Gjemselund Stadion

Gjemselund Stadion
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LocationKongsvinger, Innlandet, Norway
Coordinates60°11′43″N 11°59′14″E / 60.19528°N 11.98722°E / 60.19528; 11.98722
OperatorKongsvinger municipality
Capacity5,824
Record attendance6,794 (Kongsvinger vs Vålerengen, 26 June 1983)[1]
Field size109 by 69 metres (119.2 yd × 75.5 yd)
SurfaceArtificial turf
Construction
Opened14 June 1953
Expanded1982, 1986–87, 2010
Tenants
KIL Toppfotball
KIL Fotball

Gjemselund Stadion is a football stadium in Kongsvinger, Norway and the home ground of Norwegian third tier club Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball.[citation needed] Until 2008, it was also used for track and field meets, having got rubber track in 1986.[2] The venue hosted the Norwegian Athletics Championships in 1968. [3] The stadium received artificial turf with under-soil heating ahead of the 2009 season.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference record was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "About Kongsvinger IL athletics" (in Norwegian).
  3. ^ "Main Championships Men" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.