Storhamar Idrettslag is a Norwegian multi-sports club based in

Hamar Hamar is a town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the traditional region of Hedmarken. The town is located on the shores of Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake ...

. It has sections for

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 ...

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

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and

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 Olympics ...

History

It was founded in 1935 as ''Storhamar AIL'', a workers' sports club which was a member of

Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund The Workers' Federation of Sports ( no, Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund), often just called the AIF, was a sporting organization in Norway between 1924 and 1946.Heinemann, Klaus. Sport Clubs in Various European Countries'. Schorndorf: Hofmann .a. 1999 ...

. The district Storhamar was located in the municipality Vang until an expansion of Hamar's city limits in 1946. It was one of four significant clubs in the districts before 1940, and because of their status as a local club, and certain ties to the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of '' The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...

, it declined to merge into a catch-all club after 1945. Fellow workers' sports club ''Hamar AIL'' did merge, to form part of

Hamarkameratene Hamarkameratene (literally ''the Hamar Comrades''), often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig. HamKam were most recently pr ...

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Ice hockey

The ice hockey department was established in 1957, and had the name

Storhamar Dragons Storhamar Hockey, often referred to by its initials SIL, is a Norwegian ice hockey team based in Hamar, Norway. The club currently plays in the Fjordkraft-ligaen, the highest level of Norwegian hockey. The club has won seven regular season titles ...

between 1998 and 2015. It is one of the most successful ice hockey clubs in Norway. The home arenas are CC Amfi and Storhamar ishall.

Handball

The club has two sections for handball, the elite section named Storhamar Håndball Elite and a grassroots section. The team has played in the highest league since its promotion in 2016, and has won bronze three times (2007/08, 2009/10 and 2011/12). Former players include Heidi Tjugum, Anja Hammerseng-Edin and Maja Jakobsen.

Football

The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football.

References

Sports teams in Norway Sports clubs established in 1935 Norwegian handball clubs Football clubs in Norway Sport in Hamar Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund 1935 establishments in Norway Figure skating clubs in Norway Defunct athletics clubs in Norway {{handball-team-stub