- Holmen IF
Holmen Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Holmen in northern
Asker , Norway. It has sections for football,handball andcross-country skiing . Its home ground is Holmen idrettspark.The club was founded in 1918, at that time having sections for football, athletics and
ski jumping . More sports were later added to the club, notablyice hockey as Holmen IF was one of the founding members of theNorwegian Ice Hockey Federation in 1934, as well astennis . Another local sports club "Hvalstad IF" was merged into Holmen IF some time after 1945. In 1997 the tennis section broke away to form "Holmen TK", and the same thing happened to the ice hockey section in 1998.The men's football team will play in the Norwegian Third Division (fourth tier) in 2008, having won promotion in the 2007 season. It last played in the Third Division in 2002, [ [http://www.holmen2.com/alagtab2002.asp Table of the Norwegian Third Division, group 4 - 2002] ] and had one stint in the Second Division in 1994. [ [http://www.holmen2.com/alagtab1994.asp Table of the Norwegian Second Division, group 2 - 1994] ]
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External links
* [http://idrett.speaker.no/Organisation.asp?OrgElementId=20227 Official site] no icon
** [http://idrett.speaker.no/Organisation.asp?WCI=wiKlubbKassaNews&WCU=593397 History of the club (official site)]
** [http://www.holmen2.com/index.asp Official site, football section]
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