Career
He played 229 games for Vejle Boldklub, and also represented Danish Superliga clubs Viborg FF and AGF, winning the 2000 Danish Cup with Viborg. He played six games and scored two goals for the Denmark national under-21 football team Nørlund started playing youth football for Jelling IF, before becoming a part of the youth team setup at Vejle Boldklub (VB).
He made his debut for VB in a June 1993 game against the Zambian national team, and was called up for the Danish under-21 national team in March 1995.
With VB, Nørlund attempted to gain promotion for the top-flight Danish Superliga. In VB"s first season in the Superliga, Nørlund suffered an inflammation in his knee, and spent almost a year in recovery.
He returned in January 1997, and scored a single goal as VB finished runners-up in the 1996-1997 season. He was recalled for the Danish under-21 national team in May 1997, and scored two goals in four under-21 national team matches, before becoming too old to be eligible for the team
Nørlund played a further two seasons at VB, before his contract ran out in the summer 1999.
He underwent training sessions with foreign teams Aris Thessaloniki (Greece), Brescia Calcio (Italy) and Grazer Alaska (Austria), but with no success. He stayed in Denmark, and moved to VB"s league rivals Viborg FF on a free transfer in September 1999. He trained with English club Walsall F.C. without success in February 2001, before moving back to play for VB on a semi-professional contract in July 2001.
As VB were relegated to the Danish 1st Division in the 2001-2002 season, Nørlund moved to Superliga club Aarhus GF (AGF).
Following less and less playing time for AGF, his contract was mutually terminated in March 2004, and Nørlund moved to his former club Viborg as an amateur player. After three months as an amateur player, Nørlund penned a two-year professional contract with Viborg in June 2004.
He soon found a place in Viborg"s starting line-up, and became the natural playmaker of the team As his VB contract was not renewed in the summer 2009, he chose to end his footballing career.