IK Grand Bodø
# IK Grand Bodø

Idrettsklubben Grand Bodø is a Norwegian association football club from Bodø, Nordland. It was founded on 12 April 1917.

## Football

Former Liverpool and England international full-back Chris Lawler was player-coach for the club in 1981.

Its women's team was a mainstay in Toppserien for many years, and won bronze in 1986, but has not played there since the 2007 season.

The men's football team currently plays in the Fourth Division, the fifth tier of Norwegian football, but played in the Third Division as late as 2010.

### Recent seasons

    Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes 2005 D1 3 18954 452832 2nd round 2006 D1 ↑ 3 18945 283931 3rd round Promoted 2007 TS 12 222218 19638 2nd round Relegated 2008 D1 6 18666 373024 3rd round 2009 D1 7 22949 535531 2nd round 2010 D1 9 227312 404624 2nd round 2011 D1 4 20965 443133 3rd round 2012 D1 5 221138 643736 2nd round 2013 D1 1 201613 732349 2nd round Promoted 2014 TS 12 221417 15717 2nd round Relegated 2015 D1 2 221453 512347 3rd round 2016 D1 1 221831 821657 3rd round Promoted 2017 TS 11 222218 30808 Quarter-final 2018 TS 12 222218 20618 3rd round Relegated 2019 D1 8 228311 344527 3rd round Relegated through play-offs

## Athletics

The club was formerly active in athletics. One Norwegian champion has represented Grand; Einar Hernes who won the 110 metres hurdles in 1980. He also took silver medals in 1976, 1981 and 1982 and a bronze medal in 1978. In the 200 metres he won a silver medal in 1980 and a bronze in 1981. Hans Petter Pedersen won a 100 metres silver in 1953, in the 800 metres Jens Chr. Berge won a silver in 1962 and Dagfinn Kleppe a bronze in 1970, Henry Johansen won 200 metres bronzes in 1945 and 1946, and Reidar Nilsen won a 400 metres hurdles bronze in 1955.

The club also arranged the national championships in forest cross-country running in 1951, and then the Main Championships in 1980 at Aspmyra stadion. From 1983 the club entered a cooperation around the new club Bodø FIK.

