| Full name | Idrettslaget Viking |
|---|---|
| Founded | 10 August 1899 |
| Ground | Stavanger stadion, Eiganes, Stavanger |
Idrettslaget Viking was aNorwegian multi-sports club fromStavanger,Rogaland.
It was founded on 10 August 1899, and the club members volunteered to establish a sports field in Vikingmarkå, later the site ofStavanger stadion. The Norwegian championships intrack and field were held already in 1901. In addition to track, the other main sport wasassociation football. For shorter of longer periods the club also offered rugby, cricket, baseball, gymnastics, boxing, amateur wrestling, swimming, rowing, skiing, speed skating, equestrianism and harness racing.[1]
The club saw its athletics heyday before 1930, with Jonas Solheim, August Pettersen and Bjarne Stangeland as prominent athletes; in 1931Christian Anker-Larsen became 1500 metres champion. Liv Paulsen was among the national pioneers in women's athletics. The football team pioneered the sport in Stavanger, and became nationally prominent from 1925, when they reached the semi-final in theNorwegian football cup. The best player wasReidar Kvammen, and other international players during its first fifty years wereTorgeir Torgersen,William Danielsen,Bernhard Lund,Inge Paulsen,Arthur Kvammen,Sverre Kvammen andKarsten Johannessen. A chairman for the football section wasEinar Diesen. The club was also successful in amateur boxing.[1]
In 1987 the multi-sports club was discontinued as it was split into three; the football clubViking FK, the ice hockey clubViking IK, the handball clubViking HK and an athlete's club which included boxing. Professional boxerOle Klemetsen represented the club.[2]