Kristiansands Idrettsforening is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 sports club from Kristiansand

Kristiansand

-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...

, founded in 1921. It has sections for athletics and handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

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The athletics team uses the stadium Kristiansand Stadion

Kristiansand Stadion

Kristiansand stadion is a multi-use stadium in Kristiansand, Norway. The stadium holds 16,600 people.It was mostly used for football matches and was the home ground of I.K. Start. In 2007 Sør Arena replaced Kristiansand stadion as home ground...

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Its most prominent member is Andreas Thorkildsen

Andreas Thorkildsen

Andreas Thorkildsen is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born in Kristiansand. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be European champion, World champion and Olympic champion...

, 2004 Olympic champion in javelin throw. Haakon Tranberg

Haakon Tranberg

Haakon Werner Tranberg was a Norwegian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. He represented Kristiansands IF....

, 1946 European Championships silver medalist and Kristen Fløgstad

Kristen Fløgstad

Kristen Fløgstad is a former Norwegian athlete from Søgne in Vest-Agder. He represented Kristiansands IF.He won the national championships in triple jump ten times and in long jump six times , being awarded the King's Cup once...

, Norwegian record holder in long jump with 8.02 metres and 1972 Olympic participant, also represented Kristiansand.

The handball team won the national championships in 1980.