IF Fram Larvik

Idrettsforeningen Fram, better known as Fram Larvik to distinguish it from other sport clubs, is a sports club from Torstrand in Larvik, Norway. It has sections for association football, athletics, handball and speed skating.

General history

The club was founded on 15 January 1894. That makes Fram Norway's oldest existing association football club. It is often known as Fram Larvik, mainly to distinguish it from IL Fram from Skatval.

Football

The men's football team currently plays in the Norwegian Third Division, the fourth tier of the Norwegian football league system.

The club reached the final of the 1912 Norwegian Cup. Fram won the final 2–1, but the opponent Mercantile claimed that Fram had used an illegit player. The Norwegian FA ruled a replay the next weekend. On 20 October 1912, Fram lost the replay 0–6 against Mercantile at Gamle Frogner Stadion in Kristiania. The club's greatest achievement came in 1950, when the club won the 1949–50 Hovedserien, the Norwegian top division. Fram played in the Second Division to 1995, but was down to the 4. divisjon for a period after relegation in the 1999 3. divisjon campaign. After that, the team was remade to Larvik Fotball, which won several promotions and resided in the 2. divisjon for some years. The cooperation club Larvik Fotball ceased to exist in late 2004, and the 2005 2. divisjon was played as IF Fram, but with abysmal results. After a few seasons back in the 3. divisjon, however, Fram won the league in 2008 and the subsequent playoffs, and has played in the 2. divisjon since. Petter Belsvik took over as head coach after the 2013 season from Tom Helge Jacobsen. In 2021 Haakon Lunov is head coach of Fram Football arter signing a two-year contract.

Notable footballers include Tom Rüsz Jacobsen, Kenneth Stenild, Lars Bakkerud, Freddy Ørbeck Jonny Hansen, former Swedish u21 international Andreas Drugge and Sverre Hansen.

Honours

• Norwegian top flight: Winners (1): 1949–50
• Norwegian Football Cup: Runners-up (1): 1912

Recent seasons

Season Division Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes 2005 2. divisjon ↓ 14 26 4 5 17 25 90 17 Second round Relegated 2006 3. divisjon 8 22 7 7 8 53 39 28 First qualifying round 2007 3. divisjon 1 22 14 4 4 66 28 46 First qualifying round Lost promotion play-off 2008 3. divisjon ↑ 1 22 20 1 1 75 22 61 Second round Won promotion play-off 2009 2. divisjon 8 26 10 3 13 47 69 33 First round 2010 2. divisjon 11 26 9 6 11 45 53 33 First round 2011 2. divisjon 11 26 7 6 13 34 56 38 First round 2012 2. divisjon 6 26 10 6 10 39 37 36 First round 2013 2. divisjon 3 26 14 8 4 62 34 50 First round 2014 2. divisjon 3 26 15 4 7 52 41 49 Second round 2015 2. divisjon 4 26 13 8 5 60 42 47 Second round 2016 2. divisjon 6 26 13 2 11 58 46 41 Second round 2017 2. divisjon 5 26 12 6 8 49 43 42 First round 2018 2. divisjon 10 26 9 2 15 40 57 29 Second round 2019 2. divisjon 5 26 12 7 7 50 34 43 Quarterfinal 2020 2. divisjon 14 13 1 3 9 17 41 6 Cancelled 2021 2. divisjon ↓ 12 26 6 9 11 33 42 27 Second round Relegated 2022 3. divisjon ↑ 1 26 18 7 1 60 20 61 Second round Promoted 2023 2. divisjon ↓ 13 26 6 7 13 37 57 25 First round Relegated 2024 3. divisjon 4 26 16 5 5 64 44 53 Second round

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Players

Current squad

As of 1 September 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Handball

The club also have a handball team, that plays in the First Division, the second highest tier in men's handball. Ole Kristian Strøm is the coach, and they play their matches in Framhallen.

Notable handballers include Eivind Ellingsen, Pål Myrdam, Are Ruud and Tom Bakke.

Speed skating

Notable speed skaters in Fram include Bjørg Eva Jensen, Tom Erik Oxholm, Roger Strøm, Else Marie Christiansen, Minna Nystedt, Anne Therese Tveter, Bjørn Tveter and Øyvind Tveter.

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