Tynset IF

Tynset IF
Full name Tynset Idrettsforening
Founded 15 September 1900
Ground Nytrømoen,
Tynset
League Second Division
2015 Third Division / 9, 1st (promoted)

Tynset Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Tynset, Hedmark. It has sections for association football, team handball, orienteering, speed skating, skiing and swimming.

It was established on 15 September 1900 as Tønset IF, and the name was modernized to Tynset IF in 1923 at the same time as the club adopted association football.[1]

The men's football team currently plays in the Second Division, the third tier of Norwegian football. It last played in the Second Division in 1999.

Skiers include Tor Halvor Bjørnstad,[2] Therese Johaug and Annar Ryen.

References

  1. "Historie" (in Norwegian). Tynset IF. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  2. Tor Halvor Bjørnstad at the International Ski Federation


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