Fabian Norsten

Fabian Norsten
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 26)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Sport
SportHandball
PositionGoalkeeper
Current clubAalborg Håndbold
Number12
Youth career
YearsTeam
–Tyresö Handboll
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2018–2019Hammarby IF
2019–2022IFK Skövde
2022–2023VfL Gummersbach
2023–Aalborg Håndbold
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Sweden 17 (0)
Medal record
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2022 Hungary/Slovakia
European U-18 Championship
Gold medal – first place2018 Croatia
Updated on 14 January 2026

Fabian Norsten (born 11 July 2000) is a Swedish handball player for the Danish club Aalborg Håndbold and the Swedish national team.

He was a part of the Sweden team, that won the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship, but he was never selected for match squad. He debuted for the Swedish national team in March 2022.

Career

Norsten played youth handball at Tyresö Handboll, before joining Hammarby IF followed by IFK Skövde.

In 2022 he joined German club VfL Gummersbach on a 1-year contract. When that ran out, he joined Danish club Aalborg Håndbold, where he mainly played as a back-up to Niklas Landin. He won the Danish Championship in his first season at the club. In 2025 he won the Danish Cup with Aalborg Håndbold, beating Bjerringbro-Silkeborg in the final. Later the same season he won the Danish championship. In 2026 he extended his contract with the club until 2029.

Achievements

Individual awards

References

  1. ↑ "Norsten, Fabian". EHF. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Sverige flyger in målvakt till EM-truppen" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Norsten landslagsdebuterar i kväll" [Norsten will make his international debut tonight]. Svenska Handballslandslaget (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Fabian Norsten lämnar Hammarby – klar för IFK Skövde" (in Swedish). Handbollskanalen. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Grosses Torhütertalent Fabian Norsten kommt nach Gummersbach – VFL mit nachverpflichtung vor saisonstart" (in German). VfL Gummersbach. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Aalborg Håndbold henter Fabian Norsten" (in Danish). Aalborg Håndbold. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  7. ↑ Christensen, Mikkel (16 February 2025). "Aalborg vinder pokalturneringen" [Aalborg wins the cup] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark.
  8. ↑ "Aalborg vinder DM-guld for andet år i træk". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Aalborg Håndbold og Fabian Norsten fortsætter sammen" (in Danish). Aalborg Håndbold. 24 April 2026. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Gold for Sweden after superb second half". EHF. Retrieved 22 August 2022.