Nordstrand Idrettsforening is a sports club in Nordstrand,
Oslo
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, Norway. The club has sections for
alpine skiing
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,
association football
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and
handball
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. It formerly had sections for
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 ...
,
track and field
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and
Nordic skiing
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. The club colors are white and blue.
General history
It was founded in 1919 as a merge between Skiklubben Freidig (founded 1891) and Sportsklubben Grane (founded 1893). The club counts 1891 as its founding year.
In 2009 it incorporated neighboring club Ljan IF.
Handball
In handball the club has won the National championships several times, both the men's and women's team. Notable players are
Postenligaen
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(first tier) as the cooperation team BSK/NIF which is fielded together with neighbors Bækkelagets SK.
Football
Grane was a founding member of the
Football Association of Norway
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, and also became the first
Norwegian Football Cup
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champion in
1902
Events
January
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.
The men's
football
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team plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football.
Skiing
Freidig and Grane were both skiing clubs. Freidig had the ski jumping hill Lerskallen, which was later taken over by Grane and then Nordstrand. The clubs had several able skiers. The highest ranked competitor at the
Holmenkollen ski festival
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History
It takes place in March and has been arranged every ...
was Herman Huitfeldt, who placed seventh in the
Nordic combined
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in 1895. Walter Aigeltinger finished third in the B class in 1902, and also played on Grane's football team. Th. B. Dürendahl and Wilhelm Wettergren competed successfully in Central Europe in the early 1900s.
The club's best known member is alpine skier
Kjetil André Aamodt
Kjetil André Aamodt (born 2 September 1971) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway, a champion in the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup. He is one of the most successful alpine ski racers from Norway.
Biography
Born ...
.
Athletics and orienteering
Athletics was added to the club's roster in 1921. Rolf Johannson became Norwegian champion in the
1500 metres
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in 1930, and also took a silver medal in 1929 and bronze medal in 1933. In 1929 he also took a bronze medal in the
800 metres
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. In the throwing events, Halfdan Johnsen took silver medals in shot put with both hands in 1925 and 1926, whereas Joel Arnesen won a bronze medal in the
triple jump
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in 1929.
In orienteering the club won the relay at the National Championship for men in 1947, and for women in 1974.