Anja Hammerseng-Edin

Anja Hammerseng-Edin is a Norwegian former handball player. She previously played for Larvik HK and for the handball team|Norwegian national team].

Career

Hammerseng-Edin made her début on the Norwegian national team in 2006, and played 59 matches and scored 143 goals between 2006 and 2013. She represented Norway when the team won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China, as well as winning a silver medal at the 2012 [European Women's Handball Championship] in Serbia. She was also part of the National team at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship.
She retired from her handball career in 2017, and currently works as a conference speaker.

Individual awards

MVP of the European Championship: 2012

Personal life

Edin started playing handball when she was 5 years old, with her mother as a trainer.
She is married to fellow handball player Gro Hammerseng, and they have a son together, born on 2 February 2012. Hammerseng and Edin married on 3 August 2013. The couple both play for the Norwegian handball club Larvik HK.
Hammerseng-Edin and her wife wrote a book together titled Anja + Gro = Mio, which was published in February 2014.