Skeid is a Norwegian alliance sports club from

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, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football),

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and

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General history

The club was founded as ''IK Skeid'' on 5 December 1925. It was a merger between the two clubs ''Kristiania BK'' (founded 1 January 1915 as a merger of ''Njord'' and ''Oslo FK'') and ''SFK Frem'' (nicknamed ''Frem 14'', founded 9 April 1914 as a merger of ''Bjølsen FK'' and footballers in Thorshaug IF). Skeid now counts 1 January 1915 as its founding date. The club colors in ''Kristiania BK'' were red and blue, which are still used, whereas the yellow and black club colors of ''SFK Frem'' are found in the logo as well as the current team jerseys in the winter sports. Former sports in the club include ice hockey and

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. The club does not use ''IK Skeid'' anymore, often just Skeid or ''Allianseidrettslaget Skeid'' ("Alliance Sports Team Skeid"). The home field is

. The football team has also used Voldsløkka Stadion and Bislett Stadion because of stadium size requirements in higher leagues.

General history

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