De Jernhårde Ladies - From Pioneers to Icons

Name: De Jernhårde Ladies - From Pioneers to Icons
Start: 2026-10-30T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-30T21:30:00+01:00
Location: Roskilde Kongrescenter

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 · 19:00 — 21:30

Roskilde Kongrescenter, Roskilde

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De Jernhårde Ladies - From Pioneers to Icons: Friday 30 October 2026, 19:00–21:30, Roskilde Kongrescenter, Roskilde.

Camilla Andersen, Janne Kolling, Anne Dorthe Tanderup, Conny Hamann and Tina Bøttzau take the stage to share the stories behind Denmark's handball breakthrough in the 1990s - in their own words.

About the venue: Roskilde Kongrescenter

Roskilde Congress & Sports Centre is the largest congress centre on Zealand outside Copenhagen. It opened in 1959 as Roskildehallen and has been expanded several times since - most recently in 2013, when Hall D was added, designed by the Danish architecture firm Christensen & Co. The 13,500 m² facility includes four halls, eight meeting rooms and a lecture and concert hall seating 919, hosting conferences, trade fairs, concerts, theatre and sports events. The largest hall holds up to 2,500 seated guests and serves as the home arena for Roskilde Håndbold.

Møllehusvej 15, 4000 Roskilde Get directions

About: Camilla Andersen

Two Olympic golds, a world title and back-to-back European championships make Camilla Andersen one of the most decorated handball players Denmark has ever produced. Her national team record of 846 goals, set across the 1990s, remains unbeaten.

846

goals for the Danish women's national team (record)

194

international matches for Denmark

2×

Olympic gold (1996 and 2000)

2023

inducted into EHF Hall of Fame

What's new

2026-07
Hbold.dk revisited Camilla Andersen's career on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Olympic gold medal in Atlanta in 1996 and confirmed that her record of 846 national team goals still stands.
2026-01
Europamester.dk reported that Camilla Andersen's travel agency Travel Sense had earnings of 8.8 million kroner and a profit of 3.9 million kroner according to the latest accounts.
2023-12
Camilla Andersen continues to serve as a handball expert on DR during the World Championship finals for both women and men.

Tracks

OL-finalen, Atlanta 1996Denmark won 37-33 against South Korea after extra time - Camilla Andersen's breakthrough on the world stage

VM-guld, Tyskland 1997Andersen named best playmaker of the tournament

OL-finalen, Sydney 2000Andersen's last national match - she scored four goals in a row in the comeback against Hungary and secured the gold

Champions League-finalen 2004 med Slagelse FHThe absolute highlight of her club career

About: Janne Kolling

Holder of two Olympic gold medals, a World Championship title and two European crowns, Janne Kolling stands among Denmark's most decorated handball players ever. The record-cap holder brings first-hand stories from Danish handball's golden decade of the 1990s.

250

international matches for Denmark - record on the women's national team

756

international match goals - second most in history

Olympic gold medals (Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000)

Danish championships with Viborg HK (1994-1997)

What's new

2022-03
Janne Kolling was honored with a place in the Wall of Fame in Randers, where Katrine Fruelund gave a speech.
2022-07
On the occasion of her 54th birthday, Kolling was portrayed as a Danish national team legend on europamester.dk.
2023-11
Billedbladet portrayed Janne Kolling and her current role as hospitality manager at the Danish Handball Association.

Tracks

OL-guld, Atlanta 1996Kolling's own personal highlight - the final victory over South Korea

OL-guld, Sydney 2000Second Olympic gold medal; Kolling's farewell match for the national team

VM-guld, 1997World Championship in Germany - the crown of 1990s dominance

EM-guld, 1994 og 1996Two European Championships as part of 'the iron-hard ladies'

About: Anne Dorthe Tanderup

One of the driving forces behind 'De jernhårde ladies' - the Danish women's team that swept Olympic, World and European titles in the 1990s. Anne Dorthe Tanderup accumulated 88 caps and 179 goals before a knee injury ended her playing days in 1997.

international matches for Denmark

179

goals for the national team

4×

Danish championship in a row with Viborg HK

international medals (Olympics, World Championship, European Championship) with the national team

What's new

2025-11
Anne Dorthe Tanderup presented her autobiography 'På Udebane' at Bogforum in Copenhagen in November 2025.
2025-10
DR broadcast in October 2025 an interview with Tanderup about the book and about returning home to Denmark after 24 years in Italy and Switzerland.
2024-03
Anne Dorthe Tanderup and Bjarne Riis bought in March 2024 30 percent of the company Flexfabrikken and joined the board.

Tracks

OL-guld, Atlanta 1996Final victory with the Danish women's national team - one of the greatest moments in Danish sports history

VM-guld, Tyskland 1997The 1997 World Championship was Tanderup's last major triumph before a knee injury ended his career

EM-guld 1994 og 1996Two European championships as part of 'The Iron-Hard Ladies'

På Udebane (bog, 2025)Autobiography about the career, life abroad and the way back to oneself

About: Conny Hamann

A key figure in Danish women's handball's golden era, Conny Hamann-Boeriths claimed Olympic gold in Atlanta and a European Championship title in 1994 across a national team career spanning 70 appearances as playmaker.

international matches for Denmark (1989-1996)

158

goals for the national team

What's new

2026-07
Europamester.dk and hbold.dk revisited in the summer of 2026 Conny Hamanns career and her family's continued involvement in professional handball.
2019-07
Conny and René Hamann-Boeriths left Aabenraa when she started at a newly established sports free school in Ikast.

Tracks

OL-guld, Atlanta 1996Won gold with the Danish women's national team at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta

EM-guld, 1994Denmark's first European Championship on the women's side

VM-sølv, 1993Silver medal at the World Championship in Norway

VM-bronze, 1995Bronze medal at the World Championship in Austria and Hungary

About: Tina Bøttzau

Two Olympic golds, a World Championship and a European Championship title make Tina Bøttzau one of the most decorated figures from Danish handball's golden era. She now channels that experience - alongside a master's in psychology - into her work with the Danish women's national team.

120

international matches for Denmark (1990-2000)

247

goals in international matches

Olympic gold medals (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000)

Olympic participations (as player and team manager)

What's new

2025-11
DanskHåndbold appointed Tina Bøttzau as the new responsible person for the women's development squad on 11 November 2025.
2024-07
Tina Bøttzau participated in the Paris 2024 Olympics in her new role as Team Manager for the Danish women's national team - her third Olympics in total.
2024-04
Tina Bøttzau took office in April 2024 as Team Manager for the handball women and thus replaced Christina Roslyng.

Tracks

OL-guld, Atlanta 1996Part of "The Iron Ladies" who beat South Korea and Hungary on the way to gold

VM-guld, Tyskland 1997World champion with the Danish women's national team

OL-guld, Sydney 2000Denmark defeated Hungary 31-27 in the final

EM-guld, Danmark 1996European champion on home soil

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