The 45-year-old has signed a four-year contract.

"It will be fantastically exciting to work with such a good team and so many good players," he says to the association's website.

"I am very much looking forward to being a part of this.

And so I want to win gold. ”

Norwegian national team captain Jonas Wille:

“He has an eye for detail, insight into the whole and is also good with people.

So we have established a good relationship and have had professional discussions for several years, ”he says.

Almost three months ago, Martin Boquist had to leave his position as assistant national team captain in the Swedish men's national team, which won European Championship gold in January.

The Swedish Handball Association justified this by saying that it was about "the development of Swedish national team handball".

A reasoning that Boquist did not buy.