IF Friska Viljor

IF Friska Viljor
Full name Idrottsföreningen Friska Viljor
Sport ski jumping, Nordic combined
soccer (earlier)
Founded 1905 (1905)
Based in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden

Idrettsföreningen Friska Viljor is a Swedish ski jumping and Nordic combined club from Örnsköldsvik, Västernorrland County.

It formerly offered more sports. A football club named Friska Viljor FC was separated from IF Friska Viljor in February 1994.[1] The alpine skiing section was also separated from IF Friska Viljor.

The brothers Evert and Kåre Karlsson participated together at the 1950 World Ski Championships, and Evert was a 1948 Olympian.[2] Other Olympians are Sven-Olof Lundgren (1928),[3] Axel Östrand (1936),[4] Erik Lindström (1948),[5] Nils Lundh (1948),[6] Bengt Eriksson (1956, 1960; silver medalist),[7] Kjell Sjöberg (1960, 1964, 1968),[8] Bror Östman (1952, 1956),[9] Rolf Strandberg (1960),[10] Mats Östman (1968),[11] Ulf Norberg (1968),[12] Anders Lundqvist (1972),[13] Magnus Westman (1992, 1994),[14] Fredrik Johansson (1994),[15] and Johan Rasmussen (1994).[16] In recent years several club members have participated in the Ski jumping World Cup, including Kristoffer Jaafs,[17] Carl Nordin,[18] Isak Grimholm,[19] and Jakob Grimholm.[20]

Their hill is Paradiskullen, which is one of Scandinavia's best training facilities for ski jumping.

References

  1. "Om Friska Viljor FC" (in Swedish). Friska Viljor FC. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  2. "Løkken IFs historie fra 1896" (in Norwegian). Løkken IF. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  3. "Sven-Olof Lundgren". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  4. "Axel Östrand". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  5. "Erik Lindström". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  6. "Nils Lundh". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  7. "Bengt Eriksson". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  8. "Kjell Sjöberg". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  9. "Bror Östman". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  10. "Rolf Strandberg". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  11. "Mats Östman". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  12. "Ulf Norberg". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  13. "Anders Lundqvist". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  14. "Magnus Westman". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  15. "Fredrik Johansson". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  16. "Johan Rasmussen". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  17. Kristoffer Jaafs at the International Ski Federation
  18. Carl Nordin at the International Ski Federation
  19. Isak Grimholm at the International Ski Federation
  20. Jakob Grimholm at the International Ski Federation

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