Idrettsföreningen Friska Viljor is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 ski jumping

Ski jumping

Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...

 and Nordic combined

Nordic combined

The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...

 club from Örnsköldsvik

Örnsköldsvik

Örnsköldsvik is a locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 28,617 inhabitants in 2005.Its natural harbour and archipelago is in the Gulf of Bothnia and the northern boundaries of the High Coast area. It is well known as an exporter of paper products...

, Västernorrland County

Västernorrland County

Västernorrland County is a county or län in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia.- Province :...

.

It formerly offered more sports. A football club named Friska Viljor FC

Friska Viljor FC

Friska Viljor FC is a Swedish football club located in Örnsköldsvik in Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Västernorrland County.-Background:The club was formed in February 1994 but was previously the football section of the multi-sport club IF Friska Viljor. From 1995 to 1998 the new club progressed...

 was separated from IF Friska Viljor in February 1994. The alpine skiing

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

 section was also separated from IF Friska Viljor.

The brothers Evert

Evert Karlsson

Evert Gotthardt Karlsson was a Swedish ski jumper.He was born in Løkken Verk in Norway, and grew up there with his ski jumper brothers Arthur and Kåre Karlsson. They represented the sports club Løkken IF...

 and Kåre Karlsson

Kåre Karlsson

Kåre Ingemar Karlsson is a former Swedish ski jumper.He was born in Løkken Verk in Norway, and grew up there with his ski jumper brothers Arthur and Evert Karlsson. They represented the sports club Løkken IF...

 participated together at the 1950 World Ski Championships, and Evert was a 1948 Olympian. Other Olympians are Sven-Olof Lundgren

Sven-Olof Lundgren

Sven-Olof Lundgren was a Swedish ski jumper. He participated at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, where he placed fifth.-References:...

 (1928), Axel Östrand (1936), Erik Lindström (1948), Nils Lundh (1948), Bengt Eriksson

Bengt Eriksson

Bengt Eriksson is a former Swedish nordic combined skier. He earned a silver in the individual event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo....

 (1956, 1960; silver medalist), Kjell Sjöberg

Kjell Sjöberg

Kjell Sjöberg is a Swedish ski jumper who competed during the 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the individual large hill competition at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo....

 (1960, 1964, 1968), Bror Östman

Bror Östman

Bror Östman was a Swedish ski jumper who competed in the 1950s. He won the ski jumping bronze medal at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun....

 (1952, 1956), Rolf Strandberg (1960), Mats Östman (1968), Ulf Norberg (1968), Anders Lundqvist (1972), Magnus Westman (1992, 1994), Fredrik Johansson (1994), and Johan Rasmussen

Johan Rasmussen

Johan Rasmussen is a retired Swedish ski jumper. He competed in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup from 1990 to 1996, with twelfth place being his best career finish. He also competed in three World Championships and the 1994 Olympics....

 (1994). In recent years several club members have participated in the Ski jumping World Cup

Ski jumping World Cup

The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is a ski jumping tournament held yearly by the International Ski Federation since 1979–80 season.- World Cup points :...

, including Kristoffer Jaafs, Carl Nordin

Carl Nordin

Carl Nordin is a Swedish ski jumper.He made his Continental Cup debut in December 2004 in Rovaniemi, and his best results are two 24th places from Hinterzarten and Iron Mountain in February 2008. He participated in the FIS Junior World Ski Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2009...

, Isak Grimholm

Isak Grimholm

Isak Grimholm is a Swedish ski jumper.He made his Continental Cup debut in August 2002 in Marikollen, and his best result is a victory from Iron Mountain in February 2007. He participated in the FIS Junior World Ski Championships in 2002 and 2003...

, and Jakob Grimholm.

Their hill is Paradiskullen, which is one of Scandinavia's best training facilities for ski jumping.

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