Torp Idrætsforening 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 ...

multi-sports club from Torp,

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 15 ...

Østfold Østfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side o ...

. 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 ...

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

amateur wrestling Amateur wrestling is a variant of wrestling practiced in collegiate, school, or other amateur level competitions. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games: freestyle and Greco-Roman. Both styles are under the ...

. The club was founded on 23 January 1915. The men's football team plays in the 5. divisjon, the sixth tier of Norwegian football, being promoted from the 2019 5. divisjon. It formerly had a spell in the

3. divisjon The Norwegian Third Division, also called 3. divisjon, is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from ...

from

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through

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. Before the Second World War II, the club contested the 1937–38, 1938–39 and

1939–40 League of Norway The abandoned 1939–40 Norgesserien would have been the 3rd season of top division football in Norway. The season was interrupted due to German occupation on April 9, 1940, during World War II. District I District II, Group A District II, Gr ...

References

Official site

Sportsplassen Torp - Nordic Stadiums
Football clubs in Norway Sport in Fredrikstad 1915 establishments in Norway Association football clubs established in 1915 {{Norway-footyclub-stub