Sports club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Idrottsföreningen Friska Viljor is a Swedish ski jumping and Nordic combined club from Örnsköldsvik, Västernorrland County.
It formerly offered more sports. A football club named Friska Viljor FC was separated from IF Friska Viljor in February 1994.[1] The alpine skiing section was also separated from IF Friska Viljor.
The brothers Evert and Kåre Karlsson participated together at the 1950 World Ski Championships, and Evert was a 1948 Olympian.[2] Other Olympians are Sven-Olof Lundgren (1928),[3] Axel Östrand (1936),[4] Erik Lindström (1948),[5] Nils Lundh (1948),[6] Bengt Eriksson (1956, 1960; silver medalist),[7] Kjell Sjöberg (1960, 1964, 1968),[8] Bror Östman (1952, 1956),[9] Rolf Strandberg (1960),[10] Mats Östman (1968),[11] Ulf Norberg (1968),[12] Anders Lundqvist (1972),[13] Magnus Westman (1992, 1994),[14] Fredrik Johansson (1994),[15] Johan Rasmussen (1994).[16] and Frida Westman (2022).[17]
In recent years several club members have participated in the Ski jumping World Cup, including Kristoffer Jaafs,[18] Carl Nordin,[19] Isak Grimholm,[20] and Jakob Grimholm.[21]
Their hill is Paradiskullen, which is one of Scandinavia's best[citation needed] training facilities for ski jumping.
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