SoIK Hellas

SoIK Hellas

Club emblem
Full name Sim- och idrottsklubben Hellas
Sport bowling, track and field athletics, handball, swimming, orienteering, tennis , water polo
soccer, table tennis, fencing, gymnastics, cross-country skiing, diving, ski orienteering, squash (earlier)
Founded 14 May 1899 (1899-05-14)
Team history Pastorns gossar (1899–1912)
Based in Stockholm, Sweden
Arena Erikdsalshallen

SoIK Hellas is a sports club in Stockholm, Sweden, established on 14 May 1899 as Pastorns gossar by Katarina Parish confirmation priest Ernst Klefbeck, before changing name to SoIK Hellas in 1912, also on the initiative of Ernst Klefbeck.[1] Nowadays running bowling, track and field athletics, handball, swimming, orienteering, tennis and water polo, the club earlier even ran soccer, table tennis, fencing, gymnastics, cross-country skiing, diving, ski orienteering and squash.

The men's handball team won the Swedish national indoor handball championship in 1936, 1937, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1977.[2] Even the men's water polo team has won Swedish championship titles.

In 2009, the club decided to become an alliance club starting in 2010.[3]

References

  1. "Historik" (in Swedish). SoIK Hellas. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. "SM-slutspel herrar" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  3. "Sim- och idrottsklubben Hellas" (PDF) (in Swedish). SoIK Hellas. p. 2. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
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