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Stockholms KK
Stockholms KK is a Swedish swim club from Stockholm founded in 1895. They compete in swimming and water polo. The most famous swimmers of SKK is the twin brothers Arne Borg and Åke Borg. SKK organizes yearly an invitational meet named after Arne Borg, ''Arne Borgs minne''. Swimmers *Arne Borg *Åke Borg *Pontus Hanson * Harald Julin * Göran Larsson *Carin Nilsson Carin Maria Nilsson (later ''Lommerin'', 10 December 1904 – 20 December 1999) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer. Aged 15 she won a bronze medal in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp along with Aina Berg, Emily Mac ... External linksSKK's official homepage(In Swedish) Swimming clubs in Sweden Sports clubs established in 1895 Sport in Stockholm 1895 establishments in Sweden Water polo clubs in Sweden {{Stockholm-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriksdalsbadet
Eriksdalsbadet is the biggest swimming centre in Stockholm, Sweden The outdoor pool was built for the 1962 European Aquatics Championships. The new ''Eriksdalsbadet'' was built 1999 and was designed by architect Björn Thynberger. Facilities It has: *25 m swimming pool with a depth of mostly 2.5 m but it varies due to a specially-constructed raisable floor. Hosting FINA Swimming World Cup and Arena Diving Champions Cup annually. *50 m pool (Olympic size swimming pool) with a depth of 2.20 m at the edges and 2.60 m in the middle of the pool *50 m outdoor pool *bubble pools *learning pool *"Lilla bassängen", the small pool, also with a raisable floor, most commonly 90 cm deep *diving tower with 3.5 m and 10 m high platforms *an adventure world for children The water temperature is usually 27 degrees Celsius. SK Neptun, Stockholmspolisens IF, SoIK Hellas, Stockholms KK and Spårvägens SF all use Eriksdalsbadet for training. Security issues Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Borg
Claes Arne Borg (18 August 1901 – 7 November 1987) was a Sweden, Swedish Swimming (sport), swimmer. He is best known for breaking 32 world records and winning five Olympic medals in the 1920s. In 1926 Borg won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, shared with Edvin Wide. Next year, at the 1927 European Championships, he set a new world record in the 1500 m at 19:07.2 which stood for nearly 11 years. Besides swimming, Borg also won a European silver medal in water polo in 1926. His twin brother Åke Borg, Åke was also an Olympic medalist in swimming.Arne Borg sports-reference.com At the end of his swimming career Borg turned professional and toured with aquatic shows. After that he worked as a swimming coach and ran his tobacco shop in Stockholm. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
