Martin Odegaard’s blonde bombshell spouse returns to sport as 17-time champ makes assertion
Arsenal star Martin Odegaard is married to a professional dancer who has won multiple championships in the couple’s home nation of Norway.
Helene Spilling, 30, married the Gunners star in 2024. Odegaard himself has been instrumental in Arsenal’s strong start to the season. The midfielder struck the winner against Napoli in the Champions League last week, his third goal in four games, having also bagged in the Community Shield in pre-season.
Last season was a struggle for the Arsenal captain, who despite lifting the Premier League title with the North London giants, battled knee and shoulder injuries. But he now looks back in the form that made him indispensable to the Gunners and he’s got his stunning partner cheering him on every step of the way.
Helene Spilling is a professional dancer(Image: @thezonedancestudio)
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Meanwhile, after a hiatus from doing what she loves, his other half recently took to Instagram to reveal she was dancing again after three years. Helen captioned a post of her practising dance: “Went to my first dance class at.. well.. 3 years or what? Fun to swing the body a bit again.”
While little is known about the pair’s relationship in the UK, Helen already has an impressive reputation in Norway. She was born on April 17, 1996, in Gjerdrum and dedicated herself to ballroom dancing from a young age.
Her prowess on the floor ultimately made her a 17-time Norwegian champion, and she has represented her country in European and world tournaments.
Odegaard and Spilling, photographed in 2024(Image: Justin Goff Photos/Getty Images)
Spilling has won 17 championships(Image: helenespilling/Instagram)
She found fame by joining the cast of “Skal vi danse?” Norway’s version of “Dancing With the Stars.” Helene was a breakout star of the show and captured the Mirrorball Trophy in the second season.
Helene is also the founder and owner of The Zone Dance Studio in Oslo and a brand ambassador for Thune, a leading jewellery brand in her home country.
For years, Helene performed with dance superstar Jonas Pettersen, and in 2017, she relocated to Lithuania to train with Dominykas Granskas, with whom she competed internationally.
Helene Spilling and Kai Havertz’s wife Sophia Weber
After two years in Lithuania, she returned to Norway and, some time later, struck up a relationship with Arsenal hero Odegaard.
Neither has shared exactly when they met or how their relationship began, but they made their first public appearance together at the London Football Awards in March 2023.
Just months after celebrating their wedding, the couple welcomed their first child, a son named Matheo, in December 2024.
Martin Odegaard and Helen Spilling keep a low profile(Image: helenespilling/Instagram)
Helen Spilling is a big star in Norway(Image: helenespilling/Instagram)
When announcing the birth on Instagram, Helene wrote: “We love you so much, our little baby boy.”
Helene has also been spotted attending Arsenal and Norway games, supporting her husband, and the low-key couple reportedly moved into their dream English home in December 2024.
According to Se og Hor, the mansion cost around £7.7million. It is said to be located 30km north west of London in Hertfordshire, only half an hour away from Arsenal’s London Colney training centre.
