Sportsklubben Bergen Sparta is a Norwegian sports club from Bergen, founded in 1925 and named after Sparta. It has sections for

amateur boxing Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...

, and formerly for association football. It was a member of

Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund The Workers' Federation of Sports ( no, Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund), often just called the AIF, was a sporting organization in Norway between 1924 and 1946.Heinemann, Klaus. Sport Clubs in Various European Countries'. Schorndorf: Hofmann .a. 1999 ...

before the Second World War. It was founded on 18 November 1925. Well-known amateur boxers include

Dagfinn Næss Dagfinn Arthur Næss (8 January 1934 – 5 July 2008) was a Norwegian boxer. He was born in Bergen. He took nine individual national championships between 1953 and 1966, representing the club SK Bergen Sparta, Bergen-Sparta. His classes were l ...

(1960 Olympian). The King's Cup in boxing was taken by Dagfinn Næss in 1954, 1958, 1960 and 1961. The men's football team played in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football, in

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

. They played home matches at

Varden Varden may refer to: People *Erik Varden (born 1974), Norwegian Roman Catholic prelate *Evelyn Varden (1893-1958), American actress *Helga Varden, American philosopher *Norma Varden (1898-1989), English actress * Varden Tsulukidze (1865–1923), Ge ...

. This section is currently defunct.

References

External links

Official site
Sports clubs and teams in Norway Sport in Bergen Association football clubs established in 1925 Defunct football clubs in Norway Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund 1925 establishments in Norway {{Norway-footyclub-stub