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Young Icelandic star Heiðrún Björg Hlynsdóttir moves to Sweden
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Young Icelandic star Heiðrún Björg Hlynsdóttir moves to Sweden

From Morgunblaðið · () Icelandic

Translated from Icelandic and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Icelandic basketball player Heiðrún Björg Hlynsdóttir has signed with Swedish top-flight club Brahe Basket.
  • The 18-year-old has played three seasons for Stjarnan and represented Iceland at every youth level.
  • Stjarnan wished her well after Iceland’s under-20 team achieved a strong result in the Division A competition.

Heiðrún Björg Hlynsdóttir has signed for Brahe Basket, which plays in Sweden’s top basketball league.

The Stjarnan player, who turns 19 later in September, has spent the past three seasons with the club in Iceland’s women’s top division. She has also represented every Iceland youth national team, most recently the under-20 side that achieved an excellent result in Division A this summer.

“Heiðrún Björg has long been part of Stjarnan, played for three years and represented all of Iceland’s youth national teams,” Stjarnan said in a statement. The club wished her success in Sweden and said it looked forward to following her during the coming season.

Heiðrún Björg has long been part of Stjarnan, played for three years and represented all of Iceland’s youth national teams, most recently Iceland’s U20 team, which achieved an excellent result in Division A this summer. We wish Heiðrún Björg good luck in Sweden and look forward to following her this winter.

— StjarnanThe Icelandic club announced the move and wished its player well.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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