Jóhanna Björk Sveinsdóttir

Jóhanna Björk Sveinsdóttir
Personal information
Born	20 October 1989 (age 35); Iceland
Nationality	Icelandic
Listed height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Career information
Playing career	2003–2022
Position	Forward
Number	23
Career history
2003–2004	Hamar
2004–2006	Hamar/Selfoss
2006–2009	Hamar
2009–2011	KR
2011–2012	Breiðablik
2012–2014	Haukar
2014–2015	Breiðablik
2015–2016	Haukar
2016–2018	Skallagrímur
2018–2019	Stjarnan
2020	Valur
2021–2022	Stjarnan
Career highlights and awards
	Icelandic league champion (2010); Icelandic Basketball Cup (2014); Icelandic Supercup (2009);

Jóhanna Björk Sveinsdóttir (born 20 October 1989) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team.

Playing career

After starting her career with Hamar, Jóhanna won the Icelandic championship in 2010 as a member of KR^[1] and the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2014 with Haukar.^[2] After playing for Skallagrímur from 2016 to 2018, where she reached the Cup semi-finals in 2018,^[3] she signed with Stjarnan in June 2018.^[4]

After a one-year hiatus, Jóhanna signed with Úrvalsdeild club Valur on 7 August 2020.^[5]

In August 2021, Jóhanna signed with 1. deild kvenna club Stjarnan.

Jóhanna was first selected to the Icelandic national basketball team in 2008.^[6]^[7] From then to 2018, she played 12 games for the national team.^[8]

^ Kristján Jónsson (7 April 2010). "Allt er þegar þrennt er". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 2–3. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ Kristján Jónsson (22 February 2014). "Haukar bikarmeistarar - Hardy með 44 stig". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ Sindri Sverrisson (23 January 2018). "Mikið búið að reyna á alla hjá félaginu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ Davíð Eldur (26 June 2018). "Jóhanna Björk: Kominn tími á að eyða minni tíma í akstur". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (7 August 2020). "Valskonur bæta við sig þremur nýjum leikmönnum í körfunni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ "Margrét Kara ekki með - Jóhanna og Guðrún kallaðar inn". kki.is (in Icelandic). 22 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (21 October 2008). "Þurfa að læra það að vinna leiki". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ "Þjálfararnir fengu fína hjálp". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 12 December 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2018.