Gjerdrum IL
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Full nameGjerdrum Idrettslag
Founded25 January 1920
GroundGjerdrum stadion,
Gjerdrum
ManagerKjell Alkvist
LeagueThird Division

Gjerdrum Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Gjerdrum, Akershus. It has sections for association football, team handball, alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, biathlon, floorball and volleyball.

It was founded as Gjerdrum IF on 25 January 1920. In August 1940 it merged with the AIF club Gjerdrum AIL to form Gjerdrum IL.[1][2]

The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of football in Norway. Its only stint at the third tier came in 1988.

Members of the skiing section include the 2014 Olympic cross-country sprint champion Maiken Caspersen Falla.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Historie" (in Norwegian). Gjerdrum IL Fotball. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  2. ^ Thingsrud, Leif (1989). "Arbeideridrett i kamptid. Et tilbakeblikk på AIF i Akershus". Arbeiderbevegelsens Historielag i Akershus' Årbok (in Norwegian). Lillestrøm: Arbeiderbevegelsens Historielag i Akershus (2): 48–60. ISSN 0802-4537.
  3. ^ Maiken Caspersen Falla at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation

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