Helsingborgs Simsällskap, commonly known as Helsingborgs S or HS, is a

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swim team based in Helsingborg,

Skåne County Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically corresponding to the traditional province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronobe ...

and founded in on 10 June 1907. The club's activities take place in Filbornabadet and Simhallsbadet. The most famous swimmers are

Therese Alshammar Malin Therese Alshammar (born 26 August 1977) is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. She is a specialist in short distances races in freestyle and butterfly. She ...

Helena Åberg Sara Helena Åberg (born 16 July 1971) is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she swam the 50-metre freestyle, finishing 23rd. Åberg also represented Sweden at the European Championships - ...

Johanna Sjöberg Johanna Sjöberg (born 8 March 1978) is a Swedish former international swimming (sport), swimmer, who won her first medal in 1997 at the European Swimming Championships in Seville; a bronze in the 100 m butterfly stroke, butterfly. Clubs *B ...

and

Emma Igelström Emma Igelström (born 6 March 1980 in Karlshamn) is a former breaststroke swimmer and European record holder from Sweden. She competed in the 2000 Olympics at Sports Reference She quit her career because of bulimia ...

, who have all competed in the

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Swimmers

''Swimmers that have participated in the Summer Olympics while representing Helsingborgs S:'' *

Louise Hansson Louise Maria Hansson (born 24 November 1996) is a Swedish competitive swimmer, a member of Helsingborgs SS. Career International Swimming League In spring 2020 Hansson signed for the Toronto Titans, the first Canadian based team in the ...

Sophie Hansson Sophie Elizabeth Hansson (born 2 August 1998) is a Swedish Olympic swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Her older sister Louise Hansson Louise Maria Hansson (born 24 November 1996) i ...

Suzanne Nilsson Suzanne Nilsson (born 25 October 1966) is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she swam the 200 m freestyle and the 4×100 m freestyle relay.Per-Ola Quist Per-Ola Quist (born 18 February 1961 in Malmö, Skåne County) is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. He competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Oli ...

Coaches

Hans Chrunak Hans Chrunak (born 1950 in Landskrona, Sweden) is a Swedish swimming coach. He was the head coach of the Swedish national swim team between 1991 and 2000. From 2005 to 2007 he was the general manager of the Swedish ice hockey club Luleå HF. He ha ...

References

External links

Helsingborgs SS's official homepage
(In Swedish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Helsingborgs SS Sports clubs and teams in Helsingborg Sports clubs and teams established in 1907 Swimming clubs in Sweden