Erlend Mamelund is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 team handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 player, currently playing for the Norwegian club Haslum HK, and since 2007 for the Norwegian national handball team

Norway national handball team

The Norway national handball team is the national handball team of Norway. Controlled by the Norwegian Handball Federation it represents Norway in international matches.- Current squad :...

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Club career

Mamelund plays professionally in the German Bundesliga

Bundesliga (handball)

The Handball-Bundesliga is the top German professional handball league. The league has been sponsored by Toyota since 2007 and therefore the league is called the Toyota Handball-Bundesliga...

. He won the EHF Cup

EHF Cup

The EHF Cup is an official competition for men's handball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. From 2012/13 it will be merged with EHF Cup Winners' Cup to EHF European Cup....

 with HSG Nordhorn in 2007-08. Former clubs are Helset IF and Haslum HK. Mamelund has signed a transfer to the Danish Handball League

Danish Handball League

The Danish Handball League, officially known as Jack & Jones Ligaen due to sponsorship reasons, is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Danish Handball League are recognised as the Danish handball champions...

 side FCK Håndbold, which will be his club from July 2009.

International career

Mamelund made his debut on the Norwegian national handball team

Norway national handball team

The Norway national handball team is the national handball team of Norway. Controlled by the Norwegian Handball Federation it represents Norway in international matches.- Current squad :...

 in 2005, and has played 38 matches and scored 99 goals for the national team (per January 2009). He participated at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship

2007 World Men's Handball Championship

The 20th World Men's Handball Championship took place from January 19 to February 4, 2007 in Germany. 24 national teams played in 12 German cities.The tournament was won by Germany.-Stadiums:...

, and at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship

2009 World Men's Handball Championship

The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship took place in Croatia from 16 January–1 February, in the cities of Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. Croatia was selected from a group of four potential hosts which included the Czech Republic, Greece and Romania.The opening game and...

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Personal life

His older brother Håvard and younger sister Linn Therese both play handball in the highest league in Norway.