FK Mjølner is a Norwegian

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club based in the town of

Narvik () is the third-largest List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Narvik (town), town of Narvik. Some of the notable villag ...

Narvik Municipality () is the third-largest List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Narvik (town), town of Narvik. Some of the notable villag ...

Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...

county,

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. It currently plays in the 4. divisjon, after having been relegated from the 3. divisjon in

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. The club played at the top tier in

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and

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History

It is named after Mjöllnir in

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. It was formed in 1932 when ''Støa Mjølner'' (until 1926: ''FK Steady 1919 Mjølner'') and ''King Mjølner'' (until 1921: ''FK Freidig 1918 Mjølner'') merged. The club was called Mjølner until 1994, when the name was changed to ''Mjølner-Narvik''. In October 1997 the club merged with local rivals

FK Narvik/Nor Fotballklubben Narvik/Nor was a Norwegian association football club from Narvik () is the third-largest List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre ...

. The merger club took the name Narvik FK. In February 2005 Narvik FK changed the name back to FK Mjølner. FK Mjølner was the first club from

Northern Norway Northern Norway (, , ; ) is a geographical region of Norway, consisting of the three northernmost counties Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, in total about 35% of the Norwegian mainland. Some of the largest towns in Northern Norway (from south to no ...

allowed to play in the

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. Before the 1972 season clubs from the north could not gain promotion to the top division. Mjølner played against the best in the 1972 and 1989 seasons, but were relegated both times after just one season. With the exception of those two seasons, FK Mjølner stayed on the second tier from 1970 to 1991.

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saw Mjølner at the third level, which by then was called the 2. divisjon. They got promoted back to the second tier, where they stayed for three seasons from

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until they got relegated again in

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. They played in the 2. divisjon in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

and

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, then merged with Narvik/Nor, and continued playing in that division as ''Narvik FK'' until

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, when they were relegated to the 3. divisjon (fourth tier). After one season at that level they were promoted back to the 2. divisjon again, but in

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 60 ...

they were again relegated to the 3. divisjon. With their old name FK Mjølner started the 2005 season in 3. divisjon. In

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it won all 26 matches in the 3. divisjon, contested a

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to win promotion, and succeeded by beating

IL Stålkameratene Idrettslaget Stålkameratene, Stål for short, is a Norwegian sports club from Mo i Rana, Nordland. It has sections for judo, biathlon, Nordic skiing and football. History The club was founded on 11 January 1935 as ''Mo AIL'', a club with membe ...

8–2 on aggregate. The club has a record 13 Northern Norwegian Cup championships, 9 as Mjølner, and 4 as Narvik/Nor.

Recent history

Players

First team squad

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mjolner, FK Association football clubs established in 1932 Mjolner Mjolner Sport in Nordland Sport in Narvik 1932 establishments in Norway