Medicinernes Skiklub Svartor is one of 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...

's oldest active skiing clubs, established by Bernhard Matheson, Brynjulf Stendahl, Carl Manthey and Ragnar Mørk in 1890 to "advance skiing and comradeship" among medical student

Medical Student

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s in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

. The club annually hosts the world's oldest 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...

 contest still in existence (since 1891), and has fostered numerous famous athletes such as Einar Fredrik Lindboe

Einar Lindboe

Einar Lindboe is a Norwegian Nordic skier who shared the Holmenkollen medal with Hagbart Haakonsen in 1927.-References:* - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file...

, Johan Matheson, Peter S. Nicolaysen, Cato Aall and Ingemann Sverre.

The club has also given name to the Svartor mutation, which causes hereditary high cholesterol.