Elverum Håndball is a Norwegian professional handball club from Elverum Municipality, Norway. Currently, Elverum Håndball competes in the Norwegian Premier League Men's Handball, and they have been successful title winners for several years consecutively. The club was founded in 1946 by a group of 26 people. The Norway national team coach, Christian Berge, was coach for Elverum Håndball from 2008 to 2014 which he had to leave in order to coach the Norway men's national team.

Support

The club's supporters group is called Taiga'n fanclub, and is an independent club established in 2006.

Rivalries Elverum's main rivals are Kolstad Håndball and ØIF Arendal.

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Achievements Norwegian League Winner: 2012/13, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2024/25 Silver: 2018/19, 2022/23, 2023/24 Norwegian League Playoffs Winner: 1994/95, 2007/08, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22 Norwegian Cup: Winner: 2009/10, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Finalist: 1962 (outdoors), 1963, 1965, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024

Team Current squad Squad for the 2025–26 season

Goalkeepers 1 Rickard Frisk 12 Marius Bakkedal-Andersen 24 Vegard Bakken Øien Wingers LW 3 Mounir Chehri 21 Eirik Kulvedrøsten Soløst RW 6 Simen Søgaard 34 Kevin Gulliksen Line players 5 Anders Agger Pedersen 13 Tryggvi Thórisson 19 Oscar Theodor Uliana Starck 20 Sondre Gjerdalen 32 Viljar August Wathne Guttormsen

Back players LB 17 Erik Thorsteinsen Toft 25 Kristian Jakobsen Stranden CB 4 Mario Matic 11 Mikkel Solheim 27 Péter Lukács 30 Einar Johansen RB 23 Dominik Máthé 31 Albert Myreng Elverhøy 45 Benjamin Berg

Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining Frederik Pedersen (CB) from GOG Håndbold Laurids Søgaard (Head Coach) from Nordsjælland Håndbold Henrik Ibsen (GK) from Bergen Håndball Valdis Kalniņš (RB) from Murjanu SG Amara Karamoko (P) from Paris Saint-Germain Handball

Leaving Børge Lund (Head Coach) to THW Kiel Kristian Jakobsen Stranden (LB) to ØIF Arendal Péter Lukács (CB) to OTP Bank – Pick Szeged Dominik Máthé (RB) to GRK Ohrid

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Mounir Chehri (LW) from Halden Topphåndball Mario Matic (CB) from AEK Athens Mikkel Solheim (CB) from Follo HK Dominik Máthé (RB) (comeback to handball) Kevin Gulliksen (RW) from TTH Holstebro Sondre Gjerdalen (P) from ØIF Arendal Tryggvi Thórisson (P) from IK Sävehof Anders Agger Pedersen (P) from TMS Ringsted

Leaving Šimon Mizera (GK) to TMS Ringsted Scott Lucian Wolkoff (GK) to Bodø HK Sindre Heldal (LW) to Paris Saint-Germain Mathias Larson (CB) to Rhein-Neckar Löwen Håkon Bratvold Ekren (CB) Retires Patrick Helland Anderson (RB) to Aalborg Håndbold Kasper Lien (RW) to TVB Stuttgart Endre Langaas (P) to Bodø HK Kristian Hübert Larsen (P) to Fredericia HK

Notable players Arnulf Bæk Christian Berge Ingimundur Ingimundarson Lazo Majnov Stig Rasch Steffen Stegavik Tamás Iváncsik Sigvaldi Guðjónsson Lukas Sandell Luc Abalo

European record Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate 2016–17 EHF Champions LeagueGroup stage Montpellier 32–31 24–31 5th place Logroño 27–32 21–28 Metalurg Skopje 26–31 17–18 HT Tatran Prešov 24–24 27–25 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 28–28 31–26 2017–18 EHF Champions LeagueGroup stage Skjern Håndbold 27–32 25–35 4th place CB Ademar León 25–30 30–26 RK Gorenje Velenje 29–28 21–30 Kadetten Schaffhausen 26–22 30–36 Dinamo București 40–32 34–33 2018–19 EHF Champions LeagueGroup stage CS Dinamo București 29–28 24–26 3rd place Wisła Płock 28–30 28–30 CB Ademar León 30–25 24–24 Riihimäki Cocks 28–27 28–25 Wacker Thun 29–28 30–29 2019–20 EHF Champions LeagueGroup stage Paris Saint-Germain 22–25 25–31 8th place Barça 24–33 24–33 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 19–26 28–34 Aalborg Håndbold 24–34 28–30 MOL-Pick Szeged 25–26 25–32 PPD Zagreb 30–30 27–30 RK Celje 25–32 37–26 2020–21 EHF Champions LeagueGroup stage Vardar 1961 34–34 32–358th place Paris Saint-Germain 29–44 29–35 PGE Vive Kielce 22–31 29–39 Porto Sofarma 31–38 30–28 MOL-Pick Szeged 0–10 27–36 Meshkov Brest 33–31 27–29 SG Flensburg Handewitt 29–30 35–37 2021–22 EHF Champions LeagueGroup stage Vardar 1961 27–27 30–396th place THW Kiel 30–31 36–41 PPD Zagreb 30–25 27–27 MOL-Pick Szeged 24–27 34–30 Meshkov Brest 32–33 30–27 Montpellier Handball 30–37 32–39 Aalborg Håndbold 28–34 27–32Playoffs Paris Saint-Germain 30–30 30–37 60–67 2022–23 EHF Champions LeagueGroup stage THW Kiel 26–26 26–368th place Aalborg Håndbold 25–33 24–31 HBC Nantes 36–42 30–41 Barça 30–46 30–40 OTP Bank - Pick Szeged 32–34 23–30 Celje Pivovarna Laško 31–29 26–29 Barlinek Industria Kielce 26–27 33–37 2023–24 EHF European LeagueGroup stage SG Flensburg-Handewitt 32–33 35–383rd place Kadetten Schaffhausen 31–27 30–32 RK Lovćen 37–25 27–26 2024–25 EHF European LeagueQualification round MT Melsungen 31–36 23–28 54–64 2025–26 EHF European LeagueQualification round Bathco BM Torrelavega 38–28 29–28 67–56Group stage HC Kriens-Luzern 31–34 38–34 2nd place Knattspyrnufélagið Fram 40–25 35–29 FC Porto 25–29 31–29Main round Fraikin BM Granollers 37–28 29–27 2nd place SAH - Skanderborg 31–24 25–32Play-offs Montpellier Handball 35–31 24–36 59–67

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