Nordstrand IF

Nordstrand Idrettsforening is a sports club in Nordstrand, Oslo, Norway. The club has sections for alpine skiing, association football and handball. It formerly had sections for orienteering, track and field and Nordic skiing. The club colors are white and blue.

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.

In handball the club has won the National championships several times, both the men's and women's team. Notable players are Heidi Sundal, Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim and Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk. In orienteering the club won the relay at the National championship for men in 1947, and for women in 1974.

The women's team currently plays in the First Division (second tier), and the men's team plays in Postenligaen (first tier) as the cooperation team BSK/NIF which is fielded together with neighbors Bækkelagets SK.

Grane was a founding member of the Football Association of Norway, and also became the first Norwegian Football Cup champion in 1902.

The men's football team plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. It last played in the Third Division in 2012.

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