Skeid 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...

 alliance sports club from Nordre Åsen, 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...

. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots 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....

 and bandy

Bandy

Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...

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General history

The club was founded as IK Skeid on 5 December 1925. It was a merger between the two clubs Kristiania BK (founded 1 January 1915 as a merger of Njord and Oslo FK) and SFK Frem (nicknamed Frem 14, founded 9 April 1914 as a merger of Bjølsen FK and footballers in Thorshaug IF). Skeid now counts 1 January 1915 as its founding date. The club colors in Kristiania BK were red and blue, which are still used, whereas the yellow and black club colors of SFK Frem are found in the logo as well as the current team jerseys in the winter sports.
Former sports in the club include ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 and 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...

. The club does not use IK Skeid anymore, often just Skeid or Allianseidrettslaget Skeid ("Alliance Sports Team Skeid").

The home field is Nordre Åsen. The football team has also used Voldsløkka Stadion and Bislett Stadion

Bislett stadion

Bislett Stadion is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here...

 because of stadium size requirements in higher leagues.

Skeid Fotball

Skeid Fotball

Skeid Fotball

Skeid Fotball is a Norwegian football club and is located in the capital Oslo. Its current home field is Bislett. In past decades it has gained a reputation as a talent factory for the larger clubs in Norwegian football, and it has produced several players for the national team such as Daniel...

 is the name of the top-level football section. It consists of a men's senior team, a reserves team and a men's junior team. The men's team currently plays in the Norwegian Second Division, but played in the First Division

Adeccoligaen

The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....

 as late as in 2009 and last played in the Norwegian Premier League

Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 (the top level) in 1999. In 2003 it reached the semi-final of the Norwegian Football Cup. It took over the honors of Skeid's football section when the club was organized into an alliance sports club.

Grassroots football

The "grassroots football" section of the club goes by the name Skeid. A senior men's team (bearing no relation to Skeid Fotball) was founded because of demand in the district, and currently plays in the Fifth Division, the sixth tier of Norwegian football. A reserves team plays in the eighth division. The women's team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier.

Bandy

Bandy was added as a sport in Skeid in the 1929–30 season. The men's bandy team won the Norwegian Premier League in 1988–89, and last played in the league in 1993–94

Norwegian Bandy Premier League 1993–94

The 1993–94 season of the Norwegian Premier League, the highest bandy league for men in Norway.10 games were played, with 2 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Stabæk won the league, whereas Skeid was relegated.-League table:...

, when they ended in last place.

Other sports

Well-known skiers include Alf Andersen

Alf Andersen

Alf Steen Andersen was a Norwegian ski jumper.He was born in Drammen, but represented the Oslo clubs Sandaker SFK, Skeid and SFK Lyn. He won the gold medal in the individual large hill at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz...

. Ice hockey player Frank Olafsen

Frank Olafsen

Frank Willy Olafsen is a former Norwegian football player, bandy player and ice hockey player. With his club Skeid he won the national football cup three times, in 1963, 1965 and 1974, and the league in 1966...

, while Skeid still offered that sport, participated in the 1964 Winter Olympics

1964 Winter Olympics

The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964...

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