Bærums Skiklub is a Norwegian multi sports club founded in 1885. It has sections for

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

freestyle skiing Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, Mogul Skiing, moguls, Ski Cross, cross, Half-pipe skiing, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics. It can consist of a ...

snowboarding Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...

, biathlon and

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a s ...

. Venues include Solbergbakken,

Skuibakken Skuibakken is a ski jumping hill in Bærum in Akershus county, Norway. Skuibakken was opened in 1928. It is owned by Bærums Skiklub. The first major rebuilding began in the autumn of 1938. By the end of the 1950s, it was considered to build a ...

and .

Notable club members

Notable club members include Nordic skiers

Karl Hovelsen Karl Frithjof Hovelsen (23 March 1877 – 13 September 1955) was a Norwegian Nordic skier. Howelsen Hill Ski Area in Steamboat Springs, Colorado was named in his honor. Biography He was born in Kristiania (Oslo), but was a gunner for Bærums SK. ...

Harald Økern Harald Johannes Økern (19 January 1898 – 17 August 1977) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who won the event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1922 and 1924. For his Nordic combined victories, Økern shared the Holmenkollen medal in ...

Olav Økern Olav Økern (3 June 1911 – 11 April 2000) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s and 1940s. He won a bronze in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. In addition, he won a silver i ...

and

Anne Jahren Anne Jahren (born 20 June 1963) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1990. She won a complete set of medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay (1984), a silver in the 4 × 5 km relay ...

, alpine skiers

Borghild Niskin Borghild Niskin (19 February 1924 – 18 January 2013)"Skiløperen Borghild Nis ...

Inger Bjørnbakken Inger Bjørnbakken (28 December 1933 – 13 February 2021) was a Norwegian alpine skier. Career She was born in Bærum and represented the club Bærums SK. She finished tied for sixth place (with fellow Norwegian Astrid Sandvik) in the women's ...

Toril Førland Toril Førland (born 24 April 1954) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier. She was born in Bærum, and represented the club Bærums SK. She participated at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=D ...

, Arild Holm,

Finn Christian Jagge Finn Christian "Finken" Jagge (4 April 1966 – 8 July 2020) was a Norwegian alpine skier. Biography He was the son of alpine skier Liv Jagge-Christiansen and tennis player Finn Dag Jagge. In the World Cup he won seven slalom victories. He al ...

Lasse Kjus Lasse Kjus (born 14 January 1971) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway. He won the overall World Cup title twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships. His combined career total of 16 Olympic and World Championsh ...

and

Hans Petter Buraas Hans Petter Buraas (born 20 March 1975 in Bærum) is a Norwegian Alpine skier. He won the slalom gold medal at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. He has raced 10 seasons in the World Cup (per 2005), and he obtained one victory in a World Cup ...

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (born 21 September 1992) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in four events, with a main focus on super-G and downhill.Lucas Braathen Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (; born 19April 2000) is a Brazilian and Norwegian FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. Until his retirement from World Cup racing inOctober 2023, he represented Norway in international com ...

, Atle Lie McGrath and orienteering competitor Marit Økern Jensen. Snowboarders and freestyle skiers include Christel Thoresen,

Ståle Sandbech Ståle Sandbech (born 3 June 1993) is a Norwegian snowboarder, who specialises in Big Air, and Slopestyle. He has participated at the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in the Men's slopestyle in 2014. Sandbech h ...

, Mons Røisland,

Birk Ruud Birk Ruud (born 2 April 2000) is a Norwegian freestyle skier in halfpipe and slopestyle and Olympic champion in big air. In 2016, he won Gold (Slopestyle) at the Winter Youth Olympics at Lillehammer. He participated at the FIS Freestyle Ski ...

Felix Stridsberg-Usterud Felix Stridsberg-Usterud (born 3 November 1994) is a Norwegian freestyle skier. Felix competed in the 2017–18 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup and represented Norway in slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang Pyeongchang (; in f ...

, and

Aleksander Østreng Aleksander "Alek" Østreng (born 5 April 1991) is a Norwegian snowboarder. He grew up in Bærum. He participated at the 2012 World Snowboarding Championships, where he placed 5th in slopestyle. He competed at the Winter X Games XX in Aspen, Co ...

. Biathletes such as Sturla Holm Lægreid, also originate from BSK.

References

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