Ski- og Ballklubben Drafn is a Norwegian multi-sports club from

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken (county), Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and village ...

, founded in 1910. The club, which takes its name from the Norse name of Drammen, was founded as a merger of the clubs Ulf (founded 1905) and Njord (founded 1906). In 1916 it incorporated the skiing club Drammen SK (founded 1881). The men's

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing 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 international governing body for bandy is ...

team won the Norwegian national championship 19 times. It was one of the founding members of

Norway's Bandy Association Norway's Bandy Association ( no, Norges Bandyforbund) is the governing body for the sports of bandy, floorball and field hockey in Norway. History Norwegian bandy was originally organised by the Football Association of Norway, but an independen ...

in 1920. The men's bandy team folded in 1997, merging into

Drammen Bandy Drammen Bandy is a bandy club from Drammen, Norway, formed on 16 June 1997 as a cooperation between several teams in the city. History The clubs which handed over their bandy activities to Drammen Bandy when it was founded, were * SK Drafn, * ...

. The club also 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 ...

and

skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IO ...

. The skiers

Thorleif Haug Thorleif Haug (28 September 1894 – 12 December 1934) was a Norwegian skier who competed in nordic combined and cross-country. At the 1924 Olympics he won all three Nordic skiing events (18 km, 50 km and combined). He was also awarde ...

, Olympic Champion,

Oscar Gjøslien Oscar Gjøslien (also spelled Gjoeslien, November 9, 1909 – May 20, 1995) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1930s. He won a bronze medal at the 1939 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 50 km. In ...

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and 1950 World Ski Jumping Champion

Hans Bjørnstad Hans Bjørnstad (18 March 1928 – 24 May 2007) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won the ski jumping gold medal at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid ...

represented the club. The men's football team contested the 1927 Norwegian Football Cup final. The team currently plays in the Fifth Division, the sixth tier of Norwegian football.Drafn Menn Senior A
(2017)

References

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