SK av 1909
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| Full name | Sportsklubben av 1909 |
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| Founded | 24 March 1909 |
| Ground | Dælenenga |
Sportsklubben av 1909, often shortened as Sp-09 or Sportsklubben, is a Norwegian sports club from Oslo, founded in 1909. It has sections for amateur boxing and amateur wrestling, and has had several Olympians on its books.
It was founded on 24 March 1909 as Arbeidernes TIF ("Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association"), and in 1916 it changed its name to Fagforeningernes TIF ("Trade Unions' Gymnastics and Sports Association"). It was the first explicit workers' sports club in Norway, founded 15 years before the creation of a nationwide Workers' Federation of Sports.
The club helped spur the creation of the Workers' Federation of Sports, because in the 1920s, the Norwegian Wrestling Federation banned fifteen members of the club for taking part in a "politicized" wrestling meet where "The Internationale" was played and red flags were flown. Nonetheless, the club was not a member of the Workers' Federation of Sports for long, as it left the Workers' Federation of Sports already in 1926. It was renamed to the more neutral SK av 1909 ("Sports Club of 1909") already in 1929. Its headquarters are at Dælenenga.
Well-known amateur wrestlers include Martin Egeberg (1924 and 1928 Olympian),Birger Nilsen (1928 Olympian),Tore Hem (1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympian),Harald Barlie (1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympian),Lars Rønningen (1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympian),Ronny Sigde (1984 and 1988 Olympian),Harald Hervig (1960 Olympian),Håkon Øverby (1968 and 1972 Olympian),Alfred Larsen (1928 Olympian),Kaare Larsen (1948 Olympian) and Ivar Stokke (1936 Olympian),
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