Isabelle Therese Gulldén (born 29 June 1989) is a Swedish former professional handball who last played for Lugi HF and also a former national team player for the Swedish National Team.

Career In 2008, 2012, and 2016 she was part of the Swedish team competing at the Summer Olympic Games.

In 2014, she ranked among the 150 greatest Swedish athletes of all time, list published by Dagens Nyheter. Gulldén was the only female handballer alongside legendary Mia Hermansson-Högdahl.

She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016.

She retired from the national team on 15 December 2020.

Achievements European Championship: Silver: 2010 Bronze: 2014 Swedish Elite League: Gold: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Danish League: Gold: 2014 Danish Cup: Gold: 2011, 2013 Romanian Liga Națională: Gold: 2016, 2017, 2018 Romanian Cupa României: Gold: 2016, 2017, 2018 French League: Gold: 2021 French Cup: Gold: 2021 EHF Champions League: Gold: 2016, 2022 Silver: 2021 Bronze: 2017, 2018 EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Gold: 2014 Silver: 2012 Norwegian League: Winner: 2021/2022 Norwegian Cup: Winner: 2021

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 6 December 2008 Ohrid, North Macedonia 17–12 19–19 2008 European Women's Handball Championship 29. 8 December 2008 Skopje, North Macedonia 5–11 22–33 30. 7–14 31. 10 December 2008 1–1 24–23 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 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Individual awards Swedish Elitserien Young Player of the Season: 2008 EHF Cup Winners' Cup Top Scorer: 2014 Most Valuable Player of the European Championship: 2014 European Championship Top Scorer: 2014 EHF Champions League Top Scorer: 2016 Romanian Liga Națională Best Foreign Player: 2015, 2016, 2017 Swedish Elite League Best Player of All Time Swedish Female Handballer of the Year: 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018 Handball-Planet.com All-Star Playmaker: 2016 Handball-Planet.com Best Buy: 2015–16 ProSport All-Star Centre Back of the Romanian Liga Națională: 2017, 2018

Personal life She is the niece of Christer Gulldén, a famous Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. Her father Peter also competed in wrestling. She is married to former handball goalkeeper, Linus Persson. Their son, Lias was born on 10 July 2019.

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