Leganger made 162 appearances and scored one goal for the national team until her retirement from international handball in 2004.

Leganger retired from handball in 1996 and later returned as a club player after a one-year break, but did not play for the national team until 1998.

[12] That same year, she won the 1998 European Championship with the Norwegian team and was voted best goalkeeper at an international competition for a fourth time.

[13] Leganger declined to play for the national team at the 2000 European Championship due to her university studies in medicine.

[14] She returned to the national team for the 2001 World Championship, where Norway finished runners-up as Leganger was voted best goalkeeper of an international competition for a sixth time.

On 27 March 2004, Leganger played her last match with the Norwegian national team before retiring, having made 162 appearances and scored one goal since her debut in 1993.