Djurgårdens IF Fäktförening is the

fencing Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...

section of Swedish sports club

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

. Djurgårdens IF Fäktförening is a sovereign club within the alliance club Djurgårdens IF. The fencing section was founded in 1958 and became its own club in 1990. The fencing club was founded by Herbert Wahlberg in 1958, who built it up together with

Béla Rerrich Béla Rerrich (26 November 1917 – 24 June 2005) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. During the Melbourne Olympics the Hungarian revolution happened, and Rerric ...

. Rerrich was a Hungarian fencing champion who defected from Hungary in 1956 due to the Hungarian uprising that year which was put down by the Soviet Union. Rerrich was the fence master of Djurgårdens IF from the start until his death in 2005. Under his leadership, members of Djurgårdens IF have won Olympic and World Championship medals as well as numerous Swedish championships in both fencing and

modern pentathlon The modern pentathlon is an Summer Olympics, Olympic multisport that consists of five events: fencing (one-touch épée followed by direct elimination), freestyle swimming, obstacle course racing, Laser pistol (sport), laser pistol shooting, and ...

. The club is striving to continue his work.

Honours

Olympic medals for members of the club

Modern pentathlon The modern pentathlon is an Summer Olympics, Olympic multisport that consists of five events: fencing (one-touch épée followed by direct elimination), freestyle swimming, obstacle course racing, Laser pistol (sport), laser pistol shooting, and ...

, gold medal,

Björn Ferm Björn Bernt Ewald Ferm (born 10 August 1944) is a Swedish modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and won an individual gold medal in 1968. In 1968, his team finished third but was stripped of the bronze medal after ...

, Mexico 1968 *

Épée The (, ; ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains a ...

, gold medal, men's team,

Montreal 1976 The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal w ...

(of the five members of the team,

Carl von Essen Carl von Essen (18 October 1940 – 11 November 2021) was a Swedish fencer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in épée with the Swedish team. Von Essen represented Föreningen ...

Göran Flodström Göran Flodström (born 27 January 1953) is a Swedish fencing, fencer and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in épée with the Swedish team. Flodström represented Djurgårdens IF F� ...

, Leif Högström, Hans Jacobson, and

Rolf Edling Rolf Erik Sören Edling (born 30 November 1943) is a retired Swedish épée fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won a team gold medal in 1976. His best individual result was fourth place in 1980. Edling was born in ...

, only Edling was from another Swedish club) *Modern pentathlon, silver medal, Svante Rasmuson,

Los Angeles 1984 The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

Swedish championships

Djurgårdens IF Fäktförening has won 46 Swedish Championship gold medals, as follows *

Foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ma ...

, men: 1 **1972 *Foil, women: 2 **1975, 1978 *Foil, women's team: 3 **1962, 1973, 1976 *

, men: 13 **1963, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2014 *Épée, men's team: 20 **1966, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1987, 1988, 1989. 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2011 *Épée, women: 3 **1994, 1996, 1998 *Épée, women's team: 5 **1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

References

External links

Djurgårdens IF Fäktförening
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Fencing Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...

Fencing in Sweden Fencing clubs 1950s establishments in Stockholm 1958 establishments in Sweden