Helsingfors Segelklubb ry (HSK), ''Helsinki Sailing Club'', is a
yacht club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to yachting.
Description
Yacht clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations. Yacht or sailing clubs have either a mari ...
in
Lauttasaari
Lauttasaari (; sv, Drumsö) is an island in Helsinki, Finland, about west of the city centre. Together with some surrounding unpopulated small islands, Lauttasaari is also a district of Helsinki. With 23,226 residents as of 2017, the island is F ...
,
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
(
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
).
History
The club was established in 1899 under the name Helsingfors Arbetare Segelklubb (''Helsinki workers sailing club''). Most members were
Swedish-speaking Finns
The Swedish-speaking population of Finland (whose members are called by many names; fi, suomenruotsalainen) can be used as an attribute., group=Note—see below; sv, finlandssvenskar; fi, suomenruotsalaiset) is a linguistic minority in Fin ...
. The first harbor was located in the western part of Helsinki. In 1919, after the
Independence of Finland
Finland declared its independence on 6 December 1917. The formal Declaration of Independence was only part of the long process leading to the independence of Finland.
History Proclamation of Empress Elizabeth (1742)
The subject of an independ ...
, the club was registered with the name Helsingfors Segelklubb.
HSK History
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References
External links
Official website
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Sports clubs and teams established in 1899
Yacht clubs in Finland
Organisations based in Helsinki
Sports clubs and teams in Helsinki
1899 establishments in Finland