Idrettslaget Viking was a
Norwegian
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multi-sports club from
Stavanger
Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...
,
Rogaland
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.
It was founded on 10 August 1899, and the club members volunteered to establish a sports field in Vikingmarkå, later the site of
Stavanger stadion
Stavanger Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Stavanger, Norway. It was used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and hosted the home matches of Viking FK. The stadium opened on 13 August 1917, and was able to hold 17,555 people at the e ...
. The Norwegian championships in
track and field
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were held already in 1901. In addition to track, the other main sport was
association football
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. For shorter of longer periods the club also offered rugby, cricket, baseball, gymnastics, boxing, amateur wrestling, swimming, rowing, skiing, speed skating, equestrianism and harness racing.
The club saw its athletics heyday before 1930, with Jonas Solheim, August Pettersen and Bjarne Stangeland as prominent athletes; in 1931
Christian Anker-Larsen became 1500 metres champion. Liv Paulsen was among the national pioneers in women's athletics. The football team pioneered the sport in Stavanger, and became nationally prominent from 1925, when they reached the semi-final in the
Norwegian football cup
The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football ...
. The best player was
Reidar Kvammen
Reidar Kvammen (23 July 1914 – 27 October 1998) was a Norwegian football (soccer), footballer. Kvammen was an inside-forward who played his entire career for Viking F.K., Viking, and is regarded as one of Norway's greatest footballers of al ...
, and other international players during its first fifty years were
Torgeir Torgersen,
William Danielsen
William Danielsen (9 December 1915 – 21 August 1989) was a Norwegian footballer. He played for Viking. He scored 180 goals in 370 games for Viking from 1931-1952.
He was just 15 when he made his debut for Viking in 1931. He played for Viking in ...
,
Bernhard Lund,
Inge Paulsen,
Arthur Kvammen,
Sverre Kvammen and
Karsten Johannessen
Karsten Johannessen (30 November 1925 – 16 December 2018) was a Norwegian footballer and coach for IK Start.
Biography Playing career
Johannessen played for Start after World War II. In 1945, he got his debut for the club aged 19, only few m ...
. A chairman for the football section was
Einar Diesen. The club was also successful in amateur boxing.
[
In 1987 the multi-sports club was discontinued as it was split into three; the football club ]Viking FK
Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, having won 8 ...
, the ice hockey club Viking IK
Viking IK was an ice hockey team in Stavanger, Norway.
The club was originally a part of the multi-sports club IL Viking, but became independent in 1987. The club played in the arena Siddishallen
Stavanger Ishall, also known as Siddishallen is a ...
, the handball club Viking HK
Viking Handball Klubb (founded 1986) is a Norwegian handball team from Stavanger with 1 series gold and 4 NM gold.
The team has blue jerseys and blue shorts, and is trained by Christian Magnus Mikalsen Johannesen. The team plays their home matche ...
and an athlete's club which included boxing. Professional boxer Ole Klemetsen
Ole "Lukkøye" Klemetsen (born 30 August 1971 in Stavanger, Norway) is a retired Norwegian boxer in the Light Heavyweight division. He was nicknamed "Mister Sandman" and the "Golden Viking".
Amateur career
He medaled twice at internationa ...
represented the club.
References
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