Solbergbakken

Solbergbakken
Photo from 1914-1918
Location	Valler, Bærum Norway
Opened	1886
Closed	1992
Size
K–point	K-60
Hill record	60 m (1917)

Solbergbakken was a ski jumping hill located at Valler in Bærum, Norway and owned by Bærums SK.

At western suburb of Oslo, Solbergbakken was alreadry constructed in 1886 and opened as one of the world’s largest ski jumps on 29 January 1888. Four world records in the ski jumping has been set at Solbergbakken. Asbjørn Nilssen and Morten Hansen jumped 32.5 meters in 1899, while Olaf Tandberg jumped 35.5 meters the following year. In 1910 Hilda Stang set world record for women with 22 meters.

In 1917 the ski jump was converted for a first time and reopened with a new hill record of 44 m. In 1919 there were 15,000 spectators attended “Hovedlandsrenn” and in 1935 for a first time the 50 meter bench-mark was over-leaped. After World War II from 1955 on the facility was only used as training ski jumping hill, on larger Skuibakken Bærums Skiklub even hosted several Norwegian Championships and two World Cup competitions. In 1977 the 60 meter hill was covered with plastic mattings, in 1992 the very last summer competition on plastic was hosted there.

When Bærums SK arranged Norwegian Championships, these were normally held in the hill Skuibakken. The Nazi national championships were however held in Solbergbakken in 1942 and 1943.