Strømmen Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from

Strømmen Strømmen is a town in Lillestrøm municipality, Viken county, Norway. It is about twenty kilometers east of Oslo, and considered part of Greater Oslo. It has around 11,400 residents. The town has its origins from floating lumber and sawmills alon ...

. It has sections for

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and

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, and formerly had sections for

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among other sports.

History

The club was founded on 25 September 1911 as ''Strømmen FK''. The name was changed to ''FK Norrøna'' in 1914. In 1923 the club merged with ''Strømmen IL'' and took the name ''IL Norrøna''. In 1935 it incorporated the club ''Strømmen BK'', founded in the 1920s, and reverted its name back to ''Strømmen FK''. On 27 June 1945, the club merged with AIF club ''Strømmen AIL'', founded 1928, and got its current name.

Football

The club reached 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 ...

semi-final in

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, and played in the Norwegian top flight from 1949 to 1955 and from 1956 to 1961, as well as in 1986 and 1988. The club hosts the record for lowest attendance in the highest league, 202. They play their matches at Strømmen Stadion. In

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, Strømmen won their

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group. In the qualification match for the

2. divisjon The Norwegian Second Division, also called 2. divisjon and often referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the third-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. There are 28 teams divided into two groups, and at the ...

they met

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. Strømmen won the first leg, 6–2, on home ground, and they lost the second leg, 4–2, but won 8–6 on aggregate, and achieved their promotion for the

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season. Strømmen got relegated in 2007, but retained their spot since

Odd Grenland 2 Norwegian reserve football teams compete at all levels of league football within the Norwegian football league system apart from the top two divisions, Eliteserien and 1. divisjon. The highest league these teams can currently enter is the 2. divisj ...

got demoted to the 3. divisjon, following Odd's first team being relegated from the top tier,

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. Thomas Berntsen was hired by Strømmen on 3 August 2008, and with Berntsen as head coach, Strømmen avoided relegation to the 3. divisjon. Ahead of the 2009 season,

Petter Myhre Petter Myhre (born 21 February 1972) is a retired Norwegian footballer and current assistant coach for Lillestrøm SK, Lillestrøm. During his active career he played for Strømmen IF, Ullern IF and Skjetten SK. He also took education at the Norw ...

was named co-coach together with Berntsen. With Berntsen and Myhre as coaches, Strømmen won their 2009 2. divisjon group and was promoted to 1. divisjon. In

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Strømmen finished three points behind a promotion play-offs spot. In the decisive match of the 2011 season, Strømmen avoided relegation with a 6–1 win against

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. After the 2011 season, Berntsen was replaced by

Erland Johnsen Erland Johnsen (born 5 April 1967) is a Norway, Norwegian football manager and former professional Association football, footballer who is director of youth at Sarpsborg 08 FF. As a player he was a Defender (association football), centre back fr ...

Recent history

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Current squad

''For season transfers, see transfers winter 2021–22 and transfers summer 2022.''

Athletics

Former cross-country skier

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competed for Strømmen IF in

steeplechase Steeplechase may refer to: * Steeplechase (horse racing), a type of horse race in which participants are required to jump over obstacles * Steeplechase (athletics), an event in athletics that derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing ...

and

long-distance running Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance running comes two d ...

in his younger days. The club's only Norwegian champion in athletics is Otto Rui. He won the hammer throw in 1987, and also took national medals in 1985, 1988 and 1989. Sidsel Kjellås is their winningest domestic medalist, with silver medals in the 80 metres hurdles in 1964, pentathlon in 1965, and the tetrathlon in 1966 and a bronze in the standing long jump in 1965. Birgit Tofthagen took a national silver medal in the high jump in 1964, and Unni Lundby took a bronze medal in the 200 metres in 1969. Strømmen's women' team in the 4 x 100 metres relay also took a national silver medal in 1965 and a bronze in 1970. The club hosted the 1992 Norwegian Cross-Country Championships.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strommen IF Sports teams in Norway Athletics clubs in Norway Football clubs in Norway Eliteserien clubs Sports clubs established in 1911 Association football clubs established in 1911 Bandy clubs established in 1911 1911 establishments in Norway Sport in Akershus Defunct speed skating clubs in Norway Defunct bandy clubs in Norway