# Jar IL

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**Jar Idrettslag** is a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) sports club from [Bærum](/source/B%C3%A6rum), [Akershus](/source/Akershus). It mainly covers the areas [Jar](/source/Jar,_Norway), [Lysaker](/source/Lysaker) and parts of [Stabekk](/source/Stabekk).

Jar IL was founded on 2 February 1934 as a merger between the boys' clubs Freidig and Rapp. It had sections for [bandy](/source/Bandy), [association football](/source/Association_football), [track and field](/source/Track_and_field) and [Nordic skiing](/source/Nordic_skiing) ([cross-country skiing](/source/Cross-country_skiing_(sport)) and [ski jumping](/source/Ski_jumping)). Sections were added for team handball in 1940, [orienteering](/source/Orienteering) in the 1940s and ice hockey in the 1950s.[1] Ice hockey was the main focus from 1954, while all other sports waned. Only handball survived.[2]

The home field was Jar idrettsplass, colloquially named Jarbanen, which was opened on 20 August 1937. The ground had originally been given to [Bærums SK](/source/B%C3%A6rums_SK) in 1922 by [Harald Løvenskiold](/source/Harald_L%C3%B8venskiold). The field was owned by *Jar Welfare Society* from 1938 to 1946, Jar IL from 1946 to 1968 and then by Bærum Municipality.[3]

A field was used for team sports, and nearby there were two ski jumping hills. Both hills disappeared after a time, and the use of the field was limited to handball and tennis during the summer and ice hockey during the winter.[4] From 1965 the club coexisted with the tennis club Jar TK, which existed from 1932 to 2010.[5] A clubroom for Jar IL was opened in 1947, and rebuilt in 1957–1958.[3] In 1976 a similar clubroom was built for the tennis club.[5]

An indoor facility for tennis was raised in 1979.[5] From 1986 the ice hockey field was artificially frozen. In 2006 it was decided politically to build an indoor arena for ice sports, demolishing the current tennis fields.[3] The new arena will be named *Jar ishall*. The tearing of the old facilities started in 2010.[6]

The men's ice hockey team won promotion to the Main League, the highest league in Norway, in 1966. In the 1970s the team record a third-place finish.[2] After relegation from the highest league, the team had a tenure at the second tier, the First Division. Their last season there was in 2003–2004.[7] The men's team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian ice hockey.[8] When Jar Ishall is finished, the club will add [curling](/source/Curling) and [figure skating](/source/Figure_skating) to its roster.

## References

1. Borgen, Per Otto (2006). "Jar idrettslag" (in Norwegian). *Asker og Bærum leksikon*. Drammen: Forlaget for by- og bygdehistorie. p. 258. ISBN 82-91649-10-3.

1. Bakken, Tor Chr. (ed.) (2008). "Jar Idrettslag" (in Norwegian). *Budstikkas store Asker og Bærum-leksikon*. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 268. ISBN 978-82-573-1534-4.

1. Borgen, Per Otto (2006). "Jarbanen" (in Norwegian). *Asker og Bærum leksikon*. Drammen: Forlaget for by- og bygdehistorie. p. 259. ISBN 82-91649-10-3.

1. Bakken, Tor Chr. (ed.) (2008). "Jarbanen" (in Norwegian). *Budstikkas store Asker og Bærum-leksikon*. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 267. ISBN 978-82-573-1534-4.

1. Bakken, Tor Chr. (ed.) (2008). "Jar Tennisklubb" (in Norwegian). *Budstikkas store Asker og Bærum-leksikon*. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 269. ISBN 978-82-573-1534-4.

1. Sjølie, Mette. ["Jubel for ishall på Jar"](http://www.budstikka.no/sport/jubel-for-ishall-pa-jar-1.4618646). *Budstikk*. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

1. ["Tabellen: 1.divisjon Menn 03-04"](http://idrett.speaker.no/07/table.aspx?TournamentId=243715). Speaker.no. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

1. ["Tabellen: 3. div menn senior Øst 10/11"](http://idrett.speaker.no/07/table.aspx?TournamentId=308117). Speaker.no. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.jarhockey.no/) (ice hockey)
- [Official website](http://www.jarhandball.no/) (handball)

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