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Fredrikstad BK

handball club in Fredrikstad, Norway

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ11970120 ↗
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Fredrikstad Ballklubb (also known as Fredrikstad Bkl.) is a handball club from Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway. The women's team currently competes in Eliteserien, the top division since its promotion in 2017.

History

The club was founded on September 12th 2001 as a merge between the clubs Torp Idrætsforening og Lisleby Håndball. They started in the 1st division (second tier) under the name Torp/Lisleby in the 2000/01-season. From 2001/02 onwards they played under their current name. Their first promotion to the top division came in the 2003/04-season, but they were relegated the following season.

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The public source identifies “Fredrikstad BK” as handball club in Fredrikstad, Norway. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Fredrikstad, handball and club.

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This entry incorporates text from “Fredrikstad BK” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.