Alvdal Idrettslag is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 sports club from Alvdal

Alvdal

Alvdal is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Alvdal....

, founded in 1902. It has sections for association football, Nordic skiing

Nordic skiing

Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing....

, biathlon

Biathlon

Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...

, orienteering

Orienteering

Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...

, team handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 and volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

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Famous skiers include Embret Mellesmo, Per Samuelshaug

Per Samuelshaug

Per Samuelshaug was a Norwegian cross country skier from Alvdal who participated at the 1936 Winter Olympics. He won the 50 kilometres contest at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1937.-References:...

, Ottar Gjermundshaug

Ottar Gjermundshaug

Ottar Gjermundshaug was a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed in the early 1950s. He won a silver medal in the individual event at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lake Placid, New York.Gjermundshaug also finished 6th in the individual event and 18th in the 18 km cross...

, Oddmund Jensen

Oddmund Jensen

Oddmund Ingvald Jensen was a Norwegian cross country skier and coach.He was born in Sørfold, but represented Alvdal IL. He participated at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo and at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.He was head coach for the Norwegian men's cross country national...

, Erling Bjørn, Kristian Bjørn

Kristian Bjørn

Kristian Bjørn was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed in the 1940s and 1950s.He finished ninth in the 50 km race at the 1948 Winter Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.He represented Alvdal IL. He is the father of Torgeir...

, Per Bjørn and Torgeir Bjørn

Torgeir Bjørn

Torgeir Bjørn is a retired Norwegian cross country skier.He represented Alvdal IL. He is a nephew of Kristian Bjørn. He finished eleventh in the 50 km race at the 1988 Winter Olympics. He also had top-ten finishes in the World Cup....

. The club became Norwegian relay champion in 1958 and 1959.

The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football. It is a member of the Trøndelag

Trøndelag

Trøndelag is the name of a geographical region in the central part of Norway, consisting of the two counties Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag. The region is, together with Møre og Romsdal, part of a larger...

 conference. Former players include Harald Stormoen

Harald Stormoen (footballer)

Harald Stormoen is a retired Norwegian footballer.He played for Alvdal IL while also playing for Norwegian boys' national teams. He joined Kongsvinger IL in 1998, and played in the Norwegian Premier League in 1998 and 1999, before the team was relegated. After 189 league games for the club, he...

 and Per Gunnar Dalløkken

Per Gunnar Dalløkken

Per Gunnar Dalløkken is a retired Norwegian football midfielder.He started his career in Folldal IL, and then played for Alvdal IL. He signed for Kongsvinger IL just after the 1985 season. He played only 2 Norwegian Premier League in 1986, but was then ever-present in the seasons 1988, 1990, 1991,...

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