SK Falken

Sportsklubben Falken is a Norwegian speed skating club from Trondheim.

SK Falken
Full nameSportsklubben Falken
Founded9 February 1925

The club was founded in 1925. It formerly had sections for association football, track and field, orienteering, Nordic skiing, ice hockey and dancing.[1] The club was a member of the Workers' Sports Federation before the war.[2] Workers' sports clubs with the name SK Falken also existed in Oslo and Bergen.[3]

Well-known speed skaters include Hjalmar Andersen, Sverre Farstad and Henry Wahl (the "Falken Trio"),[4] Villy Haugen,[5] Jan Egil Storholt and Eskil Ervik.[1]

References
  1. "Sportsklubben Falken". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  2. Larsen, Petter (1979). Med AIF-stjerna på brystet (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 271. ISBN 82-10-01853-1.
  3. Larsen, 1979: pp. 263, 267
  4. "Sverre Farstad". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  5. "Villy Haugen". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
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