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Greåker IF
Greåker Idrettsforening is a Norwegian association football club from Greåker, Sarpsborg, Østfold. The club was founded on 6 April 1919. The club colours are grey and red. The club has formerly had sections for Nordic skiing, bandy, team handball and amateur wrestling. The men's football team plays in the 5. divisjon, the sixth tier of Norwegian football. It was formerly a staple in the 3. divisjon, but was last relegated from there in 2008. Its best player has been Raymond Kvisvik Raymond Kvisvik (born 8 November 1974) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is most noted for his spells at Brann, but he did also play for Moss, Austria Wien and Fredrikstad. Kvisvik won the Norwegian Cup .... Earlier, after the Second World War II, the club had a spell in the highest league of Norway from 1958–59 to 1961–62. References Official site Football clubs in Norway Sport in Sarpsborg 1919 establishments in Norway Association football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarpsborg
Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neighbouring Fredrikstad. As of 1 January 2018, according to Statistics Norway these two municipalities have a total population of 136,127 with 55,840 in Sarpsborg and 81,278 in Fredrikstad. Borregaard Industries is, and always has been, the most important industry in the city. The city is also the home of Borg Bryggerier, part of the Hansa Borg Bryggerier, which is Norway's second largest brewery-group. General information Name In Norse times the city was just called ''Borg'' (from ''borg'' which means " castle"). The background for this was the fortification built by Olav Haraldsson (see History section). Later the genitive case of the name of the waterfall ''Sarpr'' ( Sarp Falls) was added, it's unclear how Sarpsborg received thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
