Idrottsföreningen Friska Viljor is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

ski jumping Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the final ...

and

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics in ...

club from

Örnsköldsvik Örnsköldsvik (; ), often shortened to just Ö-vik, is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden, with 32,953 inhabitants in 2017. Its natural harbour and archipelago is in th ...

Västernorrland County Västernorrland County () is a county ('' län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western Norrland", as it was in the ...

. It formerly offered more sports. A football club named

Friska Viljor FC Friska Viljor FC is a Swedish football club located in Örnsköldsvik in Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Västernorrland County. Background The club was formed in February 1994 from the football section of the multi-sport club IF Friska Viljor, a ...

was separated from IF Friska Viljor in February 1994. The

alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel Ski binding, bindings, unlike other types of skiing (Cross-country skiing, cross-country, Telemark skiing, Telemark, or ski jumping) ...

section was also separated from IF Friska Viljor. The brothers

Evert Evert is a Dutch and Swedish short form of the Germanic masculine name "Everhard" (alternative Eberhard).Evert
at the

and

Kåre Karlsson Kåre Ingemar Karlsson (28 January 1924 – 21 June 2024) was a Swedish ski jumper. Biography Karlsson was born in Løkken Verk in Norway, and grew up there with his ski jumper brothers Arthur and Evert Karlsson. They represented the sports club ...

participated together at the 1950 World Ski Championships, and Evert was a 1948 Olympian. Other Olympians are Sven-Olof Lundgren (1928), Axel Östrand (1936),

Erik Lindström Erik Valter Lindström (2 January 1918 – 2 September 1955) was a Swedish ski jumper. He competed in the normal hill event at the 1948 Winter Olympics and served as the Swedish flag bearer at those games. References

1918 births 1955 deat ...

(1948), Nils Lundh (1948),

Bengt Eriksson Bengt Eriksson (22 January 1931 – 19 November 2014) was a Swedish nordic combined skier. He won an individual silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics and finished 10th at the 1960 Games. Between 1953 and 1966 he won eight national titles. He ...

(1956, 1960; silver medalist),

Kjell Sjöberg Kjell Allan Sjöberg (11 May 1937 – 10 September 2013) was a Swedish ski jumper. Career He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the normal hill and large hill events with the best result of fifth place in the large hill in 1964. H ...

(1960, 1964, 1968), Bror Östman (1952, 1956), Rolf Strandberg (1960), Mats Östman (1968), Ulf Norberg (1968), Anders Lundqvist (1972), Magnus Westman (1992, 1994), Fredrik Johansson (1994), Johan Rasmussen (1994). and

Frida Westman Frida Westman (born 10 January 2001) is a Swedish ski jumper who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She was the first Swedish female ski jumper at an Olympic Games. Westman has the best finish by any Swedish female ski jumper at a FIS Ski Ju ...

(2022). In recent years several club members have participated in the

Ski jumping World Cup The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internati ...

, including Kristoffer Jaafs, Carl Nordin,

Isak Grimholm Isak Grimholm (born 25 March 1985) is a Swedish former ski jumper. He made his Continental Cup debut in August 2002 in Marikollen, and his best result is a victory from Iron Mountain in February 2007. He participated in the FIS Junior World Sk ...

, and Jakob Grimholm. Their hill is Paradiskullen, which is one of Scandinavia's best training facilities for ski jumping.

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Friska Viljor Sport in Örnsköldsvik Sports clubs and teams established in 1905 Multi-sport clubs in Sweden Defunct football clubs in Sweden 1905 establishments in Sweden Sports clubs and teams in Västernorrland County 20th-century establishments in Västernorrland County