Kristian Bjørnsen (born 10 January 1989) is a retired Norwegian handball player, who last played for Aalborg Håndbold and formerly the Norwegian national team.
His younger sister, Line Bjørnsen and his brother Erik Bjørnsen were also professional handballers.
Career Bjørnsen played for Stavanger Håndbold in his hometown until 2009, where he joined top flight team Fyllingen Håndball. In 2014 he transferred to Swedish first league team IFK Kristianstad. Here he won the Swedish Championship in 2015 and 2016.
In 2016 he switched to the German Bundesliga team HSG Wetzlar.
In 2021 he joined Danish top team Aalborg Håndbold. Here he won the Danish Supercup in 2023 and the Danish Championship in 2024. In 2025 he won the Danish Cup. Later the same season he won the Danish championship.
In February 2026 he announced his retirement after the 2025-26 season. In his last season he won another Danish Championship.
Individual awards All-Star Right Wing of the World Championship: 2017
References
External links
Kristian Bjørnsen at the Norwegian Handball Federation
Kristian Bjoernsen at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)