Byåsen Idrettslag is a

multi-sport club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

from

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

. 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 ...

(one for elite, one for women's and one for grassroots football),

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, handball (one for elite and one for grassroots handball), orienteering, Nordic skiing, and

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General history

The club was founded on 30 October 1921, and the three clubs ''Byåsen IL'', ''Byåsen FK'' and ''Byåsen AIL'' later merged. The club colors are red and white.

Handball

The club has two sections for handball, the elite section named Byåsen Håndball Elite and a grassroots section. The women's handball team quickly became the flagship of Byåsen, when they in 1980 managed to qualify for the Norwegian Cup Final, as a Third Division team. The team has played in the highest league since 1984, and has won the top league five times (1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1995–96, 1997–98) and appeared in the cup final 14 times, winning four (1988, 1989, 1991 and 2007). Its main rival nationally is

Larvik HK Larvik Håndballklubb, is a women's handball club from Larvik, Norway. History Larvik HK was founded in 1990 as a merger of the handball departments in the two clubs Larvik Turn and Halsen. They played in the top division since 1992/93. During ...

. Local rivals have included Sjetne IL and Selbu IL. Former players include

Trine Haltvik Trine Haltvik (born March 23, 1965) is a Norwegian handball coach and former player. Currently she is coach for the Norwegian girls' under-17 team. Haltvik started her handball career at just 16 for Byåsen IL, with the exception of a year play ...

, Karin Pettersen, Ingrid Steen, Annette Skotvoll, Kari Solem, Mia Hermansson Högdahl, Marte Snorroeggen, Gøril Snorroeggen, Elisabeth Aaraas and

Marit Breivik Marit Breivik (born 10 April 1955) is a former Norwegian team handball player, and former head coach for the Norway women's national handball team. As coach, she has led the team to victory in the 2008 Olympic tournament, the World Women's Handb ...

Football

The elite section Byåsen Toppfotball is spearheaded by the men's team, which currently plays in the Norwegian Second Division, having last played in the First Division in 2001. The reserves team play in the Third Division. The women's team plays in the Second Division.

Skiing

The ski team is divided in two categories; cross-country skiing and

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. Well-known cross-country skiers include

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (born 22 October 1996) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who represents Byåsen IL. He holds multiple records, most notably for being the youngest male in history to win the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, the Tour de Ski, ...

, Tor Arne Hetland and Kristin Mürer Stemland. Biathletes Lars Berger and

Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen () (born 27 January 1974) is a retired Norwegian professional biathlete and coach, often referred to by the nickname, the "King of Biathlon". With 13 Winter Olympic Games medals, he is second on the list of multiple medali ...

, who participate in cross country skiing from time to time, are members as well. Nordic combined skiers include

Magnus Moan Magnus Hovdal Moan (born 26 August 1983) is a retired Norwegian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2002 until 2019. Background Magnus moved from Lillehammer when he was two years old and has lived in Trondheim ever since. He skis with ...

and Petter Tande. Well-known ski jumpers include Torbjørn Falkanger, Tommy Ingebrigtsen, Håvard Lie and Arve Vorvik. The club has a local rival club in Byaasen SK, founded on 3 December 1893.

Athletics and orienteering

Byåsen is an active athletics club. Their best athlete is Petter Hesselberg, who won the Norwegian championships in

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in 1981 and 1983 and in

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ...

in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985. In the two events he also took nine silver medals and two bronze medals between 1977 and 1987. In the 1980s the club had good sprinters; the club won the

Swedish relay Swedish relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners. The first runner runs 100 meters, the second one 200 m, the third one 300 m and the fourth runner 400 m, so the total length of the race is one kilometer. Usually Swedi ...

at the 1983 national championships, and Kåre Magne Åmot took a

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national silver in 1984. Roar Berg took a 200 metres national bronze in 1985, and became standing long jump champion in the same year. Jon Martin Denstadli won the standing long jump championships in 1991 and 1994 and took four other medals. Harald Lorentzen won a javelin throw bronze in 1983. Skier Kristin Mürer Stemland won a 5000 metres bronze at the national championships in Trondheim in 2008. Well-known orienteers include

Ellen Sofie Olsvik Ellen Sofie Olsvik (born 7 July 1962) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, world champion in the ''relay event'', and winner of the first overall Orienteering World Cup. She is also world champion in ski-orienteering. Career Olsvik won a gold ...

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Byaasen IL Norwegian handball clubs Athletics clubs in Norway Sport in Trondheim Ski jumping clubs in Norway 1921 establishments in Norway