| Anja Edin | |
| Fullname: | Anja Hammerseng-Edin |
| Nationality: | Norwegian |
| Birth Date: | 5 February 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Porsgrunn, Norway |
| Position: | Central back |
| Currentclub: | Retired |
| Clubs1: | Sola HK |
| Nationalyears1: | 2006–2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Norway |
| Nationalcaps1: | 59 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 143 |
| Clubs2: | Storhamar HE |
| Clubs3: | Larvik HK |
Anja Hammerseng-Edin (born 5 February 1983) is a Norwegian former handball player. She previously played for Larvik HK and for the Norwegian national team.
Hammerseng-Edin made her début on the Norwegian national team in 2006, and played 59 matches and scored 143 goals between 2006 and 2013.[1] She represented Norway when the team won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China, as well as winning a silver medal at the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.[2] She was also part of the National team at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship.[3] [1]
She retired from her handball career in 2017, and currently works as a conference speaker.
Edin started playing handball when she was 5 years old, with her mother as a trainer.
She is married to fellow handball player Gro Hammerseng, and they have a son together, born on 2 February 2012. Hammerseng and Edin married on 3 August 2013. The couple both play for the Norwegian handball club Larvik HK.[5]
Hammerseng-Edin and her wife wrote a book together titled Anja + Gro = Mio, which was published in February 2014.