Freja Cohrt


Freja Cohrt Kyndbøl is a Danish former handball player who played for the Denmark women's national [handball team|Danish national team]. She retired in 2025.

Career

Youth teams

Cohrt started playing handball at OH77 in the hometown, Odense. Through HC Odense and the elite sport boarding school SINE, she joined the youth team of FC Midtjylland.

Randers HK

In 2012 she signed her first professional contract at Randers HK, where she debuted for the senior team in September against Team Esbjerg.

Skive fH

In 2014-15 she played a single season for Skive fH. In April 2025 the team however decided to withdraw from the league due to financial difficulties.

Silkeborg-Voel

In 2015 she joined Silkeborg-Voel KFUM, and already in December the same year she signed a contract extension until 2018. She did however decide to resign already in 2017 for personal reasons.

Odense Håndbold

In 2017 she joined Odense Håndbold, and became one of the key players at the team. In 2020 she extended her contract until 2023.
She was part of the Odense Håndbold team that won the Danish league back-to-back in 2021 and 2022. This was the first time Odense won the Danish Championship.

København Håndbold

In 2023 she joined København Håndbold after her contract expired at Odense. After 2 years at København Håndbold she retired from handball.

National team

Cohrt had played 24 matches for the Danish junior national team and 40 matches for the Danish youth national team, before debuting for the Danish senior national team in November 2014.
She represented Denmark at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship in Japan, where Denmark finished 9th.

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