SK Falken
Full name | Sportsklubben Falken |
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Founded | 9 February 1925 |
Sportsklubben Falken is a Norwegian speed skating club from Trondheim.
The club was founded in 1925. It formerly had sections for association football, track and field, orienteering, Nordic skiing, ice hockey and dancing.[1] The club was a member of the Workers' Sports Federation before the war.[2] Workers' sports clubs with the name SK Falken also existed in Oslo and Bergen.[3]
Well-known speed skaters include Hjalmar Andersen, Sverre Farstad and Henry Wahl (the "Falken Trio"),[4] Villy Haugen,[5] Jan Egil Storholt and Eskil Ervik.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Sportsklubben Falken". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ↑ Larsen, Petter (1979). Med AIF-stjerna på brystet (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 271. ISBN 82-10-01853-1.
- ↑ Larsen, 1979: pp. 263, 267
- ↑ "Sverre Farstad". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ↑ "Villy Haugen". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
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