Idrottslaget i Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo (also BUL, Oslo) is a sports club in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

, Norway, founded on 8 January 1913. It is one of several branches of Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo, a local chapter of

Noregs Mållag Noregs Mållag (literally "Language Organisation of Norway") is the main organisation for Norwegian Nynorsk (New Norwegian), one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language Norwegian ( ) is a North Germanic language from th ...

and

Noregs Ungdomslag Noregs Ungdomslag (NU, literally "Norway's youth society") is a Norwegian cultural society formed in 1896. It has around 17,000 members and 450 local chapters. Activities Among the society's activities are folk dance, theatre and the spreading of ...

. IL i BUL has sections for

track and field athletics Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

and

skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International S ...

, and has previously been active in

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

, and

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

Track and field

BUL is one of the leading track and field clubs in Norway. Well known athletes are the long-distance runners

Ingrid Kristiansen Ingrid Kristiansen (née Christensen on 21 March 1956) is a Norwegian former athlete. She was one of the best female long-distance runners during the 1980s. She is a former world record holder in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the maratho ...

(World Champion in 1987), Thor Helland, Knut Brustad,

Øyvind Dahl Øyvind Dahl (born 12 May 1951, in Oslo) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner. He represented IL i BUL. At the European Championships he finished fifteenth in 10,000 metres in 1978 and ninth in marathon in 1982. He also competed at the ...

and Moroccan citizens

Khalid Skah Khalid Skah () (born 29 January 1967) is a Moroccan track and field athlete, winner of the 10,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Born in Midelt, Morocco, Skah established himself first as a good cross country runner by winning the IAAF ...

(Olympic Champion in 1992) and Abderrahim Goumri. Sprinters include

Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (born 1 January 1984) is a Gambian- Norwegian sprinter. He is of Serer heritage of the noble Ndure family. In 2002, he went to Oslo, aged 18 and settled with his father who has lived in Norway since the 1970s. Having change ...

and

Ezinne Okparaebo Ezinne Okparaebo (born 3 March 1988) is a Norwegian sprinter. She is Scandinavia's fastest woman ever over 60m and 100m. Okparaebo has won the 100m national title 13 times. She moved to Norway as a nine-year old and grew up in Ammerud. She vis ...

, jumpers include

Hanne Haugland Hanne Birgit Haugland (born 14 December 1967 in Haugesund) is a former Norway, Norwegian high jumper. She represented the clubs Haugesund IL, IL i BUL, SK Vidar and IF Minerva during her senior career. Biography In her early international car ...

and Astrid Tveit, and throwers include

Stein Haugen Stein Haugen (10 January 1933 – 31 March 2008) was a Norwegian discus thrower. He was born in Lom, but represented IL i BUL. He died in March 2008 in Bærum. At the 1960 Summer Olympics he finished eleventh in the discus final with a throw o ...

and Einar Kristian Tveitå. In 1965 BUL co-formed ''Bislett-alliansen'', together with two other sports clubs,

IK Tjalve Idrettsklubben Tjalve is a Norwegian athletics club from Oslo, founded on 27 December 1890. It is named after Þjálfi in Norse mythology. It is one of the most prominent athletics clubs in Norway, and numerous members have represented Norway in ...

and SK Vidar, and since 1966 this group has organized the annual

Bislett Games The Bislett Games is an annual track and field meeting at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the Diamond League. History The first international athletics meeting at Bislett ...

, an

IAAF World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international sports governing body, governing body for the sport ...

event.

Orienteering

BUL, Oslo won the first Norwegian relay championship in Orienteering in 1946. They also won the men's relay in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974 and 1975, and the women's relay in 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972. Among the club's international orienteers are World Champions

Åge Hadler Åge Hadler (born 14 August 1944) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, winner of the 1966 and 1972 individual World Orienteering Championships, relay champion from 1970, and individual bronze medalist from 1968. Early life and career Hadler ...

, Ola Skarholt,

Ingrid Hadler Ingrid Hadler (born Ingrid Thoresen; 12 February 1946) is a former orienteering competitor and cross-country skier from Norway. She is individual world champion in orienteering, as well as relay champion. Career Hadler had her breakthrough in o ...

and Astrid Rødmyr.

Skiing

Among the skiers who have competed for IL i BUL are cross-country skiers

Johan Grøttumsbråten Johan Hagbart Pedersen Grøttumsbraaten (24 February 1899 – 24 January 1983) was a Norway, Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country. Dominating both events in the 1920s and early 1930s, he ...

and

Odd Martinsen Odd-Willy Martinsen (born 20 December 1942) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970s. He won three medals at the Winter Olympics, a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay (1968) and silvers in the 30 ...

, both Olympic champions and world champions; Bjarne Iversen; Henry Hermansen; and

Heidi Weng Heidi Weng (born 20 July 1991) is a Norwegian cross-country skier and fell runner. Career In cross-country skiing her best individual World Cup finish is her victories in Tour de Ski both 2016–17 and 2017–18. She has won three gold medals ...

; and

ski jumper 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 fin ...

Sigurd Solid.

Football

The football team was among the pioneers of women's football in Norway. The women's team played in the highest league in Norway as late as in

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

. It is now defunct.

References

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