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Kristianstads SLS
Kristianstads Sim- & Livräddningssällskap, commonly known as Kristianstads SLS or KSLS, is a swimming club based in Kristianstad. History Kristiantads SLS was founded on 28 August 1928. From the beginning they swam outdoors in Helge å. Kristianstads SLS was for several years in the 1970s and 1980s Sweden's most successful swimming club. It was under the leadership of Tommy Malmsten, swimmer and in the 1980s coach of the national team that the successes were won. The first swimmer in the national elite was Eva Folkesson. Folkesson won 7 Swedish championship gold medals in 100 metre and 200 metre backstroke 1969–1971, five at the List of Swedish Swimming Championships champions (women), long course championships and two at the List of Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships champions (women), short course championships. The next swimmer in the Swedish elite was long-distance swimmer Else Gunsten. She participated at the 1969 Swedish Swimming Championships at the age of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristianstad
Kristianstad (, ; older spelling from Danish language, Danish ''Christianstad'') is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 40,145 inhabitants in 2016. During the last 15 years, it has gone from a garrison town to a developed commercial city, today attracting visitors in the summertime mainly from Germany, Denmark and The Netherlands. History The city was founded in 1614 by King Christian IV of Denmark (the city's name literally means 'Town of Christian') as a planned city after the burning of the nearby town of Vä and moving the city rights of the neighbouring town of Sölvesborg and Åhus to the new town. The purpose of the town was to safeguard the eastern half of the Danish province of Scania against any future raids from Sweden in the north, but also as a symbol of the power of Christian himself. One of these raids had sacked the nearby town of Vä in 1612. Vä then lost its charter and the people were moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
