Lunner Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from

Lunner Lunner is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hadeland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Roa, Norway, ...

Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The ...

. It currently only has a section for

team 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 Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

. The club is best known for its women's handball team. It played in the highest Norwegian league for many years, and became runners-up in the

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament ...

in 1989. Kjersti Grini became league top goalscorer and player of the year in 1990, and Cathrine Roll-Matthiesen, Cathrine Svendsen became player of the year in 1991. Eli Fallingen also played internationally for Norway. In addition, Jøran Lien Grymyr was a men's international in 1987. The women's team now plays in the Second Division, the third tier. The men's football team played in the Third Division for some years, last in 2002 Norwegian Third Division, 2002. After the season the team entered a cooperation with neighbors Grindvoll IL, who played one tier higher. The new cooperation team was named Hadeland Fotball. This team was steadily relegated and went defunct after the 2010 season. A new club Lunner FK was founded on 8 January 2008, and plays in the Fourth Division. The club was formerly active in sport of athletics, athletics. Long-distance runner Leiv Egge has the most national championship medals for the club. He won 5000 metres silver medals in 1953 and 1954 behind Øistein Saksvik, a 10,000 metres bronze medal in 1953 behind Saksvik and Martin Stokken, and a 3 km cross-country silver medal in 1954 behind Ernst Larsen. P. Ottosen also won a 25 km road race silver medal behind John Systad at the national championships in 1947, Magne Aabraaten became national 10,000 metres champion in 1955, and Sverre Øverby became shot put champion in 1953. Their leading athlete was Jorun Askersrud Nygaard, decathlete and Olympic cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. However, she only represented Lunner IL during her youth.

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Handball clubs in Norway Defunct football clubs in Norway Sport in Oppland Lunner Defunct athletics clubs in Norway {{Handball-club-stub