Silje Solberg-Østhassel

Silje Solberg-Østhassel is a Norwegian professional handball player who is currently without a club following the bankruptcy of her former club, Vipers Kristiansand. She also plays for the Norwegian national team.
She is a twin sister of Sanna Solberg-Isaksen and is half Swedish through her mother.

Career

Solberg-Østhassel started playing handball at Helset IF, and later signed for Stabæk IF in the highest Norwegian league, where she played with her sister, Sanna Solberg. In 2011, she reached the final of the Norwegian cup with the club, where they lost to Larvik HK.
In 2014, she joined Danish side Team Tvis Holstebro. Here she won the EHF European League in 2015.
In the summer of 2016, she joined French team Issy-Paris Hand. Two years after she joined Hungarian side Siófok KC.
In 2020, she joined league rivals Győri ETO KC. Here she won the 2021 Hungarian Cup, the 2022 and 2023 Hungarian league and the 2024 EHF Champions League.
In 2023, she took a break from handball due to maternity leave.
In 2024, she returned to Norway to join Vipers Kristiansand. She left the club again only later the same season, when the club went bankrupt.
She debuted for the Norwegian national team on March 27, 2011 in a match against Russia.

She is married. She and her husband, Lars, have two daughters together: Emma, born in August 2023, and Tuva, born in October 2025.