Karen Fladset (born 27 May 1944) is a Norwegian former team handball player and coach.
She played for the club IL Vestar and the Norway women's national handball team.
She was educated as a gymnastics teacher at Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (then called Statens gymnastikkskole).
[3] Fladset played 86 matches and scored 251 goals for the national team between 1962 and 1973, including participation at the 1971 World Women's Handball Championship in the Netherlands and the 1973 World Women's Handball Championship in Yugoslavia.
She increased the amount of training activity compared to earlier practice, and she focused on developing handball into a faster and more technical sport.
From 1985 she was an expert commentator for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation during handball championships, often together with radio sports reporter Unni Anisdahl.
[13] In 2010, she was among the nominated for the award Egebergs Ærespris, for her achievements in team handball and athletics.