Kari Mette Johansen (born 11 January 1979) is a Norwegian team handball player, a two time Olympic champion, once a world champion and four times European champion. She was voted into the All star team at the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship, where she won gold medal with the Norwegian National Team.
Born in Fredrikstad on 11 January 1979, Kari Mette Johansen played for the Norwegian club Larvik HK her entire senior career. With Larvik she won 12 Norwegian Championships, 11 Norwegian Cups and the 2010-11 Champions League. She also won two EHF Cup Winners' Cups. She retired in 2014 after 16 seasons and 552 matches for the club. After retirement she was made an honorary member at Larvik HK.
She made her debut on the national team in 2004, where she played 203 matches and scored 493 goals. At her first major international tournament, she won gold medals at the 2004 European Championship.
She won Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012.
At the 2006 European Championship, she won gold medals with Norway, and was selected for the tournament all-star team. In the final against Russia, she scored 9 goals from 9 shots.
At the 2007 Championship she won silver medals, losing the France in the final. The year after she won her third European gold at the 2008 European Championship. At the 2011 World Championship she won a gold medal. Her last major international tournament was the 2010 European Championship, where she won her 4th gold medal from four tournaments.
She retired from the national team in 2012. She was awarded the trophy HÃÂ¥ndballstatuetten from the Norwegian Handball Federation in 2018.