Sportsklubben av 1909, often shortened as Sp-09 or Sportsklubben, 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 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...

, founded in 1909. It has sections for amateur boxing

Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing is practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration and fighters wear head protection, so this type of competition prizes point-scoring rather...

 and amateur wrestling

Amateur wrestling

Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...

, and has had several Olympians on its books.

History

It was founded on 24 March 1909 as Arbeidernes TIF ("Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association"), and in 1916 it changed its name to Fagforeningernes TIF ("Trade Unions' Gymnastics and Sports Association"). It was the first explicit workers' sports club in Norway, founded 15 years before the creation of a nationwide Workers' Federation of Sports

Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund

Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund was a sporting organization in Norway between 1924 and 1946. As of 1935, AIF had around 50,000 members. AIF published the magazine Arbeideridrett.-Foundation and early growth:...

.

The club helped spur the creation of the Workers' Federation of Sports, because in the 1920s, the Norwegian Wrestling Federation banned fifteen members of the club for taking part in a "politicized" wrestling meet where "The Internationale

The Internationale

The Internationale is a famous socialist, communist, social-democratic and anarchist anthem.The Internationale became the anthem of international socialism, and gained particular fame under the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1944, when it was that communist state's de facto central anthem...

" was played and red flag

Red flag

In politics, a red flag is a symbol of Socialism, or Communism, or sometimes left-wing politics in general. It has been associated with left-wing politics since the French Revolution. Socialists adopted the symbol during the Revolutions of 1848 and it became a symbol of communism as a result of its...

s were flown. Nonetheless, the club was not a member of the Workers' Federation of Sports for long, as it left the Workers' Federation of Sports already in 1926. It was renamed to the more neutral SK av 1909 ("Sports Club of 1909") already in 1929. Its headquarters are at Dælenenga.

Well-known amateur wrestlers include Martin Egeberg

Martin Egeberg

Martin Johan Egeberg was a Norwegian sport wrestler who competed in three Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Oslo, and represented the sports club SK av 1909...

 (1924 and 1928 Olympian), Tore Hem

Tore Hem

Tore Hem is a retired Norwegian sport wrestler who competed in three Summer Olympics.He was born in Oslo, and represented the sports club SK av 1909. He competed mostly in the heavyweight class, but sometimes in the light-heavyweight class. At the World Championships he finished fifth in 1967 and...

 (1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympian), Harald Barlie

Harald Barlie

Harald Barlie was a Norwegian Greco-Roman wrestler.He was born at Klemetsrud and died in Oslo, and represented the sports clubs Oslo BK and SK av 1909...

 (1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympian), Lars Rønningen

Lars Rønningen

Lars Rønningen is a retired Norwegian sport wrestler. He won the European Championship in 1988 and 1992.He was born in Oslo, and represented the sports clubs Kolbotn IL, SK av 1909 and Oslo BK...

 (1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympian), Ronny Sigde

Ronny Sigde

Ronny Sigde is a retired Norwegian sport wrestler.He was born in Oslo, and represented the sports club SK av 1909. Competing in the bantamweight, he finished twelfth at the 1980 European Wrestling Championships and seventh at the 1984 European Wrestling Championships. He then participated in the...

 (1984 and 1988 Olympian), Harald Hervig

Harald Hervig

Harald Hervig was a Norwegian sport wrestler who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics.He was born in Oslo, and represented the sports club SK av 1909. He participated in the 57 kg weight class in wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where he withdrew in the third round...

 (1960 Olympian), Håkon Øverby

Håkon Øverby

Håkon Øverby is a retired Norwegian sport wrestler.He was born in Oslo, and represented the sports club SK av 1909. He participated in the 82 kg weight class in wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he exited after the fourth round...

 (1968 and 1972 Olympian), Alfred Larsen

Alfred Larsen (wrestler)

Karl Alfred Larsen was a Norwegian sport wrestler who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He represented the sports club SK av 1909. He participated in the middleweight class in wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics, where he finished thirteenth overall. He died in Oslo.-References:...

 (1928 Olympian), Kaare Larsen

Kaare Larsen

Kaare Oliver Larsen was a Norwegian sport wrestler who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.He was born in Østre Aker, and represented the sports club SK av 1909. He participated in the middleweight class in wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics, where he finished fifth overall...

 (1948 Olympian) and Ivar Stokke

Ivar Stokke

Ivar Gunnar Stokke was a Norwegian sport wrestler who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kristiansund, but represented the sports club SK av 1909. He participated in the bantamweight class in wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated after the third round...

 (1936 Olympian),

Well-known amateur boxers include Leif Hansen

Leif Hansen (boxer)

Leif Håkon "Baggis" Hansen was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Oslo, and represented the sports club SK av 1909. He finished seventeenth in the light-welterweight division in the boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics...

 (1952 Olympian), Roy Askevold

Roy Askevold

Roy Askevold was a Norwegian amateur boxer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Oslo, and represented the sports club SK av 1909. He finished seventeenth in the light-middleweight division in the boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.-References:...

 (1960 Olympian), Haakon Lind

Haakon Lind

Haakon Lind was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he was eliminated in the first round of the lightweight class after losing his fight to Franz Dübbers.-External links:*...

 (1928 Olympian) and Olav Nilsen

Olav Nilsen (boxer)

Olav Nilsen was a Norwegian amateur boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Oslo, and represented the sports club SK av 1909. He finished ninth in the flyweight division in the boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...

(1928 Olympian). The King's Cup in boxing has been taken by Haakon Lind in 1928, Thorstein Myhre in 1933, Sigurd Larsen in 1934, Leif Hansen in 1953 and Roy Askevold in 1959.