Idrettsklubben Grand Bodø is a Norwegian

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club from Bodø,

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. It was founded on 12 April 1917.

Football

Former

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and England international full-back Chris Lawler was player-coach for the club in 1981. Its women's team was a mainstay in

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for many years, and won bronze in

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, but has not played there since the 2007 season. The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football, but played in the Third Division as late as

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Recent seasons

Athletics

The club was formerly active in

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. One Norwegian champion has represented Grand; Einar Hernes who won the

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in 1980. He also took silver medals in 1976, 1981 and 1982 and a bronze medal in 1978. In the

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he won a silver medal in 1980 and a bronze in 1981. Hans Petter Pedersen won a

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silver in 1953, in the

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Jens Chr. Berge won a silver in 1962 and Dagfinn Kleppe a bronze in 1970, Henry Johansen won 200 metres bronzes in 1945 and 1946, and Reidar Nilsen won a

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bronze in 1955. The club also arranged the national championships in forest cross-country running in 1951, and then the Main Championships in 1980 at

Aspmyra stadion Aspmyra Stadion is a football stadium in the town of Bodø (town), Bodø in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Home of FK Bodø/Glimt, Bodø/Glimt and IK Grand Bodø, Grand Bodø, it holds a seated capacity for 8,270 spectators. The ...

. From 1983 the club entered a cooperation around the new club Bodø FIK.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grand Bodoe Women's football clubs in Norway Association football clubs established in 1917 1917 establishments in Norway Sport in Bodø Defunct athletics clubs in Norway