Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn (lit. "Ski and Football Club Lightning") is a Norwegian alliance sports club from

Nordre Aker Nordre Aker (Northern Aker) is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. History This area became part of the city of Oslo in 1948. Before that it was a part of Aker municipality in the former Akershus county. Demographics and housing With a popula ...

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) 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 ...

. It has two sections; for

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...

and

Nordic skiing Nordic skiing encompasses the various types of skiing in which the toe of the ski boot is fixed to the binding in a manner that allows the heel to rise off the ski, unlike alpine skiing, where the boot is attached to the ski from toe to heel. Re ...

. Until 2010 they had a third section, for top-level association football, named

FK Lyn Lyn 1896 Fotballklubb () is a Norwegian football club and a department of the sports club Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn based in Oslo, whose members also participate in Nordic skiing and orienteering. Until 2010, SFK Lyn had two football depart ...

. In the skiing is also embedded

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

triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the d ...

, and

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

. Lyn has previously also been playing

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

General history

The club was founded as ''IF Lyn'' on 3 March 1896. It originated in St. Hanshaugen, and was a club for boys aged 12 to 14. The first sports were association football (the club was a founding member of the

Football Association of Norway The Norwegian Football Federation ( nb, Norges Fotballforbund, nn, Noregs Fotballforbund; NFF) is the governing body of football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the league systems ...

in 1902),

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreatio ...

and

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 fin ...

. Other sports like

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...

, and

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...

were tried but later discontinued. The club colors are red, white and blue.

FK Lyn

was the name of the top-level football section. It consisted of a men's senior team, a B team and a men's junior team. It fielded for many decades as ''SFK Lyn'' until top and grassroots football was divided into two. The elite section held the name FC Lyn Oslo for some years. It took over the history, records and achievements of SFK Lyn's football section. This section went bankrupt in 2010, and the senior, B and junior teams were pulled from competition and their games annulled. The club, represented with the senior team, also took part in the

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, but was eliminated before the bankruptcy.

Lyn Fotball

Lyn Fotball is the "grassroots football" ( no, breddefotball) section of SFK Lyn, comprising the non-professional players within the club. A senior men's team (bearing no relation to FC Lyn Oslo/FK Lyn) was founded because of demand in the district, and currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. The women's team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier. The junior men's team plays in the highest league in Oslo, and actually competed against FK Lyn in this league before the latter went defunct. There have been talks of a Lyn men's team being "resurrected" through the body of Lyn Fotball. In that case the club would have to build itself up from a Sixth Division team, or Fifth Division if the current team is successful in its bid for promotion in 2010. There was also talk of top names signing for Lyn Fotball, such as Erik Mykland, Jan Derek Sørensen and

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. In August 2010 Lustü and Jo Tessem signed. On 22 August 2010, Lyn hosted Vinderen SF at

Frogner stadion Frogner stadion is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway, which has artificial ice in the winter for speed skating and bandy. The artificial grass is used in the summer for soccer and American football. It is located close to the Frogner Park, betwe ...

in front of a crowd of more than 2,000, the largest crowd ever recorded for a Norwegian seventh tier match. Tessem scored in a match Lyn were lucky to win 5-2 after a gutsy performance from minnows VSF. Lyn Fotball finished champion by goal average in Third Group of 6th Division and promoted to 5th Division (6th level). Due to former successes, Lyn was admitted to First Group of 4th Division (Fifth Level) in 2011 season. They had a perfect season, winning all their games and won promotion to the 3rd Division for the 2012 season.

Lyn Ski

One of the original sports in Lyn, the club has had many successful skiers. The women's relay team in skiing won national championships in 2000 and 2001, and also team sprint national championships in 2004 and 2005. Team members include Ine Wigernæs, Ella Gjømle and Jannike Østby. Noted skiers from older times include

Arnfinn Bergmann Arnfinn Bergmann (14 October 1928 – 13 February 2011) was a ski jumper from Norway. He won the individual large hill event at the 1952 Olympics and 1952 Holmenkollen ski festival and placed third at the 1950 World Championships. In 1956 he was ...

, Gunnar Andersen, Alf Steen Andersen, Arne Hoel, Lars Grini, Ivar Formo and

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. In the skiing section is also embedded

and

. The club operated two ski jumping hills in

Nordmarka Nordmarka is the mostly forested region which makes up the northern part of Oslo, Norway. Nordmarka is the largest and most central part of Oslomarka. The area called Nordmarka also extends into the municipalities of Hole, Ringerike, Lunner, J ...

, near the lake Store Åklungen. Construction of the hills was started in 1918. In 1922 the largest hill, Store Lynbakken, was ready, but it only had a size of about 30 metres, rebuilt to 40 metres in 1927. The smaller hill Lille Lynbakken had a size of about 25 metres.

General history

FK Lyn

Lyn Fotball

Lyn Ski

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