IF Friska Viljor
Full nameIdrottsföreningen Friska Viljor
Sportski jumping, Nordic combined
soccer (earlier)
Founded1905 (1905)
Based inÖrnsköldsvik, Sweden

Idrottsföreningen 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] Johan Rasmussen (1994).[16] and Frida Westman (2022).[17] In recent years several club members have participated in the Ski jumping World Cup, including Kristoffer Jaafs,[18] Carl Nordin,[19] Isak Grimholm,[20] and Jakob Grimholm.[21]

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. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Løkken IFs historie fra 1896" (in Norwegian). Løkken IF. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Sven-Olof Lundgren". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Axel Östrand". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Erik Lindström". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Nils Lundh". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Bengt Eriksson". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  8. ↑ "Kjell Sjöberg". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  9. ↑ "Bror Östman". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  10. ↑ "Rolf Strandberg". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Mats Östman". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  12. ↑ "Ulf Norberg". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  13. ↑ "Anders Lundqvist". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  14. ↑ "Magnus Westman". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  15. ↑ "Fredrik Johansson". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  16. ↑ "Johan Rasmussen". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  17. ↑ ""Hoppas det ger ett ökat intresse"". Expressen (in Swedish). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  18. ↑ Kristoffer Jaafs at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  19. ↑ Carl Nordin at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  20. ↑ Isak Grimholm at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  21. ↑ Jakob Grimholm at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
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