, beating Denmark in the final.^[22][23]

Achievements

• Olympic Games:
  • Winner: 2024
  • Bronze: 2020
• World Championship:
  • Winner: 2021
  • Silver Medalist: 2017
• European Championship:
  • Winner: 2020, 2024
• Youth European Championship:
  • Bronze Medalist: 2011
• World Youth Championship:
  • Bronze Medalist: 2012
• EHF Champions League:
  • Bronze medalist: 2023/2024, 2024/2025
• EHF Cup:
  • Finalist: 2019
• Danish League:
  • Gold Medalist: 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
  • Silver Medalist: 2025
• Danish Cup:
  • Gold Medalist: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Individual awards

• All-Star Right Wing of the Youth World Championship: 2012
• All-Star Right Wing of Grundigligaen: 2015/2016^[24]
• All-Star Right Wing of Eliteserien: 2017/2018^[25]
• All-Star Right Wing of Damehåndboldligaen: 2018/2019,^[26] 2019/2020,^[27] 2020/2021^[28]

Personal life

In February 2025, she announced she was expecting her first child.^[29]