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| Full name | Idrettsklubben Grane |
|---|---|
| Founded | 10 February 1902 |
| Ground | Norac stadion,Arendal |
| League | Division 5 |
Idrettsklubben Grane is a Norwegian multi-sports club fromArendal. It has sections forassociation football,team handball,athletics andorienteering.
The club was founded on 10 February 1902[1] and named afterGrani ofNorse mythology.
The men's football team was a contender on national level before the Second World War, playing a number of seasons in theLeague of Norway. In the1947–48 League of Norway, which was the last edition of the competition before the advent of theMain League, Grane failed to qualify for the Main League.[2] Grane spent most of the 1950s in theLandsdelsserien, until its discontinuation in1962, when Grane once again failed to qualify for the new Second Division.[3]
In the early 1990s, the men's football team played in the Third Division until1993.The club participated in the short-lived cooperation projectFK Arendal. Grane returned to the Third Division with two stints from2004 to2007 and2009 to2010.
In 2010, Grane was ready to form another cooperation team, this time together withIF Trauma ofTromøy. On 27 September 2010, they foundedArendal Fotball.[4] For several years after that, Grane did not field a senior team.[5] A men's football team was refounded. As of 2024, it plays in the Fifth Division, the sixth tier of Norwegian football.[6]
The women's handball team played intermittently in the First Division, the second tier of Norwegian handball.
Individual sportspeople include athleteHans Olav Uldal and orienteerJørgen Rostrup.
