Sandefjord Ballklubb 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...

 football club from Sandefjord

Sandefjord

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sandefjord. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838...

, currently playing in Norwegian Fourth Division. Their home matches are played at Storstadion

Storstadion

Storstadion is a multi-use stadium in Sandefjord, Norway. It was the home ground of Sandefjord Fotball until the summer of 2007. The stadium was built in 1969...

 in Sandefjord.

Sandefjord Ballklubb played in Hovedserien, the highest league in the league system

Norwegian football league system

The current national league system administered by the football association is organised as 1-1-4-12, where Tippeligaen is the highest Norwegian level and Adeccoligaen the second highest, followed by four third level and 12 fourth level ....

, from 1948-49 to 1961-62, and in 1964 and 1965. They also played in the Norwegian Cup

Norwegian football cup

The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...

 Final in 1957 and 1959, but lost both. Its last stint in the Norwegian First Division was in 1995.

On 10 September 1998, Ballklubben formed the elite football team Sandefjord Fotball

Sandefjord Fotball

Sandefjord Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on September 10, 1998. The club plays in the Adeccoligaen. Their home ground is the Komplett.no Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold....

 with local rivals Runar

IL Runar

Idrettslaget Runar is a Norwegian sports club from Haukerød in Sandefjord. It has sections for athletics, team handball, football and cross country skiing....

, in an attempt to take Sandefjord back to the top level of football in Norway.

Sandefjord Ballklubb is the club that Thorbjørn "Klippen" Svenssen

Thorbjørn Svenssen

Thorbjørn Svenssen was a Norwegian footballer, who played a record 104 international games for Norway, and captained the side 93 times.-Club career:...

, the man with most caps for the Norwegian national team

Norway national football team

The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...

, played all his matches for during his career from 1945 to 1966.