Solbergbakken

On 29 January 1888, Solbergbakken located at the western suburb of Oslo, was officially opened as one of the largest in the world, but already constructed in 1886.

[1][2][3] Between 1897 and 1902 also total of six invalid world record were set by Norwegian men; Cato Aall (31.5 m), Asbjørn Nilssen (35 m), Trygve Smith (36 m), Aksel Refstad (2 x 36 m) and Albert Wüller (36.5 m).

[4][5][6][7] On 6 February 1910, Hilda Stang from Norway set the only world record for women on this hill at 22 meters (77 ft).

[8] In 1917, the ski jump was extended for the first time and reopened with a new hill record of 44 meters (144 ft).

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.

Solbergrendet 1917