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Tønsberg Ishall
Tønsberg Ishall is an ice hockey- and figure skating arena in Tønsberg, Norway. Opened in 1995, it is home to the Tønsberg Vikings of the GET-ligaen and Tønsberg Turnforening figure skating branch. It is on the same site as the Maier Arena Tønsberg, an outdoor artificial ice skating rink used for Speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skat .... In January 2003 it was the host arena for the Norwegian figure skating championships. External linksTønsberg Ishallon hockeyarenas.netOfficial website Ice hockey venues in Norway 1995 establishments in Norway Sport in Tønsberg Figure skating venues in Norway Sports venues in Vestfold {{icehockey-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tønsberg Vikings
Tønsberg (), historically Tunsberg, is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located about south-southwest of the capital city of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The city is the most populous metropolis in Vestfold county. Tønsberg also serves as the administrative centre for Vestfold county and the seat of the County governor (Norway), County Governor of Vestfold og Telemark. Tønsberg is generally regarded as the oldest city in Norway, founded in the 9th century. Snorri Sturluson mentions the town in Harald Hårfagre's saga (written around 1220) before the battle at Hafrsfjord, which historians have traditionally dated to the year 872, therefore the town was in existence by 871 at the latest. This dating is again based on Are Frode's book, Íslendingabók. Using this information, Tønsberg celebrated its one-thousandth anniversary in 1871 and its 1100th anniversary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tønsbergs TF
Tønsbergs Turnforening, often called Tønsberg Turn is a Norwegian sports club from Tønsberg, Vestfold. It has sections for team handball, speed skating, figure skating, gymnastics and pétanque. General history The club was founded on 9 June 1864. In November 1981 it lost its track and field section, as it merged with IF Tønsberg-Kameratene to form Tønsberg FIK. In 1985 the association football section merged with Tønsberg-Kameratene to form Tønsberg FK. Speed skating Speed skater Fred Anton Maier represented the club, so did Roar Grønvold, Else Marie Fjære, Bjørn Tveter and Terje Andersen. Athletics The club has had many Norwegian champions. Anne Lise Sandberg became national 400 metres champion in 1961, and won silver medals in 1959 and 1960. She won a 100 metres bronze and a 200 metres silver in 1958. In other sprints, Sigurd Marcussen took a silver medal in the 400 metres in 1932 and Terje Larsen a bronze medal in 1966. Marcussen also won silver medals in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
