Sportsklubben Falken is a Norwegian

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skat ...

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Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

. The club was founded in 1925. It formerly had sections for

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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 ...

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ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) 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. Tw ...

and dancing. The club was a member of the Workers' Sports Federation before the war. Workers' sports clubs with the name SK Falken also existed in Oslo and Bergen. Well-known speed skaters include Hjalmar Andersen, Sverre Farstad and Henry Wahl (the "Falken Trio"), Villy Haugen, Jan Egil Storholt and

Eskil Ervik Eskil Ervik (born 11 January 1975) is a Norwegian speedskater. Ervik's best distance is traditionally the 5000-m, where he for several years was among the very best of the world, but his top priority for the most part of his career was to perfo ...

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Speed skating clubs in Norway Sports clubs and teams in Trondheim Sports clubs and teams established in 1925 1925 establishments in Norway Defunct athletics clubs in Norway Defunct football clubs in Norway Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund {{athletics-club-stub