Glenn Solberg

Glenn Solberg
Solberg with Sweden at the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship
Personal information
Born (1972-02-18) 18 February 1972 (age 52)
Drammen, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre Back
Senior clubs
Years Team
1983–1992
 Reistadt IL
1992–1997
 Drammen HK
1997–2002
 HSG Nordhorn
2002–2004
 FC Barcelona
2004–2006
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2006–2010
 Drammen HK
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2008
 Norway 122 (250)
Teams managed
2014–2016
 Norway (assistant coach)
2015–2019
 St. Hallvard HK
2023–2024
 Fjellhammer IL (assistant coach)
2020–2024
 Sweden
Medal record
Head Coach for  Sweden
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2021 Egypt
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Germany

Glenn Solberg (born 18 February 1972) is a Norwegian handball coach and former player. He is regarded as one of the best Norwegian handball players of all time and won fourteen titles during his career playing for clubs in Norway, Germany and Spain.[1][2] He was previously the head coach of the Swedish men's national handball team, with whom he won the 2022 European Championship, placed second at the 2021 World Championship and finished third at the 2024 European Championship.[3][4] Solberg was capped 122 times and scored 250 goals for the Norwegian national team.[5]

  1. ^ Nygård, Stig (29 April 2007). "Tidenes beste" [Best of all time]. Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ Strøm, Ole Kristian; Overvik, Jostein (23 January 2019). "Tidenes 72 beste norske håndballspillere på herresiden" [The 72 best male Norwegian handball players of all time]. VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  3. ^ NRK (2 October 2023). "Glenn Solberg forlenger Sverige-kontrakten med to år" [Glenn Solberg extends the Sweden contract by two years]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  4. ^ Herrebrøden, Øyvind; Schjesvold, Fredrik; Stenersen, Steffen (28 January 2024). "Glenn Solberg ledet Sverige til bronse i EM – tar laget til Ulsteinvik" [Glenn Solberg led Sweden to bronze at the European Championships – takes the team to Ulsteinvik]. VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Totaloversikt for Solberg, Glenn". handballold.nif.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2020.