Peter Johannesson


Peter Johannesson is a Swedish handball player for Danish club GOG Håndbold and the Swedish national team.

Career

Johannesson started playing handball at GIK Wasaiterna.
In 2009 he joined IK Sävehof, where he won the EHF European Cup in the 2013–14 season, as well as the Elitserien in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
In October 2015 he joined German side HBW Balingen-Weilstetten. For the 2017-18 season he joined TBV Lemgo. Here he won the DHB-Pokal in 2019-20.
In 2022 he joined Bergischer HC. In 2024 he joined Danish side GOG Håndbold.

National team

Johannesson made his debut for the Swedish National Team on January 10th 2013 against Czechia.
He represented Sweden at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship, where Sweden won silver medals losing to Denmark in the final.
At the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship he won gold medals with the Swedish team, playing in 5 out of 9 matches.