Kongsvinger IL

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Kongsvinger IL
Full nameKongsvinger Idrettslag
Sport association football, track and field athletics, handball, ice hockey, orienteering, skiing, skating
Founded31 January 1892 (1892-01-31)
Based in Kongsvinger, Norway
Arena Kongshallen (ice), Kongsvingerhallen, Tråstadhallene (handball)
Stadium Gjemselund Stadion (soccer), Holt Stadion (outdoor skating), Skansesletta friidrettsbane (track and field)
Website kongsvingeril.no

Kongsvinger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the city of Kongsvinger in Hedmark, founded in 1892. Its men's football team is well-known, and it has teams for several other sports.

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Athletics

Kongsvinger IL has an athletics section. Until 2009, it too used Gjemselund Stadion, which got rubber track in 1986. [1] In 2009, Gjemselund Stadion was converted to a football-only stadium, forcing the athletics section to use other stadiums in the region. As of 2020, Skansesletta friidrettsbane is being used. [2]

Grete Kirkeberg is a well-known athlete from Kongsvinger IL.

Football

Kongsvinger IL has several football teams, ranging from professional to children's teams. The professional men's team plays in the Norwegian First Division, and the women play in the Second Division (third highest).

Ice hockey

Kongsvinger Knights, founded in 1961, is Kongsvinger's ice hockey team. It soon became part of Kongsvinger Idrettslag.

Others

There are also clubs for handball, skiing, ice skating and gymnastics.

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References

  1. ↑ About Kongsvinger IL athletics (in Norwegian)
  2. ↑ "Idrettsanlegg" (in Norwegian). Kongsvinger kommune. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
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