August Pedersen

{{Short description|Norwegian handball player (born 1994)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = August Baskår Pedersen

| nationality = Norwegian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|6|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Notodden, Norway

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Left wing

| currentclub = SG Flensburg-Handewitt

| clubnumber = 29

| years1 = 2012–2016

| clubs1 = Haslum HK

| years2 = 2016–2018

| clubs2 = ØIF Arendal

| years3 = 2018–2021

| clubs3 = Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

| years4 = 2021–2022

| clubs4 = Drammen HK

| years5 = 2022–2025

| clubs5 = SG Flensburg-Handewitt

| years6 = 2025–

| clubs6 = TSV Hannover-Burgdorf

| nationalyears1 = 2023–

| nationalteam1 = Norway

| nationalcaps1 = 16

| nationalgoals1 = 29

}}

August Baskår Pedersen (born 24 June 1994) is a Norwegian handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt{{cite web|url=https://www.sg-flensburg-handewitt.de/teams/profis/kader/spieler/august-pedersen-1-1|title=August Baskår Pedersen|language=German|publisher=sg-flensburg-handewitt.de/|accessdate=6 January 2025}} and the Norwegian national team.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball.no/regioner/nhf-sentralt/kampaktivitet/landslag/handballgutta/profiler/|title=Profiler|language=Norwegian|publisher=Norwegian Handball Federation|accessdate=6 January 2025}}

Pedersen hails from Notodden.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball.no/regioner/nhf-sentralt/kampaktivitet/landslag/handballgutta/profiler/https://www.oifarendal.no/2017/10/23/bli-kjent-med-spilleren-august-baskar-pedersen/|title=Bli kjent med spilleren – August Baskår Pedersen|language=Norwegian|publisher=ØIF Arendal|accessdate=6 January 2025}} He has played for Haslum HK, ØIF Arendal, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg and Drammen HK.{{cite web|publisher=ØIF Arendal|language=no|url=https://oifarendal.no/2022/02/22/siste-skal-spille-for-tysk-mesterklubb/|title=SISTE: Skal spille for tysk mesterklubb|date=22 February 2022|access-date=30 September 2022}} In 2022 Pedersen joined 2013-14 EHF Champions League winners SG Flensburg-Handewitt from Drammen HK as a replacement for Hampus Wanne.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sg-flensburg-handewitt.de/news/artikel/nachfolge-fix|title=Nachfolge fix|website=www.sg-flensburg-handewitt.de}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndr.de/sport/handball/SG-Flensburg-Handewitt-holt-Norweger-Pedersen-als-Wanne-Nachfolger,flensburg5752.html|title=Flensburg holt Norweger Pedersen als Wanne-Nachfolger|website=www.ndr.de}}