Career
Strand played for Bjerringbro Silkeborg in Denmark before the 2006 European Championship. Afterwards he signed a contract with Aab Håndbold. On February 2, 2006, he scored 19 goals, a Norwegian record, in a Main Group Stage game against Iceland in the European Championship.
Strand also holds the record for number of goals scored in a single season in the Norwegian league: 281.
He set the record while playing for Stavanger Håndball in 2002/2003 season. In 2003 he was awarded Player of the year in Norwegian handball.