Solbergbakken

Solbergbakken was a ski jumping hill located at Valler in Bærum, Norway and owned by Bærums SK.

Solbergbakken
Photo from 1914-18
Location	Valler, Bærum, Norway
Opened	1886
Closed	1992
Size
K–point	K60
Hill record	60 m (200 ft) (1977)

History

At the western suburb of Oslo, construction of Solbergbakken started in 1886 and it opened as one of the world’s largest ski jumps on 29 January 1888. Four world records in the ski jumping have been set at Solbergbakken. Asbjørn Nilssen and Morten Hansen jumped 32.5 meters in 1899, while Olaf Tandberg jumped 35.5 meters the following year.[1] In 1910 Hilda Stang set world record for women with 22 meters.

In 1917, the ski jump was extended for the first time and reopened with a new hill record of 44 m. In 1919, 15,000 spectators attended “Hovedlandsrenn” and in 1935, for the first time, the 50 meter bench-mark was over-leaped. From 1955 on, the facility was only used as training ski jumping hill, on larger Skuibakken Bærums Skiklub even hosted several Norwegian Championships and two World Cup competitions. In 1977, the 60 meter hill was covered with plastic matting and in 1992 the very last summer competition on plastic was hosted there.

When Bærums SK arranged Norwegian Championships, these were normally held in the hill Skuibakken.[2] The Nazi national championships were however held in Solbergbakken in 1942 and 1943.[3]

Ski jumping world records

Ladies

Date	Name	Country	Metres	Feet
1910	Hilda Stang	Norway	22	77

Men

Date	Name	Country	Metres	Feet
1899	Asbjørn Nilssen	Norway	32.5	107
1899	Morten Hansen	Norway	32.5	107
11 February 1900	Olaf Tandberg	Norway	35.5	116

References

1. Asker og Bærums Budstikke: Solbergrendet (s. 4, 14. februar 1900, digitalisert av Nasjonalbiblioteket)
2. Røhne, Bjarne; et al. (1985). Bærums Skiklub 1885-1985. Et streiftog gjennom hundre år (in Norwegian). pp. 88–95.
3. Røhne, 1985: p. 54

External links

• Video clip, 1924 barum.folkebibl.no