From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Nordstrand IF

Norwegian sports club

Summary

Norwegian sports club

Field	Value
name	Nordstrand IF
color1	gutter 2010 vant nc cup 2010
logo	Nordstrand IF.jpg
logo_size	200px
caption	Nordstrand IF club logo
full_name	Nordstrand idrettsforening
sport	association football, team handball, Nordic skiing, orienteering, track and field athletics
founded
city	Nordstrand, Norway

Nordstrand Idrettsforening is a sports club in Nordstrand, Oslo, Norway. The club has sections for alpine skiing, association football and handball. It formerly had sections for orienteering, track and field and Nordic skiing. The club colors are white and blue.

General history

It was founded in 1919 as a merge between Skiklubben Freidig (founded 1891) and Sportsklubben Grane (founded 1893). The club counts 1891 as its founding year.

In 2009 it incorporated neighboring club Ljan IF.

Handball

In handball the club has won the National championships several times, both the men's and women's team. Notable players are Heidi Sundal, Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim, Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk, Alma Hasanić Grizović, Amanda Kurtovic and Vilde Ingstad.

The women's team currently plays in the First Division (second tier), and the men's team plays in Postenligaen (first tier) as the cooperation team BSK/NIF which is fielded together with neighbors Bækkelagets SK.

Football

Grane was a founding member of the Football Association of Norway, and also became the first Norwegian Football Cup champion in 1902.

The men's football team plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football.

Skiing

Freidig and Grane were both skiing clubs. Freidig had the ski jumping hill Lerskallen, which was later taken over by Grane and then Nordstrand. The clubs had several able skiers. The highest ranked competitor at the Holmenkollen ski festival was Herman Huitfeldt, who placed seventh in the Nordic combined in 1895. Walter Aigeltinger finished third in the B class in 1902, and also played on Grane's football team. Th. B. Dürendahl and Wilhelm Wettergren competed successfully in Central Europe in the early 1900s.

The club's best known member is alpine skier Kjetil André Aamodt.

Athletics and orienteering

Athletics was added to the club's roster in 1921. In the throwing events, Halfdan Johnsen took silver medals in shot put with both hands in 1925 and 1926, whereas Joel Arnesen won a bronze medal in the triple jump in 1929.

In orienteering the club won the relay at the National Championship for men in 1947, and for women in 1974.

References

Bryhn, Rolf. "Nordstrand Idrettsforening". Kunnskapsforlaget.
"Nordstrand IFs historikk". Nordstrand IF.
Vaage, Jakob. (1956). "Norske skiløpere". Skiforlaget.
"Archived copy".
"Archived copy".
"Archived copy".
"Archived copy".

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

sport-in-oslo handball-clubs-in-norway orienteering-clubs-in-norway football-clubs-in-oslo defunct-athletics-clubs-in-norway association-football-clubs-established-in-1891 1891-establishments-in-norway multi-sport-clubs-in-norway

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Nordstrand IF — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report