gjersem sustained a shoulder injury in may 2016 and a knee injury in the autumn. she returned to competition in january 2017 at the edu sport trophy in romania, where she was the only senior skater. she did not compete at the 2017 norwegian championships, but placed 10th at the 2017 toruń cup the same weekend. she placed 24th at the 2017 europeans in ostrava, and 34th at the 2017 worlds in helsinki.