IL Hjelset-Fram explained

Clubname:Hjelset-Fram
Fullname:Idrettslaget Hjelset-Fram
Founded:10 February 1907

Idrettslaget Hjelset-Fram is a Norwegian sports club from Hjelset in Molde. It has sections for table tennis and Nordic skiing (cross-country skiing and ski jumping).

It was founded on 10 February 1907.[1] The club is best known for its ski jumpers, which include Olympians Ingolf Mork and Jan Olaf Roaldset and Hans Jørgen Næss. Around 1970 Hjelset-Fram was sometimes called "the world's best ski jumping team".[2]

In 1995, the football section merged with the similar section in Kleive IL from nearby Kleive to form the club Hjelset-Kleive Fotball.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lov for IL Hjelset Fram. IL Hjelset-Fram. Norwegian. 2 February 2012.
  2. News: Røe, Jan G.. Hjelset Fram fikk Moldes kulturpris. Romsdals Budstikke. Norwegian. 14 December 2007.