Lunner Idrettslag is a

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sports club from

Lunner Lunner is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hadeland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Roa. Lunner was established when it was separated from the municipality of Jevnake ...

Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The co ...

. It currently only has a section for

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. The club is best known for its women's handball team. It played in the highest Norwegian league for many years, and became runners-up in the

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in 1989.

Kjersti Grini Kjersti Elizabeth Grini (born 9 September 1971, in Oslo) is a Norway, Norwegian former team handball, handball player. She played in the clubs Jaren, Lunner IL, Lunner, Bækkelagets SK, Bækkelaget, Toten HK, Toten and Ikast-Bording E ...

became league top goalscorer and player of the year in 1990, and

Cathrine Svendsen Cathrine Roll-Matthiesen, née Svendsen (born 23 September 1967, in Porsgrunn) is a Norwegian former handball player. She played in the clubs IF Borg, IL Vestar, Lunner IL, Bouillargues (France), Larvik HK Larvik Håndballklubb, is ...

became player of the year in 1991. Eli Fallingen also played internationally for Norway. In addition, Jøran Lien Grymyr was a men's international in 1987. The women's team now plays in the Second Division, the third tier. The men's football team played in the Third Division for some years, last in

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. After the season the team entered a cooperation with neighbors Grindvoll IL, who played one tier higher. The new cooperation team was named Hadeland Fotball. This team was steadily relegated and went defunct after the 2010 season. A new club Lunner FK was founded on 8 January 2008, and plays in the Fourth Division. The club was formerly active in

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. Long-distance runner Leiv Egge has the most national championship medals for the club. He won

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silver medals in 1953 and 1954 behind Øistein Saksvik, a

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bronze medal in 1953 behind Saksvik and

Martin Stokken Martin Stokken (16 January 1923 – 25 March 1984) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer and 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics. At the Summer Olympics he ran 5000 m and 10,000 m, finishing fourth in the latter ...

, and a 3 km cross-country silver medal in 1954 behind

Ernst Larsen Ernst Willy Larsen (18 July 1926 – 2 December 2015) was a Norwegian athlete, who competed mainly in the 3000 metre steeplechase. He represented Ranheim IL. Larsen won the bronze medal in this event at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbo ...

. P. Ottosen also won a 25 km road race silver medal behind

John Systad John Systad (14 September 1912 – 16 September 1998) was a Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. He represented TIF Viking in Bergen. He finished twelfth at the 1946 European Championships, eighth at the 1948 Su ...

at the national championships in 1947, Magne Aabraaten became national 10,000 metres champion in 1955, and Sverre Øverby became

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champion in 1953. Their leading athlete was

Jorun Askersrud Nygaard Jorun Askersrud, later ''Nygaard'', also married ''Tangen'' (6 May 1929 – 12 October 2012) was a Norway, Norwegian cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier and track and field athlete during the 1950s. She was born in Lunner, and re ...

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and Olympic

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. However, she only represented Lunner IL during her youth.

References

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