Sanna Solberg-Isaksen

Sanna Solberg-Isaksen
Solberg-Isaksen in 2024
Personal information
Full nameSanna Charlotte Solberg-Isaksen
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1990-06-16) 16 June 1990 (age 36)
Bærum, Norway
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
SportHandball
PositionLeft wing
Current clubTeam Esbjerg
Number24
Youth career
YearsTeam
–Jar IL
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2006–2007Helset IF
2007–2014Stabæk IF
2014–2017Larvik HK
2017–Team Esbjerg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– Norway 231 (452)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisTeam
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2015 Denmark
Gold medal – first place2021 Spain
Silver medal – second place2017 Germany
Silver medal – second place2023 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2014 Croatia/Hungary
Gold medal – first place2016 Sweden
Gold medal – first place2020 Denmark
Gold medal – first place2024 Austria/Hungary/Switzerland
Junior World Championship
Gold medal – first place2010 South Korea
Junior European Championship
Gold medal – first place2009 Hungary

Sanna Charlotte Solberg-Isaksen (born 16 June 1990) is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.

She is a twin sister of Silje Solberg-Østhassel and is half Swedish through her mother.

Career

Solberg-Isaksen started playing handball at Helset IF, and later signed for Stabæk IF in the highest Norwegian league, where she played with her sister, Silje Solberg. In 2011, she reached the final of the Norwegian cup with the club, where they lost to Larvik HK.

In 2014, she signed for Larvik HK. Here she won the Norwegian championship in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

In 2017, she joined Danish side Team Esbjerg. Here she won the Danish league in 2019, 2020, and 2024, and the Danish cup in 2021.

In July 2022, she announced her first pregnancy. In October 2025, she announced her second pregnancy.

National team

She made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 2010 in a match against Romania. The same year she played at the 2013 World Championship. A year later she won gold medals at the 2014 European Championship. At the 2015 World Championship she won bronze medals.

She also represented Norway at the 2016 Olympics where she won another bronze medal. Later the same year she won her second European title at the 2016 European Championship.

A year later she won silver medals at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.

At the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship she won her third European title. A year later she won bronze medals at the 2020 Olympics. Solberg scored 21 goals during the tournament. Later the same year she won her second World Championship title at the 2021 World Championship.

Two years later she won a silver medal at the 2023 World Championship. She scored 14 goals during the tournament.

At the 2024 Olympics she won her first Olympic gold medal. Later the same year she won yet another European title at the 2024 European Championship.

Achievements

Individual awards

Personal life

She is married. She and her husband Kjetil, have two daughters: Mathea, born January 2023, and Linnea, born May 2026.

References

  1. ↑ EHF profile
  2. ↑ Overvik, Jostein (11 December 2021). "Solberg-tvillingene halvt svenske: − De skulle valgt annerledes". VG (in Norwegian). Høidalen, Ida. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Familiedrama i NM-finalene" [Family drama in NM finals] (in Norwegian). budstikka.no. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Så er Solberg endelig Larvik spiller" [Now Solberg is finally a Larvik player] (in Danish). europamester.dk. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Team Esbjerg opruster med norsk landsholdsspiller" [Team Esbjerg strengthens with Norwegian national team player]. sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sanna Solberg skal være mor og vil vende stærkt tilbage" [Sanna Solberg is expecting a baby and will be making a strong comeback]. teamesbjerg.dk (in Danish). Team Esbjerg. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Solberg venter sit andet barn og bliver to sæsoner til" [Solberg is expecting her second child and will stay on for two more seasons]. teamesbjerg.dk (in Danish). Team Esbjerg. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "Landslagsprofiler – Sanna Charlotte Solberg" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Heja Norge for the seventh time". swe2016.ehf-euro.com. 18 December 2016. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "23rd Women's World Championship 2017" (PDF). ihf.info. IHF. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "Stalwart Norway seal record eighth EHF EURO title". EHF. 20 December 2020. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  13. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics: Norway" (PDF). ihf.info. IHF. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "De viktigste fakta fra VM i Spania" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  15. ↑ "Frankrike verdensmester - sølv til Håndballjentene" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "26th IHF Women's World Championship: Norway" (PDF). ihf.info. IHF. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "Paris 2024: Medallists" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  18. ↑ "Håndballjentene er europamestere!" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  19. ↑ "Women's EHF Euro 2024: Sanna Solberg". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. EHF. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  20. ↑ "New All-Star Team features three fresh names and returning Neagu". eurohandball.com. 5 June 2020.
  21. ↑ "Györ quintet headline EHF Champions League All-star Team". European Handball Federation. 3 June 2022.
  22. ↑ "Babylykke" (in Norwegian). Se og Hør. 13 August 2023.
  23. ↑ "Midt i festen kom den største sejr uden for banen" (in Danish). esbjergliv.dk. 26 May 2026.