Idrettslaget Jutul is a Norwegian sports club from

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. It covers the areas Skui and

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History

It was founded in 1930 as AIL Viking, a Workers' Sport Confederation club. It has sections for

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and

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. It is named after a Norwegian word for the

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Sports divisions

Ice hockey

The men's ice hockey team currently plays in the First Division, the second tier of Norwegian ice hockey. It won promotion after the 2008–09 Second Division season. Well-known players include Michael Smithurst, Tom Erik Olsen and Halvor Hårstad-Evjen. Eirik Hansen is an ice hockey referee of merit. The team's home arena is Bærum Ishall.

Football

The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football, after being relegated from the Third Division in the

2011 Norwegian Third Division The 2011 season of the '' 3. divisjon'', the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway. Between 22 and 26 games (depending on group size) are played in 12 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Twelve group winner ...

. Jotul had been playing in the Third Division since it won promotion after the 2007 Fourth Division season. Jotul was

Thomas Finstad Thomas Finstad (born 10 January 1978) is a retired Norwegian footballer. He plays as a striker. He started his career by IL Jutul and joined 1994 to Bærum SK. It followed short spells for Stabæk and Strømsgodset Strømsgodset is a f ...

's youth club. The women's team plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier, but as a cooperation team between northern neighbor Bærums Verk IF. Its home field is Skuisletta.

Volleyball

The volleyball section had a heyday in the post-war period. The women's team won eight national titles in the first ten years that a Norwegian championship was arranged (the first, which Jutul did not win, was in 1946). The club sent three players to the first Norwegian national team in 1953; three women were chosen to fill the spots by an internal

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Athletics

Its athletics section is largely defunct now, but has been more active before. The club has five medals in Norwegian championships, all won by Kristian Johansen in the

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. He won bronze medals in 1949, 1951 and 1956, a silver medal in 1953 and a gold medal in 1955 with 47.36 metres. His rivals were

Stein Johnson Sten ("Stein") Jean Johnson (20 October 1921 – 28 April 2012) was a Norwegian speed skating trainer and Athletics (sport), athlete. He was born in Bergen and is the nephew of Sonja Johnsson. Johnson was a competitor in discus throw in the 1 ...

Per Stavem Per Stavem (1 March 1926 – 24 September 2006) was a Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower. He represented Stabæk IF. At the 1948 Summer Olympics he competed in the decathlon and finished eleventh with 6151 points. At the 1952 Summer Olympic ...

, Ivar Ramstad,

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 Reidar Hagen. The athletics section does arrange a

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competition named "Opp Kantebakk".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jutul Football clubs in Norway Defunct athletics clubs in Norway Ice hockey teams in Norway Sport in Bærum Association football clubs established in 1930 Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund 1930 establishments in Norway