Nordstrand Idrettsforening is a sports club in Nordstrand,

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, Norway. The club has sections for

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and

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. It formerly had sections for

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...

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and

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. The club colors are white and blue.

General history

It was founded in 1919 as a merge between Skiklubben Freidig (founded 1891) and Sportsklubben Grane (founded 1893). The club counts 1891 as its founding year. In 2009 it incorporated neighboring club Ljan IF.

Handball

In handball the club has won the National championships several times, both the men's and women's team. Notable players are

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, Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk, Alma Hasanić Grizović,

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and Vilde Ingstad. The women's team currently plays in the First Division (second tier), and the men's team plays in

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(first tier) as the cooperation team BSK/NIF which is fielded together with neighbors

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Football

Grane was a founding member of the

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, and also became the first

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champion in

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. The men's

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team plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football.

Skiing

Freidig and Grane were both skiing clubs. Freidig had the ski jumping hill Lerskallen, which was later taken over by Grane and then Nordstrand. The clubs had several able skiers. The highest ranked competitor at the

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was Herman Huitfeldt, who placed seventh in the

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in 1895. Walter Aigeltinger finished third in the B class in 1902, and also played on Grane's football team. Th. B. Dürendahl and Wilhelm Wettergren competed successfully in Central Europe in the early 1900s. The club's best known member is alpine skier

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Athletics and orienteering

Athletics was added to the club's roster in 1921. Rolf Johannson became Norwegian champion in the

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in 1930, and also took a silver medal in 1929 and bronze medal in 1933. In 1929 he also took a bronze medal in the

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. In the throwing events, Halfdan Johnsen took silver medals in shot put with both hands in 1925 and 1926, whereas Joel Arnesen won a bronze medal in the

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in 1929. In orienteering the club won the relay at the National Championship for men in 1947, and for women in 1974.

References

External links

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