Øvrevoll Hosle Idrettslag is a Norwegian multi-sports club from eastern

Bærum Bærum () is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a populatio ...

Organization and history

Sections are

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, 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 playin ...

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

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 final ...

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; however, some still use it as a m ...

, and

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

. The club covers the areas

Øvrevoll Øvrevoll is a district in eastern Bærum, Norway. Geography and history The district Øvrevoll was built around the farm Øvre Vold, which stems from the separation of Voll, Akershus, Vold farm into two farms; Øvre and Nedre (Upper and Lower) ...

, Voll, Grav, parts of

Bekkestua Bekkestua is a town in the Municipalities of Norway, municipality of Bærum, Norway, with a busy bus terminal and a Bekkestua (station), station on one of Oslo's westbound Oslo T-bane, T-bane lines, Kolsåsbanen. It also has its own library, police ...

and

Jar A jar is a rigid, cylindrical or slightly conical container, typically made of glass, ceramic, or plastic, with a wide mouth or opening that can be closed with a lid, screw cap, lug cap, cork stopper, roll-on cap, crimp-on cap, press-on ca ...

as well as Hosle. The club colors are white. The club was founded on 26 September 2007 as a merger of ''Øvrevoll BK'' and ''Hosle IL''. Hosle IL was founded in 1947 as ''Grav og Voll IL''. The name was changed to ''IL Bæring'' and later Hosle when Bæring merged with ''Hosletoppen''. Øvrevoll BK was founded on 26 April 1955 as ''Øvrevollkameratene''. The football and bandy teams of the two clubs had cooperated long before the actual merger.

Sports

The men's bandy team plays in the First Division, the second tier. It played in the Premier League as late as in 2005–06. The men's football team played in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football, until 2010, when they pulled their team because of a lack of players. Its best known player was Andreas Hauger, who played for the team in 2009. The best known female footballer is

Siri Nordby Siri Kristine Nordby (born 4 August 1978) is a Norwegian football defender who played over fifteen years for Røa in Norway's Toppserien league. She also played for the Norway women's national football team. Career Nordby started her career at ...

, who started her career there. Handball player

Karoline Dyhre Breivang Karoline Charlotte Dyhre Breivang (born 10 May 1980) is a retired Norwegian handball player. She is a double Olympic gold medalist, a world champion and five time European champion. She is known for her versality on the court and for being a g ...

started her career in Hosle. The best known club member overall is ski jumper

Bjørn Einar Romøren Bjørn Einar Romøren (born 1 April 1981) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed at World Cup level from 2001 to 2014. His career highlights include eight individual World Cup wins, two ski flying world records, and a team bronze medal at ...

References

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