Langhus Idrettslag is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

sports club from

Langhus Langhus is a suburban area in the municipality of Nordre Follo in Viken, Norway. With a population of about 13,000, Langhus includes the local areas of Bøleråsen, Vevelstad and Langhus. Transport The village is stretched along the Østfold ...

, founded in 1953. It has sections for

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

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 g ...

and

gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...

. The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. Langhus stadion is their home field. Their team colors are maroon and white. The club also cooperates with

Follo FK Follo Fotballklubb is a football club from Ski, Viken, Norway. Follo play in light blue, and their home ground is Ski stadion. It was founded in September 2000 and their biggest achievement was playing in the 2010 Norwegian Football Cup Final ...

. Some former players have reached top levels in the sport:

Anders Michelsen Anders Michelsen (born 27 September 1970) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder. He started his career in Langhus IL, and joined Drøbak/Frogn ahead of the 1990 season. He played for FC Lyn Oslo, SFK Lyn in 1993,Thomas Michelsen Thomas Michelsen (born 27 September 1970) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder. He started his career in Langhus IL, and joined Drøbak/Frogn ahead of the 1990 season. He played for SFK Lyn in 1993, and then rejoined Drøbak/Frogn. In 199 ...

Glenn Arne Hansen Glenn Arne Hansen (born 20 September 1972) is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper. After half a year on Langhus's senior team in 1989, he joined the region's prime team Drøbak-Frogn in 1990. He played the 1992 season in Ski, then returned ...

Kjetil Nilsen Kjetil Nilsen (born 19 February 1975) is a Norwegian football midfielder. He started his career in Langhus IL; and later played for Ski IL, Drøbak/Frogn IF and Lillestrøm SK. With Lillestrøm he played in the Norwegian Premier League in 1998 ...

Ronny Løvlien Ronny Løvlien (born 30 August 1971) is a Norwegian football defender. He started his career in Langhus IL, and later played with Skeid in the Norwegian Premier League and Follo. Having helped win promotion to the First Division, he left Follo ...

Kenneth Løvlien Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byna ...

and

Etzaz Hussain Etzaz Muzafar Hussain (born 27 January 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot club Apollon Limassol. Born in Oslo, he played for nearby Langhus as a youth player, before moving to Manchester United in 2009. After ...

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