Gjøvik Stadion
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Gjøvik Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...

 located in Gjøvik
Gjøvik
is a town and a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Gjøvik.In 1861, the village of Gjøvik in the municipality of Vardal was granted town status and was separated from Vardal to form a separate municipality...

, Norway
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...

.

The municipal complex is the home venue of football clubs Gjøvik FF
Gjøvik FF
Gjøvik Fotballforening is a Norwegian football club from Gjøvik, founded in 2008. It currently plays in the Norwegian Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football.-History:...

 and SK Gjøvik/Lyn. The stadium opened in 1910. The venue hosted one match in the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup, where Gjøvik/Lyn played APOEL F.C.

It was used as a speed skating venue until 1994, when it received all-weather running track
All-weather running track
An all weather running track is the common term to describe a rubberized artificial running surface for the sport of Track and field athletics. Throughout the history of the sport, there has always been a search for a consistent surface that gave competitors an equal advantage, to test their...

. The venue hosted the Norwegian Athletics Championships in 1964.
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