Karen Brødsgaard (born 10 March 1978) is a former Danish team handball player and manager, and two times Olympic champion.

Karen Brødsgaard ended her career at Aalborg DH, and immediately became an assistant coach, a position she held until 2012.

In 2016 Karen Brødsgaard became assistant coach for Alingsås HK men's team in Sweden.

In her first season in charge Karen Brødsgaard managed to get them promoted to the top league.

[6] Only 6 days later she was fired at EH Aalborg, with the disappointing points accumulated cited as the reason.