Kvinnliga IK Sport

Kvinnliga IK Sport
Full name Kvinnliga idrottsklubben Sport
Sport handball
cycling, gymnastics, track and field athletics, speedskating, orienteering (earlier)
Founded 1927 (1927)
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden
Arena Valhalla sporthall

Kvinnliga IK Sport is a sports club in Gothenburg, Sweden, which just as the name says only runs women's activity. Since the late 1970s, men are however allowed to be board members.[1] While nowadays only running handball activity, winning 14 Swedish national indoor championship titles between 1951 and 1972 (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1969, 1971 and 1972),[2] it earlier even ran cycling, gymnastics, track and field athletics, speedskating and orienteering.

References

  1. "En kort historia om en 86-åring" (in Swedish). Kvinnliga IK Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  2. "SM-slutspel damer" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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