Fossum IF

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View of the clubroom (left) and Fossumbanen.

Fossum Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Fossum, Grini, Østerås and Eiksmarka in Bærum. It has sections for cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping, alpine skiing, Nordic combined, orienteering and football, and was founded on 7 December 1918. It formerly had an athletics section.

The cross-country skiing section has prominent members like Tore Bjonviken and Simen Østensen.

The football team, while not playing at the highest level, has had particularly many well-known coaches, such as Egil Olsen, Per Mathias Høgmo and Per Ravn Omdal. The men's team currently resides in the Third Division (fourth tier of Norwegian football), having last played in the Second Division in the 2000 season.

External links

Official site

Sports clubs in Bærum

Multi-sports clubs	Bærums SK Bærums Verk IF Fossum IF SK Frem-31 Haslum IL Helset IF Høvik IF Jar IL IL Jardar IL Jutul Lommedalens IL Snarøya SK Stabæk IF bandy football (women's) handball IL Tyrving Øvrevoll Hosle IL

Single-sports clubs	Asker og Bærum FIK Bærum SK Bærumssvømmerne Bærum Basket Bærum Blue Devils Bærum og Omegn CK Bærum KK Bærum RK Bærum SF Bærum SK Bærum SL Hauger BK Hauger FK EB-85 Sandvika BBK Snarøya CC Stabekk CC Strand KK Valler BBK Vestre Bærum SSL

Other	Norwegian College of Elite Sport Norwegian Jockey Club

Italics denotes defunct club.

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